Why revive Merrily We Roll Along? For remuneration? Not remotely. The show was just about the biggest box office flop of Stephen Sondheim’s career; 16 Broadway performances and out in 1981. (There have, of course, been plenty of contenders for this distinction in the Sondheim fiscal failure firmament, virtually every one of them an extraordinary musical eminently worthy of original success and subsequent revival.)
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Why Revive (Part 4): "Merrily We Roll Along"
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Why revive Merrily We Roll Along? For remuneration? Not remotely. The show was just about the biggest box office flop of Stephen Sondheim’s career; 16 Broadway performances and out in 1981. (There have, of course, been plenty of contenders for this distinction in the Sondheim fiscal failure firmament, virtually every one of them an extraordinary musical eminently worthy of original success and subsequent revival.)