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	Merrily We Roll Along - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Merrily We Roll Along is a play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, and a musical loosely based on it by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth.
		The musical Merrily We Roll Along had a troubled preview period, marred by several critical reviews published prior to the official Broadway opening on November 16, 1981.
		For a legendary "flop" show, Merrily We Roll Along has the unusual distinction of having three cast recordings: the original Broadway cast, York Theatre cast, and Leicester Haymarket cast recordings are all available on CD.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Merrily_We_Roll_Along (337 words)

	ARTSEDGE: Celebrating Sondheim
		Merrily We Roll Along was based on George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's 1934 play of the same title, which itself was an unwieldy and unsuccessful attempt to break new ground.
		Prince fixed on Merrily to serve as his "youth" show, fashioning the material to suit actors at the young end of the twenty-year age spectrum.
		Merrily We Roll Along has come full circle, revealing itself as a provocative modern-day musical of enormous strength, intricate theatricality, and—in Sondheim's soaring melodies—great beauty.
	artsedge.kennedy-center.org /exploring/mt/sondheim/works/merrily.html (868 words)

	Bursting with Song--Review of Merrily We Roll Along
		Bursting with Song--Review of Merrily We Roll Along
		Ken Mandelbaum postulates that one of the reasons Merrily flopped was that the cast was too inexperienced to carry a whole musical, and while that may well have been the case during the book scenes, you wouldn't believe it from their performances on the CD.
		The main criticism I have is that the history of Merrily omits the critical reaction and the subsequent embracing of this score by Sondheim fans.
	www.rationalmagic.com /Bursting/Merrily.html (1402 words)

	Merrily We Roll Along (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Merrily tells the story of three friends—Franklin Shepard, Charlie Kringas, and Mary Flynn—fresh out of college, who are looking to conquer the world: Franklin and Charlie are an up-and-coming composer-lyricist team, and Mary is a budding novelist.
		We follow their almost 20-year friendship, from 1957 to 1976, through a host of trials and tribulations including early success, divorce, betrayal, alcoholism, and artistic corruption before the trio winds up estranged from one another.
		Merrily begins in 1976, at the end of the threesome’s friendship, and journeys backwards in time, retracing the steps that led them to that point.
	www.nytheatre.com /nytheatre/merr2181.htm (1008 words)

	Chromolume Theatre Company - Merrily We Roll Along (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		"Merrily We Roll Along" begins in the present and moves backwards, tracing the lives of wealthy, jaded composer Franklin Shepard and his two estranged friends through each milestone of their personal and professional lives (good and bad).
		Like "Company," "Merrily We Roll Along" is a modest-sized show that crackles with the wit, humor and intensity that embody the spirit of New York City.
		With a brilliant "Broadway-style" score and that deep insight one expects from any Sondheim endeavor, "Merrily We Roll Along" is a spirited and moving cautionary tale for anyone who has ever pursued a dream.
	www.chromolume-theatre.com /merrily.html (394 words)

	Merrily We Roll Along
		The book unwinds in reverse chronology, an appealing device which lets the audience quickly be done with the ugly breakup of the songwriting team around which the story revolves.
		MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth - Directed by Todd Pearthtree November 10 to December 17 Todd directed the acclaimed Nine here a few years ago.
		'Merrily' is the story of a songwriting team's rocky ride down and up the showbiz ladder of success.
	dcmdva-arts.org /archives/merrily.htm (778 words)

	Merrily We Roll Along (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		And if Merrily We Roll Along lacks the splendor of some of his more justly famous musical theater works (like Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, A Little Night Music and Sweeney Todd), it's still got enough of that trademark Sondheim edge to provide a fine evening's entertainment.
		Like Pinter's Betrayal, Merrily rolls along backwards in time; we watch the characters get younger and happier and more hopeful and more innocent as the show's chronology flashes back through 20 years.
		As Mary, the writer who's been in love with Frank all along, Jilline Ringle is superb, and it is a great pleasure to see her back on a Philadelphia stage after all this time.
	www.citypaper.net /articles/061198/reviews2.shtml (579 words)

	Variety.com - Reviews - Merrily We Roll Along
		Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
		Of the five "Merrilys" I have seen (semi-staged concert perfs included) over the last two decades, this isn't necessarily the best-sung or the best-accented -- these are Brits (with one exception) playing Yanks -- and some of the cruder choreographic passages trivialize the blithe exuberance of kids cutting loose.
		Meanwhile, the shadings within "Merrily" itself are abundantly there for the taking, notwithstanding dances from Peter Darling (of "Billy Elliot""Billy Elliot" renown) that make a fetish of circular movement while rarely freeing up the performers.
	www.variety.com /review/VE1117796994?categoryid=33&cs=1 (1155 words)

	Julie Kistler: Merrily We Roll Along
		Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along” has always been a bit of an acquired taste.
		It did better when it was restaged and revived off-Broadway in 1995, and has always been a favorite for Sondheim fans, but still has trouble really making an impact on audiences in general.
		“Merrily We Roll Along” is based on a 1934 Kaufman and Hart play that looks at an unhappy man in the present and then rewinds through the years to find out how he got there.
	www.juliekistler.com /reviews/75.asp (588 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: Arts :: Merrily We Roll Along
		Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along is a musical without a happy ending.
		The play’s unconventional structure allows the plot to unfold backwards and, therefore, when one sees the idealistic characters at the end of the evening, she can only think with sadness upon how they betrayed their ideals, rolling along through life, merrily forgetting the friendship and values that were once so important to them.
		As the play unfolds, she turns back from a past-her-prime star to a dangerous sexpot, and Karlin is always on the right, albeit detestable, note.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=161078 (742 words)

