MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
PORCHLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE, 2018
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by George Furth
Based on the play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
Direction by Michael Weber
Music Direction by Aaron Benham
Associate Direction and Musical Staging by Christopher Pazdernik
“MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG SOARS TO NEW HEIGHTS IN PORCHLIGHT STAGING”
“Porchlight Music Theatre’s intimate but grand-scale production of the show is infused with fierce, precision-tooled, altogether-transformative direction by Michael Weber.”
Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
“The play is very emotional and Weber, who truly understands Sondheim, gets it perfectly!”
Al Bresloff, Around the Town Chicago
“GRATIFYING, STIRRING, HEART-WRENCHING.”
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
“This gratifying, stirring, heart-wrenching production of Stephen Sondheim’s masterful 1981 musical, directed by Michael Weber, continues that upward and outward trajectory of the theater’s scope and capability.”
Dan Jakes, Chicago Reader
“THE TIME HAS COME FOR MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG”
“Everyone and everything onstage at the Ruth Page Center shows precisely why Porchlight Music Theatre has made a reputation as premiere Sondheim interpreters.”
Patrick O’Brien, Chicagolandmusicaltheatre.com