"Merrily We Roll Along/ Rich & Happy" - Original Broadway Cast

[RockinRioluTV]

im going to see this at city center feb 11th Saw the oringinal in previews- kudos to gary

[mombam]

Ditto to comment below from boomeek ..thank you for posting this!

[BOomeek]

Listening to this makes me so happy. Thank you so much for the upload!

[mickmikado]

the music is great and i love the score,but when we see a musical it has to work as a whole .look at mack and mabel fantastic score but a bad book.i dont mind bare stages and limited props,but it has to compliment the show.and the sets and costumes for the broadway production was a mistake.but love the score

[autopolydidact]

If I could ever travel back in time for a day, it would be to see this original production.

[mickmikado]

listening to the broadway cast its hard to believe this musical was a flop,until you look at the production photos, then you can only be glad that you didnt pay good money to this load of trash.Such a shame when the cast was so talented.

[foodwineguy]

@mickmikado I go to see musicals to hear the music portrayed live... the music here is great. One of Sonheim's greatest works. I've seen it love a number of times and even the versions with your casts have worked or not because of the belief in the songs and the singing. There is a reason that putting on a Sondheim is often referred to as "Into the Words".

[jjarndyce]

Father is right. DUMB, Mr. Prince. Audiences can't help but be annoyed when teens play adults. Are you listening, all you high schools trying to stage 'Follies'?

[FatherShaneTharp]

Part of what sunk this musical was the decision to cast teenagers. It takes experience and knowing regrets to be able to express the heartbreaking change from dreams to "practical".

[ITCJon]

Did Jason Alexander really have that much hair, or was he already wearing a toupee?

[pec2pec]

@ITCJon: Yeah, that was his real hair - he was about 22 then.

And even with its problems, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG was the most interesting musical of that season (one that included DREAMGIRLS and NINE).

[MUSICALANGIE]

Thx for these clear, wonderful pics! I'm wondering is there any video exists (even clips) for the 1994 York Theatre production of Merrily?