Roundabout Theatre Company’s company in residence, Fiasco Theater, has reworked “Merrily We Roll Along” and the production was recently extended off-Broadway at Roundabout’s Laura Pels Theatre. The show is now scheduled to run through April 14.
“Merrily We Roll Along” is a musical with a book by George Furth and lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim. It is based on the 1934 play of the same name by Kaufman and Hart and tells the story of three creative friends: Frank, Charlie, and Mary, backward through time. The show begins with years of growing apart and betrayal on simmer and ends with a hopeful meeting. Though the show possesses iconic Sondheim songs like “Our Time” and “Not a Day Goes By,” the show failed to gain traction during its original Broadway run, closing after 44 previews and 16 post-opening performances. With Stephen Sondheim’s permission, Fiasco has worked with the texts to create a new script.
Ben Steinfeld is co-Artistic Directors of Fiasco Theater, along with "Merrily’s" director Noah Brody and Jessie Austrian, who plays the suffering and saturated Mary. Steinfeld plays Franklin Shepard.
