Merrily We Roll Along

by George Furth, Stephen Sondheim (Composer), Stephen Sondheim (Lyricist)

Overview

The much-beloved musical by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth, available again in print for the first time in 20 years.

Written over forty years ago, Sondheim and Furth’s spirited and affecting Merrily We Roll Along boasts an innovative structure that begins in the present and moves backwards in time over 20 years, tracing the personal and professional lives of a successful producer and composer and his two (now estranged) friends. With wit, irony, and a crackling score by Sondheim, Merrily poignantly captures the ways success can corrupt youthful ideals, and crumble the foundations of friendship in its wake.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781636701417
Publisher:	Theatre Communications Group
Publication date:	10/15/2024
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	237,149
Product dimensions:	5.38(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Stephen Sondheim was an American composer and lyricist, widely considered one of the most influential and innovative artists in 20th-century musical theatre. He wrote lyrics for West Side Story, Gypsy and Do I Hear a Waltz, and the complete scores (music and lyrics) for works such as A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Into the Woods, Company, A Little Night Music, Follies, Sunday in the Park with George, Assassins, Passion, Pacific Overtures and Sweeney Todd. He won six Tony Awards for Best Score for a Musical, a special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, an Academy Award for Best Song, eight Grammy Awards, and a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and many other honors.

George Furth was an American librettist, playwright, and actor. Furth won both the Tony and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical for Company, and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play for Precious Sons.

Editorial Reviews

It's precisely the backward momentum that makes the story so moving: the show builds towards a surge of youthful optimism... that we know will not be sustained. Sondheim’s score is also a miracle of construction: motifs, phrases and even non-musical sounds echo through the evening... What I love about this show is that Sondheim's technical brilliance is harnessed to emotional needs.” —Guardian

“An emotional whirlwind of roads not taken (a Sondheim constant) and friendships allowed to fray.” —Variety

“Theatrically effective, smart and emotionally wrenching.” —amNY

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