#1
Posted: 5/6/08 at 8:43pm
Sorry, no link.
It's on the main page.
It's on the main page.
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"Merrily We Roll Along" comin to B'Way.
#2
Posted: 5/6/08 at 8:45pm
Is this a good show? I mean, Sondheim is amazing. I still wonder, for people that might have seen it, it it good?
#3
Posted: 5/6/08 at 8:46pm
https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=27632
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"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
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#4
Posted: 5/6/08 at 8:46pm
It's a huge flop....therefore, I am *so excited* to see it. Love the score though.
#5
Posted: 5/6/08 at 8:47pm
The recent John Doyle production was fantastic. I, too, Love the score. I hope James Lapine gives us a good production.
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#7
Posted: 5/6/08 at 8:49pm
I love this show, and I am so, so excited to finally see it live.
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#8
Posted: 5/6/08 at 8:50pm
It's one of my favorite shows! I can't wait to see it!
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#9
Posted: 5/6/08 at 8:54pm
It is an AMAZING concept show, with brilliant tunes that speaks to everyone that has ever experienced life, longing and the pursuit of art.
I DO have to admit that I understand and appreciate it much more as an older person than when I first saw it at 26 y.o. It's almost TOO much emotion to take as an adult with failings. That's actually the kind of theatre I like now. Moving...and that holds a mirror to Universal Truths
I DO have to admit that I understand and appreciate it much more as an older person than when I first saw it at 26 y.o. It's almost TOO much emotion to take as an adult with failings. That's actually the kind of theatre I like now. Moving...and that holds a mirror to Universal Truths
#10
Posted: 5/6/08 at 8:54pm
It's a very delicate piece, that's for sure. As long as they don't use the nightclub-esque orchestrations from the Off-Broadway production, I'll be happy.
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
#11
Posted: 5/6/08 at 8:56pm
This is great news!
With all of the recent Sondheim revivals it's like his shows are the musical equivalent of Neil Simon's plays: they're always playing.
With all of the recent Sondheim revivals it's like his shows are the musical equivalent of Neil Simon's plays: they're always playing.
#12
Posted: 5/6/08 at 8:56pm
They probably will use the off-Broadway orchestrations. The original are way too much for Roundabout. Roundabout uses small orchestras.
#13
Posted: 5/6/08 at 9:01pm
Maybe I should rephrase: Roundabout, please don't allow a single synthesizer into that orchestra.
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
#15
Posted: 5/6/08 at 9:30pm
YAY! This news makes me positively giddy!
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Dearest, how can this be so? You were dead, you know. - Candide
Oh my god, this show has everything! Half naked guys and girl on girl action! - [title of show]
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#16
Posted: 5/6/08 at 9:35pm
I'm going to be cruicified for saying this, but Merrily, despite its score, is simply NOT a good show. And those smug Roundabout people are patting themselves on their lowly backs for being so innovative, when the majority of their shows are just so much dreck (ThreePenny Opera, anyone?). As far as I'm concerned, the Roundabout and its shoddy marketing can go you-know-what themselves.
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#17
Posted: 5/6/08 at 9:39pm
It may not work as a show, but I love the score so much that I'm absolutely thrilled that I will get the chance to see it performed live on stage. Very very exciting.
#18
Posted: 5/6/08 at 10:07pm
My favorite musical of all time, ever. I can't even read news about this planned Broadway revival without wanting to scream.
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#19
Posted: 5/6/08 at 10:09pm
So, any cast wishes? I'd like to see Alexander Gemignani as Franklin.
#20
Posted: 5/6/08 at 10:11pm
I am already planning a trip to NYC around this.
#21
Posted: 5/6/08 at 10:14pm
Merrily and Sweeney my Favorite Sondheim shows and now I'll have seen both of them on broadway
#22
Posted: 5/6/08 at 10:16pm
Follies and Merrily are my two favorites, and if both the movie of Follies and the revival of Merrily come to fruition, I think my head might explode.
Maybe the mods will free Kringas in honor of this historic night!
Maybe the mods will free Kringas in honor of this historic night!
#23
Posted: 5/6/08 at 10:19pm
The score is the best part of this show. If they use a tiny orchestra for this, it will kill it.
Let the music sing! And cast it well (and older), and I will hop a plane to see it. I'm really excited about it.
Two of my "old friends" were in previous mountings of this: Marin Mazzie and Becky Ann Baker. I wish they could both be in it, but alas, they're probably "too old to be young, and too young to be old" now.
Crap.
Let the music sing! And cast it well (and older), and I will hop a plane to see it. I'm really excited about it.
Two of my "old friends" were in previous mountings of this: Marin Mazzie and Becky Ann Baker. I wish they could both be in it, but alas, they're probably "too old to be young, and too young to be old" now.
Crap.
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Updated On: 5/6/08 at 10:19 PM
#24
Posted: 5/6/08 at 10:28pm
Who did Becky Ann Baker play? Marin's rendition of "Not A Day Goes By" is my favorite. Also, I agree about the cast being older.
#25
Posted: 5/6/08 at 10:35pm
Well, this is good news and bad news. A revival of this show is a pretty good idea. I hope James Lapine does a better job of casting this revival than he did with that unfortunate revival of INTO THE WOODS a few years back.
And I hope to whatever Gods may be out there that we won't have to suffer through another reduced band. If they do to MERRILY what they did to SUNDAY IN THE PARK (5 musicians, God forgive them!) it won't be worth the money.
And I hope to whatever Gods may be out there that we won't have to suffer through another reduced band. If they do to MERRILY what they did to SUNDAY IN THE PARK (5 musicians, God forgive them!) it won't be worth the money.
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