Merrily We Roll Along (New York Theatre Workshop) NYC Reviews and Tickets
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See it if You want to be wowed by the performances, staging, and story.
Don't see it if You go to musicals for levity - there is some of that, but this is a more morose story than most.
See it if you want to see Sondheim done perfectly.
Don't see it if you don't like long shows, kids on stage, or period pieces.
See it if you are organized enough to buy Broadway tickets when they go on sale. this production must not be missed. not a misstep.
Don't see it if you don't like Sondheim.
See it if you love great acting and superb singing. The three leads are perfect and exceptional. Intelligently directed and costumed. Heart warming.
Don't see it if you like a linear story as some people might find it confusing if you don’t know the clever way it was written.
See it if you love musical theater perfection! Everyone is perfectly cast and amazing on that stage!
Don't see it if there is no reason not to see it!
See it if you want to see one of the best productions of this exceptional Sondheim work of theatre and music
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See it if …you want a fascinating, beautifully-sung production of a show that TRULY works on every level.
Don't see it if …you want empty spectacle or don’t want to think.
See it if you like masterful musicals, performed by a perfect cast under a thoughtful director who gets this material and sharpens details into focus.
Don't see it if Beg,borrow or steal for tickets, or wait for the Broadway transfer - the production could actually benefit from a larger theater & orchestra
Critic Reviews (21)
"Maria Friedman’s staging brings the intelligence of the songs fully alive...It’s therefore no small thing to say that in her effort to drag a half-living thing like 'Merrily' to full life, Friedman is more than halfway there. Maybe, finally, it’s a hit."
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"Friedman’s production meets the audience halfway, and a Broadway audience today just might be able to make up the difference as it couldn’t in 1981. Cross your fingers: It might finally be 'Merrily’s' time."
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"This show’s cast has made the run at New York Theatre Workshop a sold-out event."
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"Among Sondheim musicals, 'Merrily' feels especially precious now because it invites the possibility of some personal glimpse at the songwriter himself."
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"With a superlative cast in the three central roles - the show casts a quietly intoxicating spell, as we watch their lives reel backward, from middle age and its clouds of disillusion to the heedless hopefulness of young adulthood."
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"Friedman, a veteran star of the stage herself, knows every inch of this treacherous living landscape and, merrily, verily, her loyal crew go along with her cheerily and unknowingly to the brink."
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"There’s much to be grateful for here, not least a genuine feeling for the material that plumbs the emotional depths without wading into cheap sentiment...it’s good to have the show back in what appears to be viable form to rewrite its Broadway history."
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"Thanks to superlative casting and canny direction, this elegant, emotionally searching production may be the finest 'Merrily' you’ll ever see."
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