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| re: MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG -- Can the Original 1981 Version Ever Be Shown Again? | |
| Posted by: GilBenbrook 06:35 pm EDT 08/24/22 | |
| In reply to: MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG -- Can the Original 1981 Version Ever Be Shown Again? - BroadwayTonyJ 06:16 pm EDT 08/24/22 | |
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| I don't know the answer to your question, though I'm assuming if some large theatre planned a big revival and approached the estates of Sondheim and Furth about updating the script is probably the best way we'd see a new version of the show. No clue what the Off Broadway revival has planned but perhaps they're thinking about tweaking the script? I will say that I've seen a production of the show that used the revised script, which I believe better fleshes out Frank and Gussie's characters with the addition of "Growing Up" and it's reprises, but also added back the graduation scenes to book end the show and I thought it worked better than any other production I've seen. So perhaps a slight tweak is all that's needed? |
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| re: MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG -- Can the Original 1981 Version Ever Be Shown Again? | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 07:09 pm EDT 08/24/22 | |
| In reply to: re: MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG -- Can the Original 1981 Version Ever Be Shown Again? - GilBenbrook 06:35 pm EDT 08/24/22 | |
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| Where was that production? I would be surprised if what was done was approved. Well, now that I've said that, perhaps you might not want to say. Unless it was the Donmar, since that is a matter of public record, even though Sondheim later chose to forget what was done (or pretended to forget). I would think that Friedman and NYTW will be more or less recreating what was seen in London and Boston, just with a new cast. My sense, which could be wrong, is that Friedman thinks this version works. She does, after all, have some history with it. |
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| re: MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG -- Can the Original 1981 Version Ever Be Shown Again? | |
| Posted by: GilBenbrook 09:39 pm EDT 08/24/22 | |
| In reply to: re: MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG -- Can the Original 1981 Version Ever Be Shown Again? - AlanScott 07:09 pm EDT 08/24/22 | |
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| It was a long time ago in New Jersey, done by a small company that I think did one or two other shows after and then were never heard from again. No clue if it was licensed or not | |
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| re: MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG -- Can the Original 1981 Version Ever Be Shown Again? | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 10:31 pm EDT 08/24/22 | |
| In reply to: re: MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG -- Can the Original 1981 Version Ever Be Shown Again? - GilBenbrook 09:39 pm EDT 08/24/22 | |
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| Was it the Forum Theatre in Metuchen? | |
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