The year is 1957, and Sputnik has just breathtakingly launched into space as Franklin, a fledgling American composer, gazes up at the stars and jubilantly welcomes the dawning of a new age, …
If Sondheim had never revisited the original version of the musical, we wouldn't have this superb new production, says Sarah Hemming
Legit Reviews||Abroad: Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's "Merrily We Roll Along" is a skittish beast -- it was a famous flop on Broadway -- and makes a challenging choice …
Menier Chocolate Factory, London: The Menier Chocolate Factory has now become London's leading home for both refining and redefining Sondheim musicals. But whereas its ravishing product…
Jenna Russell, Damian Humbley & Mark Umbers This is a lovely directing debut by Maria Friedman, a full-value, beautifully cast, moving and assured production of Stephen Sondheim's and George…
On Broadway, Merrily We Roll Along remains forever scarred as the Stephen Sondheim musical that ground to an abrupt halt, closing after two weeks in 1981.read more
Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonAlthough it famously flopped on Broadway in 1981, this Stephen Sondheim-George Furth musical has been re-evaluated in fine British revivals at Leicester Hayma…
Today in 1981, Merrily We Roll Along closed at the Alvin Theatre now the Neil Simon Theatre, where it ran for 16 performances. Merrily We Roll Along is a musical with a book by George Furth …
Jenna Russell has become London’s go-to star in the musicals of Stephen Sondheim. She played Young Sally in Follies back in 1988, won the 2007 Olivier Award for Dot/Marie in Sunday in …
The first pictures from Merrily We Roll Along at the Menier Chocolate Factory, directed by Maria Friedman
Mark Umbers is currently appearing as Franklin in Merrily We Roll Along at the Menier Chocolate Factory.Based on the play by Kaufman and Hart, Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s music…
Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Merrily We Roll Along opened its 16-performance run on Nov. 16, 1981. The original cast included Jason Alexander, Tonya Pinkins and Lonny Price.
The original Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Merrily We Roll Along officially opened on Nov. 16, 1981. Here, we take a look back at that Merrily, some subsequ…
A new production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Merrily We Roll Along begins performances at London's Menier Chocolate Factory Nov. 16, prior to an official opening Nov. 28, …
Whatsonstage.com and Olivier Award winner Maria Friedman makes her directorial debut with a revival of Stephen Sondheim's classic MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG with an all-star cast including Damian…
Jenna Russell, Mark Umbers and Damian Humbley will star as Mary Flynn, Franklin Shepard and Charlie Kringas, respectively, in the Menier Chocolate Factory’s production of Stephen Sondh…
Mark Umbers, Damian Humbley, and Jenna Russell will star in a revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's time-jumping musical Merrily We Roll Along at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Novem…
Jenna Russell and Josefina Gabrielle have been cast in the Menier Chocolate Factory's forthcoming production of Merrily We Roll Along.
The Menier Chocolate Factory in Southwark has announced the cast for its revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical Merrily We Roll Along which opens on 28 November 2012 (previews from 16 Novembe…
Casting has been announced for the new production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Merrily We Roll Along that begins performances at London's Menier Chocolate Factory Nov. 16, …
The 2012 Encores! concert cast recording of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along, released July 10 on PS Classics, hit No. 1 on the Billboard Top Cast Album chart in its first week o…
This week's column discusses the cast album of the New York City Center Encores! production of Merrily We Roll Along, featuring Colin Donnell, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Lin-Manuel Miranda and…
For those multitudes who have been merrily rolling along their way through the years as Stephen-Sondheimaholics, I guess there is no such thing as too much Sondheim and there maybe can never…
The new concert cast recording of Stephen Sondheim's score to Merrily We Roll Along is in stores as of July 10. PS Classics, the label dedicated to the heritage of Broadway, recorde…
Hey, old friends! The stars of Encores’ 2012 production of Merrily We Roll Along reunited with composer Stephen Sondheim and orchestrator Jonathan Tunick to celebrate the release their…