Merrily We Roll Along @ NYU — Page 2

So I take it students from the Tisch Program are in this..

Can you look in the program for a ..

LAURA A. I don't like giving out last names. First name & last initial should be enough.

Oh, I see.

Well when the Tisch program does put on a show. I'd be curious if this girl is in it.

Very highly recommend this production. Only 1 performance left, tomorrow, Sunday, 10/2, at 3pm.

They use the script from the 1994 production at the York Theatre, and it's the most cohesive of the productions I've seen.

The 3 leads are superlative: Ryan Dricoll (Kringas), Chris Fitzgerald (Shephard) and Lauren Marcus (Mary Flynn). Another standout is Erica Rowlett as Gussie Carnegie. The onstage orchestra played, under music director Josh Clayton, played the hell out of Sondheim's score. The entire evening was directed by John Simpkins, with a smooth elegance and clarity that makes the show work.

The score gets more brilliant every time one hears it. In retrospect one can also discern patchs of songs from songs from other Sondheims shows: SWEENEY, PACIFIC and WOODS. It's a lovely delight to be able to pick those out, like a puzzle.

"Old Friends," "Not A Day Goes By," "Good Thing Going." Each one a gem of a song, and sung to perfection by this terrific cast.

Drop all you Sunday plans and get thee down to the Frederick Loewe Theatre on East 4th Street.

You will be glad you did.

Why didn't I see you in the audience, smartpenguin?

Hmmmm. Sounds like the guy sitting in front of me.

Hmmmm. It might have been you.

I was in the middle of the middle section, 3 seats in from the right aisle.

There was a guy, not as tall as me, sitting in front of me, he had crazy hair, I think, and small rectangular glasses. I remember that because before the show started he kept turning around and looking at the back of the house.

There was no door near me, however, unless you mean the door behind us.

I don't remember looking around at the back of the house, but I get angsty waiting for shows to start, so I may have done that. I certainly have rectangular glasses. The guy in front of me totally blocked the view of all things to stage right as well.
My hair is shoulder length and and wavy. I was directly in the middle of the row though. I think maybe the 5th seat from the left.

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Well, we figured out two things.

1. We were not in proximity of one another.

2. We both thought highly of the terrific production of MERRILY.

So, everyone else, you probably won't find smartpenguin or me at the remaining performance tomorrow, but that should NOT keep you away from this highly enjoyable production.

Do go!

Upcoming productions include:

THE APPLE TREE (in November)

THE MERRY WIDOW

INTO THE WOODS

Catch you at the next one, penguin!



[NOTE: I am not in any way associated with this production, nor the people who made it happen.]

Definitely Jose. That was fun though.

I loved it as well, everyone should go. I also have no ties to the production.

I will definately be at INTO THE WOODS, Jose. Maybe the others as well.

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I'm going to try to get down there tomorrow, if I can get this frecking paper written...you know, the one that caused me to start the Sherie Rene Appreciation Thread...

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I'll try to bring the penguin next time I guess, or transform back into him, I thought I was finished with those days.

That's great Meagan, K.T. and the rest of the ensemble were very good as well.

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Yeah...obviously she's my friend and I think she's amazing, but this wasn't a show that I went to and only liked it because she was in it...I just LOVED this production!

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Did this close today?