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	MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
		"Merrily We Roll Along" is the White Whale of the American musical theater.
		"Merrily We Roll Along" is an array of good parts which don't mesh.
		"Merrily We Roll Along" runs through October 26 in the Royal George Theatre.
	www.onlinebuffalo.com /html/merrily_we_roll_along.HTM (568 words)

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	Variety.com - Reviews - Merrily We Roll Along
		The odds are against them because "Merrily," like the 1934 Kaufman and Hart play it's based upon, thumbs its nose at emotional logic by starting at the end of a story and working back through time to the beginning.
		"Merrily" is the story of composer Franklin Shepard (Malcolm Gets), playwright/lyricist Charley Kringas (Adam Heller) and novelist Mary Flynn (Amy Ryder), whose friendship begins in college in 1957 and intensifies during the ' 60s as they achieve varying degrees of success.
		The relationships begin degenerating by the decade's end as Franklin becomes a Hollywood producer and is finally viewed by Charley and Mary as a crass sellout; by 1976, it's all over between them.
	www.variety.com /review/VE1117908686?categoryid=33&cs=1 (992 words)

	Sondheim Guide / Merrily We Roll Along
		Merrily We Roll Along - Haymarket Theatre Cast 1994
		Merrily We Roll Along - York Theatre Cast 1994
		Merrily We Roll Along - Original Broadway Cast 1981
	www.geocities.com /sondheimguide/merrily.html (1923 words)

	Tower Records - Merrily We Roll Along - Original Soundtrack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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	Merrily We Roll Along (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		She deliberately decided that she was being ridiculous: whatever might have been between them was over a long time ago, no one even thought it a possibility any longer, including Chakotay.
		It was based on an earlier play about disillusionment from a financial crash in the 1920s, as I recall, but the musical was about the frustration of young ideals.
		"Merrily we roll along." Chakotay's voice was hard.
	www.littlereview.com /fanfic/ycd/merrily.htm (2355 words)

	Playbill News: Will Merrily Roll Along to Broadway?
		The Roundabout Theatre Company, which staged revivals of Stephen Sondheim's Company and Follies, is now turning its attention to another musical from the legendary composer, Merrily We Roll Along.
		Based on the play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, Merrily We Roll Along features a score by Sondheim and a book by George Furth.
		Merrily — under the direction of Christopher Ashley — was also part of the 2002 summer of Sondheim at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/81224.html (511 words)

	Merrily We Roll Along; Theatre Works
		But, Merrily is the show that refuses to die.
		It is only a shame that this production, with its' textual pitfalls and its' unimpressive chorus is not up to the level of TheatreWorks' other past achievements.
		Merrily We Roll Along by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth
	www.loonnews.com /mychele/aaro/merry.html (515 words)

	Show Information: Merrily We Roll Along: Music Theatre International - MTI - Musical Theatre Broadway Shows Available ...
		Show Information: Merrily We Roll Along: Music Theatre International - MTI - Musical Theatre Broadway Shows Available for Licensing
		The authors of the landmark "Company" reunite to turn the traditional showbiz musical on its head in this thrilling and compelling Broadway fable about friendship, compromise and the high price of success.
		Whether it is the newest hit from the Broadway or London stage, or a timeless classic, MTI has been a driving force in cultivating new work and in extending the production life of the great American musicals.
	www.mtishows.com /show_home.asp?ID=000051 (417 words)

	Merrily We Roll Along tickets - Merrily We Roll Along information - London
		Merrily We Roll Along tickets - Merrily We Roll Along information - London
		Based on the original play by George Kaufman and Moss Hart, Merrily We Roll Along is a classic musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by George Furth.
		Their friendship is tested by the demands of success as they ask each other "how did we get here from there?" The show features some of Sondheim's most heartfelt songs, such as "Old Friends," "Growing Up," the hit song "Not A Day Goes By," and the title song, "Merrily We Roll Along."
	www.theatermania.com /content/show.cfm/show/6871 (198 words)

	Sheet Music publication - Merrily We Roll Along
		Sheet Music publication - Merrily We Roll Along
		The child in just about everyone hopes that cartoons will be with us forever, and this zany, madcap tune brings the whole world of animation to each and every one of us.
		Prices subject to change to be advised on confirmation of order.
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	Civic 1998-99: Merrily We Roll Along
		Stephen Sondheim's classic musical of hope, love and loss: Merrily We Roll Along.
		This story of the dreams of youth, and what happens to them, is told through the lives of three friends.
		The twist: it's told backwards, starting with the fame and misfortune of their later years, and moving back in time to their first meeting, filled with promise.
	www.civictheatre.com /season/merrily.html (118 words)

	MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Stephen Sondheim's musical adaptation of Kaufman and Hart’s 1934 comedy opened on Broadway in 1981, was successfully revived off Broadway in 1994 and won the Olivier Award for Best Musical in London in 2001.
		From the creative team that gave you Company, Merrily We Roll Along is a spirited and moving show about friendship, compromise, and the high price of success.
		The story of three successful people seeking to discover how they got from “there” to “here,” Frank, Mary and Charley journey backwards in time to their carefree days, when friends were inseparable, love was forever, and life was overflowing with dreams.
	members.aol.com /bartsweb/shows/merrily.htm (259 words)

	Find in a Library: Merrily we roll along
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