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Merrily We Roll Along revival aiming for Broadway in 2022
carnzee
Broadway Star Joined: 9/2/11
#25Merrily We Roll Along revival aiming for Broadway in 2022
Posted: 12/7/21 at 5:05pm
InTheBathroom1 said: "The new rumor circulating is Andrew Garfield/Daniel Radcliffe. Great casting but would love to know who their Mary will be."
Just saw this! Very exciting.
#26Merrily We Roll Along revival aiming for Broadway in 2022
Posted: 12/7/21 at 6:10pm
Well I guess Andrew Garfield and Daniel Radcliffe would solve the problem of how to make it a hit. Do I want Merrily to be the first Sondheim experience of the audience they might attract? Not sure. Still if they can get those two wow!
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#27Merrily We Roll Along revival aiming for Broadway in 2022
Posted: 12/7/21 at 6:43pm
carnzee said: "InTheBathroom1 said: "The new rumor circulating is Andrew Garfield/Daniel Radcliffe. Great casting but would love to know who their Mary will be."
Just saw this! Very exciting."
Zendaya is Mary (to the tune of Zendaya is Meechee)
Caption: Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him.
#28Merrily We Roll Along revival aiming for Broadway in 2022
Posted: 12/8/21 at 8:50am
binau said: "Well I guess Andrew Garfield and Daniel Radcliffe would solve the problem of how to make it a hit. Do I want Merrily to be the first Sondheim experience of the audience they might attract? Not sure. Still if they can get those two wow!"
I think most people's first Sondheim experience is West Side Story or Into the Woods.
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#29Merrily We Roll Along revival aiming for Broadway in 2022
Posted: 12/8/21 at 11:09am
Do we know what NY Theatre Workshop's involvement is if this is indeed aiming for Broadway, not off-Broadway? Or was that incorrect reporting in the NYT?
That pairing is thrilling, and Friedman's production is excellent, but in terms of scheduling availability might only make sense in a limited engagement (such as an off-Bway nonprofit) unless both are willing to commit 6+ months.
#30Merrily We Roll Along revival aiming for Broadway in 2022
Posted: 12/8/21 at 12:19pm
Wick3 said: "binau said: "Well I guess Andrew Garfield and Daniel Radcliffe would solve the problem of how to make it a hit. Do I want Merrily to be the first Sondheim experience of the audience they might attract? Not sure. Still if they can get those two wow!"
I think most people's first Sondheim experience is West Side Story or Into the Woods."
I agree on WSS but I don’t think it counts when it’s only the lyrics. I’d like to be wrong but is Into the Woods really that mainstream in the general population? Maybe the film version has made it break through.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
UrNotAMachine
Stand-by Joined: 2/17/15
#31Merrily We Roll Along revival aiming for Broadway in 2022
Posted: 12/8/21 at 12:28pm
binau said: "Wick3 said: "I agree on WSS but I don’t think it counts when it’s only the lyrics. I’d like to be wrong but is Into the Woods really that mainstream in the general population? Maybe the film version has made it break through."
I'd say Into the Woods is pretty well known due to the pervasiveness of the "junior" version that only covers act 1 in schools across the country. It's also his most accessible, "family friendly" material due to its subject matter. Besides West Side Story, Into the Woods and Sweeney are probably the Sondheim shows that are most well known by the general public.
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