Talkin' Broadway - Interview with James Walton - 11/27/23
In fall 1981, previews of Merrily We Roll Along started out with a song. In fact, a whole wonderful score of them by Stephen Sondheim. Plus, a book by George Furth and direction by Hal Prince. Inspired by the 1934 play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, it was the story of Frank, Charley and Mary: how they met, became fast friends, and fell apart. And it was told in reverse chronological order. So t…