Shows · Merrily We Roll Along (2023 Revival)
Merrily We Roll Along (2023 Revival)
Opened 2023
352 performances
Revival, Contemporary
Told in reverse chronological order from 1976 to 1957, the story traces the dissolution of a friendship between three idealistic artists: composer Franklin Shepard, lyricist-playwright Charley Kringas, and writer Mary Flynn. Moving backward through time, each scene reveals how ambition, success, and compromise gradually eroded the passionate bonds that once united them.
- Music
- Stephen Sondheim
- Lyrics
- Stephen Sondheim
- Book
- George Furth
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Music Theatre International Merrily We Roll Along matched on title alone: a lead, not a confirmed licensor Another house is also on record for this work. |
Merrily We Roll Along is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by George Furth. It is based on the 1934 play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. The show tells the story of how three friends' lives and friendship devolve over the course of 20 years; it focuses particularly on Franklin Shepard, a talented composer of musicals who, over those 20 years, abandons his friends and songwriting career to become a producer of Hollywood movies. Like the play on which it is based, the show's story moves in reverse chronology, beginning in 1976 at the friends' lowest moment and ending in 1957, at their youthful best. Merrily premiered on Broadway on November 16,…
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