Sony Masterworks Broadway is happy to announce the release of the New Broadway Cast Recording of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG on vinyl. Produced by David Caddick, David Lai, Joel Fram and Maria Friedman, the album was recorded and mixed by Ian Kagey at Berklee at PowerStation NYC and Renaissance Recording NY. The New Broadway Cast Recording includes new liner notes from Director and album Producer Maria Friedman as well as former New York Times Chief Theater Critic, Ben Brantley.
“Merrily We Roll Along’s initial short run may have been nothing but a footnote in the illustrious career of Stephen Sondheim without the preservation of his amazing score on the Original Broadway Cast Recording,” says Scott Farthing, EVP of Sony Masterworks U.S. “How amazing that over 40 years later, Masterworks Broadway had the opportunity to memorialize the musical’s celebrated new revival to live alongside the iconic original album.”
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG is directed by multi-Olivier Award winner Maria Friedman, features music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, a book by George Furth, and is based on the original play by George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart.
Spanning three decades in the entertainment business, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG charts the turbulent relationship between Composer Franklin Shepard and his two lifelong friends — Writer Mary and Lyricist & Playwright Charley. An inventive cult-classic ahead of its time, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG features some of Stephen Sondheim’s most celebrated and personal songs.
Starring Daniel Radcliffe as Charley Kringas, Jonathan Groff as Franklin Shepard, and Lindsay Mendez as Mary Flynn, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG also features Krystal Joy Brown as Gussie Carnegie, Katie Rose Clarke as Beth Shepard, and Reg Rogers as Joe Josephson.
This production of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG was originally produced at the Menier Chocolate Factory (Artistic Director: David Babani) and subsequently transferred to the Harold Pinter Theatre, where it garnered the most five-star reviews in West End history before going on to win the Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival. It was originally Directed on Broadway by Harold Prince and originally Produced on Broadway by Lord Grade, Martin Starger, Robert Fryer, and Harold Prince in association with Ruth Mitchell and Howard Haines.
Track Listing
Disc 1 (Side A)
Overture
Merrily We Roll Along
That Frank
First Transition
Old Friends -- Like It Was
Franklin Shepard, Inc.
Disc 2 (Side B)
Second Transition
Old Friends
Growing Up
Third Transition
Not A Day Goes By (Intro)
Not A Day Goes By
Now You Know
Disc 2 (Side C)
Gussie's Opening Number
It's A Hit!
Fourth Transition
The Blob - Part I
Growing Up (Reprise)
Good Thing Going
The Blob - Part II
Fifth Transition
Bobby And Jackie And Jack
Disc 2 (Side D)
Not A Day Goes By (Reprise)
Sixth Transition
Opening Doors
Seventh Transition
Our Time
Condition: New
Discs: 2
Vinyl Colour: Black