Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along with Gail Leondar-Wright

Join us for an engaging lecture, full of things to watch, hear and discuss. We’ll discover that not only does the story of Merrily We Roll Along run backwards, but the musical itself runs backwards, with reprises occurring even before the song on which they are based. We’ll also look at how Sondheim’s modular writing (musical ideas that recur) helps audiences follow the musical’s backwards structure and adds poignancy to the show.

Sponsored by the John and Mary Murphy Foundation.