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Merrily We Roll Along 2016

Run Time:
2 hours and 20 minutes, with one intermission
Ages: 12+
Opened: November 23, 2016
Closing: December 18, 2016

Merrily We Roll Along - 2016 Los Angeles History , Info & More

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90210

With music and lyrics by Sondheim and book by George Furth, Merrily We Roll Along tells the powerful and moving story of a composer's idealism and friendships, corrupted by success, in an emotionally charged journey through the lives of three friends. Told backwards, this rarely-staged musical begins with the disillusioned present, travelling in time throughout seven different periods, and ending with the friends' optimistic early years. Based on the Kaufman and Hart play, Merrily We Roll Along features some of Sondheim's most beautiful and at times haunting songs including, "Good Thing Going," "Our Time," "Old Friends" and "Not a Day Goes By." Initially presented on Broadway in 1981, it ran for 52 previews and only 16 performances before quickly closing. That production is now the subject of a new documentary film, Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened opening in theaters in November.


Merrily We Roll Along - 2016 - Los Angeles Cast

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BWW Review: The Wallis Uncovers THE HEART OF ROBIN HOOD for the Holidays
by Ellen Dostal - Dec 4, 2017


This year for the holidays, The Wallis has traded its typical musical theatre fare (Into the Woods/2014, Guys & Dolls/2015, Merrily We Roll Along/2016) for something a little less traditional but even more imaginative and fun Vesturport Theatre's THE HEART OF ROBIN HOOD by playwright David Farr.

Broadway AM Report, 11/23/2016 - Michael Arden's MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG and More!
by Jessica Khan - Nov 23, 2016


Today's big news: Michael Arden's starry MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG starts tonight at the Wallis!

HAMILTON and MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Documentaries to Premiere at 2016 NYFF
by TV News Desk - Aug 23, 2016


Special Events will feature the world premiere of Lonny Price's Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened, a nonfiction account of Stephen Sondheim and Harold Prince's 1981 musical-flop-turned-cult-favorite Merrily We Roll Along, with Price and theater luminary Sondheim in person. Thirty-five years later in the world of musicals, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton is a Broadway sensation. Alex Horwitz's Hamilton's America goes behind the history of the Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning production, and makes its world premiere at NYFF with the director and special guests to be announced.

Merrily We Roll Along History

Other Productions of Merrily We Roll Along

1981   Broadway Original Broadway Production
Broadway
1985   Regional (US) Regional Production
Regional (US)
1990   Regional (US) Regional Production
Regional (US)
1992   Regional (UK) Regional Production
Regional (UK)
1994   Off-Broadway York Theatre Company Production
Off-Broadway
2000   West End Donmar Warehouse Revival
West End
2002   Regional (US) Sondheim Festival Production
Regional (US)
2012   Off-Broadway Encores! Concert
Off-Broadway
2012   West End Menier Chocolate Factory Production
West End
2013   West End Menier Chocolate Factory Production
West End
2016   Los Angeles Wallis Annenberg Center Production
Los Angeles
2019   Off-Broadway Roundabout Theatre Company Off-Broadway Production
Off-Broadway
2022   Off-Broadway Off-Broadway Revival Production
Off-Broadway
2023   Broadway Broadway Revival Production
Broadway

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