Topic: APPLAUSE, APPLAUSE (Read 212 times)

I've always loved Merrily. I got to see a 1983 college production of the original that was very well done. In 2007 a local professional company did one of the revised versions. Then I saw the Broadway revival. I was literally crying at points during the show because ai never dreamed I would see it done so well.

MichaelG · « **Reply #83 on:** **Today** at 03:06:52 PM »

For recordings I have the OBC, bk's York recording, and the Broadway revival. The Broadway revival is far and away my favorite.

MichaelG · « **Reply #84 on:** **Today** at 03:10:56 PM »

I never had a problem with the book. By the time I saw it on stage, the Betrayal movie had come out with the same story-in-reverse structure. Audiences who've seen movies like Pulp Fiction shouldn't have problems with Merrily's timeline.

MichaelG · « **Reply #85 on:** **Today** at 03:12:38 PM »

Which leaves us with the relatability of the main character. The Growing Up songs help. Structuring the show as a memory play as in the revival also helps.

MichaelG · « **Reply #86 on:** **Today** at 03:15:25 PM »

I do miss The Hills of Tomorrow and the music nerdiness of the same tune running through 3 songs worth of evolution, but I've come to terms with the show working much better without it. You couldn't really do it as a memory play with those songs there.

MichaelG · « **Reply #87 on:** **Today** at 03:16:36 PM »

Now off to Mauna Kea observatory at 14,000 feet. Of course we came to Hawai'i for the snow!

MichaelG · « **Reply #88 on:** **Today** at 03:17:36 PM »

RIP Robert Duvall. I've got some more movies and TV of his to see that I've missed.

John G. · « **Reply #89 on:** **Today** at 03:25:15 PM »

The Duvall news was not welcome. Here he is doing a tango with his wife.

https://youtu.be/Sms4grRcCck?si=WPe3n9mQtVppE6bV

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