Merrily We Roll Along
3 - 7 Jul
Based on the original play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
Originally Directed on Broadway by Harold Prince
Director Martha Geelan
Musical Director Dan Jackson
Choreographer George Lyons
Set & Costume Designer George P Martin
Lighting Designer Mark Dymock
Sound Designer David Beckham
“I swear, if I could go back to the beginning, if I could somehow be starting over with Charley, writing shows, trying to change the world, I’d give all this up like that.”
Frank has everything: money, fame, and a successful career in Hollywood. So why has he lost everyone who ever mattered to him?
Merrily We Roll Along tells its story in reverse – winding back the clock to reveal how a brilliant, promising composer slowly lost his loved ones, his principles, and himself – until we arrive at the very beginning: a rooftop, a satellite launch, and three young friends who believed they could take on the world.
Featuring one of Stephen Sondheim’s most celebrated scores, this is a musical about ambition, compromise and what we are willing to sacrifice in the name of success.
Merrily We Roll Along is performed by our MA Performance – Musical Theatre cohort.
Originally produced on Broadway by Lord Grade, Martin Starger, Robert Fryer and Harold Prince in association with Ruth Mitchell and Howard Haines.
This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International. All authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.co.uk
Age guidance: 12+
