1. Merrily we roll along (1981)
Lilly Salamone

2. Run Opened: November 16, 1981 at the Alvin Theatre
Closed: November 28, 1981
Performances: 52 previews and 16 performances

3. Cast Made the decision to cast teenagers Jim Walton (Franklin Shepard)
Lonny Price (Charley Kringas) 
Ann Morrison (Mary)
 Terry Finn (Gussie)
Jason Alexander (Joe)
Sally Klein (Beth)
Geoffrey Horne (Franklin Shephard age 43)
David Loud (Ted)
Daisy Prince (Meg)
Liz Callaway (Nightclub Waitress)
Tonya Pinkins (Gwen)
 Giancarlo Esposito (Valedictorian)
Cast

4. Cast Music and Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: George Furth
Basis: 1934 play by George Kaufman and Moss Hart
Director: Hal Prince
Choreography: Larry Fuller (originally Ron Fields)

5. Plot Act One 1976 (film premier) 1973 (Interview)
1968 (Return from cruise)
1966 (Divorce )
Act Two
1964 (Musical debut)
1962 (Musical promotion)
1960 (Nightclub job)
1959 (Career begins)
1975 (It all begins)

6. Our Time Last song of the show, with a young, naïve trio

7. Review #1 Frank Rich
“to be a Stephen Sondheim fan is to have one's heart broken at regular intervals”
“repeats the defects of the original text - even as it adds more of its own”
“[Furth] defines the show's principal female character… by giving her labored retreads of the wisecracks he wrote for …‘’Company.’‘”
Hal Prince “came up flat"

8. Review #2 David Richards (1994)
“a dazzling score that put stars in your eyes, and a troublesome book that left a sour taste in your mouth”
cast with teenagers, a ploy …meant to underscore the disenchantments of aging but backfired badly”

9. Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened
Documentary by Lonny Prince
“ catches up with castmates as they remember rehearsals when dialogue and blocking changed daily, creators added and dropped songs in previews, and when the lead actor was replaced late in the game”
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened

10. Awards Tony Awards 1982 Best Original Score (Sondheim) – Nominated
Drama Desk 1982
Outstanding Music (Sondheim) -Nominated
Outstanding Lyrics (Sondheim) - Won
Theatre World Award 1982
(Anne Morrison) - Won