Merrily We Roll Along
Laura Pels Theatre
Previews Began: January 12, 2019
Opening Night: February 19, 2019
Closing Night: April 14, 2019
Music: Stephen Sondheim
Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Book: George Furth
Beginning in the present and moves backwards, tracing the lives of wealthy, jaded composer, Franklin Shepard, and his two estranged friends, Mary Flynn and Charley Kringas, through each milestone of their personal and professional lives (good and bad).
MUSICAL NUMBERS
ACT ONE
Merrily We Roll Along…………………………..Company
That Frank………Franklin Shepard, Mary Flynn, Guests
First Transition…………………………………..Company
Old Friends (Part I)……….Mary Flynn, Charley Kringas
Like It Was……………………………………..Mary Flynn
Franklin Shepard, Inc……………………Charley Kringas
Second Transition………………………………..Company
Old Friends (Part II)……..Mary Flynn, Charley Kringas,
Franklin Shepard
Growing Up…………Franklin Shepard, Gussie Carnegie
Third Transition…………………………………..Company
Not a Day Goes By…………………………..Beth Spencer
Now You Know…………………….Mary Flynn, Company
ACT TWO
Act Two Opening…………………………Gussie Carnegie
It’s a Hit…………….Franklin Shepard, Charley Kringas,
Mary Flynn, Joe Josephson,
Beth Spencer
Fourth Transition………………………………..Company
The Blob (Part I)……………..Gussie Carnegie, Company
Growing Up (Part II)……………………..Gussie Carnegie
Good Thing Going………………………..Charley Kringas
The Blob (Part II)…………………………………Company
Fifth Transition…………………………………..Company
Bobby and Jackie and Jack…………….Charley Kringas,
Beth Spencer,
Franklin Shepard
Not a Day Goes By (Reprise)………………Beth Spencer,
Franklin Shepard,
Mary Flynn
Sixth Transition…………………………………..Company
Opening Doors…….Franklin Shepard, Charley Kringas,
Mary Flynn, Joe Josephson,
Beth Spencer
Seventh Transition………….Franklin Shepard Jr., Beth,
Mrs. Spencer
Our Time……………Franklin Shepard, Charley Kringas,
Mary Flynn, Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Jessie Austrian Mary Flynn
Brittany Bradford Beth Spencer
Meg
K.T.
Paul L. Coffey Joe Josephson
Glen Wilson
Mr. Spencer
Manu Narayan Charley Kringas
Ben Steinfeld Frank Shepard
Emily Young Gussie Carnegie
Mrs. Spencer
Understudies: Jennifer Blood (Mary/Gussie/Mrs. Spencer), Nicole Ferguson (Beth/Meg/K.T./Gussie/Mrs. Spencer), Joe Joseph (Joe/Glen Wilson/Mr. Spencer/Charley), Nicholas Ryan (Joe/Glen Wilson/Mr. Spencer/Charley/Frank)
