The revised new production of George Furth and Stephen Sondheim's beloved Merrily We Roll Along, with additional scenes and songs and streamlined to one act, opened February 19. See what critics thought of the Fiasco Theater production below.
The Hollywood Reporter (Elisabeth Vincentelli)
New York Stage Review (Elysa Gardner)
New York Stage Review (Steven Suskin)
The New York Times (Jesse Green)
TheaterNewsOnline (Jeremy Gerard)
Vulture/NY Magazine (Sara Holdren)
With direction by Fiasco's artistic director Noah Brody, the cast of Merrily We Roll Along is made up of Manu Narayan, Brittany Bradford, Jessie Austrian, Ben Steinfeld, Paul L. Coffey, and Emily Young. Nicole Ferguson, Jennifer Blood, Joe Joseph, and Nicholas Ryan are the understudies.
Merrily We Roll Along plays in the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. Performances began January 12 and are scheduled to continue through April 7.
The production features choreography by Lorin Latarro, and music direction and orchestrations by Alexander Gemignani.
Completing the creative team are Derek McLane (sets), Paloma Young (costumes), Christopher Akerlind(lighting), Peter Hylenski (sound), Meg Zervoulis (music contractor), Kathryn Armour (singing and Alexander technique consultant), and Mark Dobrow (production stage manager).
This production of Merrily We Roll Along incorporates additional material from George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's 1934 play that inspired the musical.
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