latimes.com: "How did we get to be here?" That question is asked by the chorus throughout "Merrily We Roll Along," the 1981 Stephen Sondheim musical that famously flopped after only two weeks on Broadway. On Wednesday night, a semi-staged "Merrily" was presented at New York's City Center, placing the problematic show closer to Broadway both in spirit and location -- only four blocks from its original theater -- than it's been in 30-plus years. How did "Merrily" get here after all its drama -- it was the "Spider-Man" of its season, with postponements, creative replacements and plenty of ill will -- and after all these years?
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Still trying to get Sondheim's 'Merrily We Roll Along' right
latimes.com: "How did we get to be here?" That question is asked by the chorus throughout "Merrily We Roll Along," the 1981 Stephen Sondheim musical that famously flopped after only two weeks on Broadway. On Wednesday night, a semi-staged "Merrily" was presented at New York's City Center, placing the problematic show closer to Broadway both in spirit and location -- only four blocks from its original theater -- than it's been in 30-plus years. How did "Merrily" get here after all its drama -- it was the "Spider-Man" of its season, with postponements, creative replacements and plenty of ill will -- and after all these years?
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