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Revisiting Sondheim: Merrily We Roll Along (2025)
Episode 193 — Revisiting Sondheim: Merrily We Roll Along
Welcome back to The Conner & Smith Show!
This week we return to our ongoing Stephen Sondheim deep dive series with a long-overdue update — inspired by the extraordinary filmed stage version of Merrily We Roll Along.
For years, Merrily has been known as the fascinating “problem child” of the Sondheim canon — a brilliant score paired with a notoriously difficult structure. But the recent filmed Broadway production, directed by Maria Friedman, offers a revelatory take on the show that made both of us fall in love with it all over again.
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