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| re: MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG -- Can the Original 1981 Version Ever Be Shown Again? | |
| Posted by: 88keys 08:13 am EDT 08/25/22 | |
| 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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| While I did not see the original Broadway production, I consider myself lucky that in 1985 my alma mater, University of Bridgeport (1983), had a Sondheim celebration which he attended for a panel discussion. As part of the week, the theater department performed Merrily We Roll Along. This followed the Original Cast album, which I knew intimately, with the graduation bookends, Hills of Tomorrow, Rich and Happy, etc. I've since seen Encores and Fiasco but will always remember this as the best and would love to see that original version done again. | |
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| re: MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG -- Can the Original 1981 Version Ever Be Shown Again? | |
| Posted by: selmerboy 04:25 pm EDT 08/25/22 | |
| In reply to: re: MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG -- Can the Original 1981 Version Ever Be Shown Again? - 88keys 08:13 am EDT 08/25/22 | |
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| At Emory University in '87 ('86?) we were also able to produce (and I was elated to be able to conduct) the original version. I don't think I'll ever be satisfied with anything else. | |
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| re: MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG -- Can the Original 1981 Version Ever Be Shown Again? | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 05:45 pm EDT 08/25/22 | |
| In reply to: re: MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG -- Can the Original 1981 Version Ever Be Shown Again? - selmerboy 04:25 pm EDT 08/25/22 | |
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| Brandeis' student theatre group did the original show in the '86-'87 season, the year after I graduated. (But I was still there, working with the graduate acting program as a young musical director, and I saw the show.) Beth was played by a young freshman actress by the name of...Debra Messing. Yes, that one. :-) By the way, thank you for the link to that episode of the "Life In The Pit" podcast. A friend of mine had suggested this series to me, and somehow I never remembered to look it up. But "now I know" lol. :-) |
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