Signature's "Merrily We Roll Along" is a delight from end to beginning
Chris Klimek
Jason Gotay, Melanie Field, and Jake Loewenthal as Frank, Mary, and Charley. (Christopher Mueller)
When Stephen Sondheim died the day after Thanksgiving five years ago, he was 91 years old. That grand run wasn’t quite long enough for him to see Merrily We Roll Along, the 1981 musical that had stood for decades as the most destructive and demoralizing failure of his brilliant career, rehabilitated into a critically-adored, multi-Tony Award-winning, and profitable revival in 2023. It’s that version that has found its way today to Signature Theatre, the Sondheim specialists in Arlington, Virginia.
My CityCast DC review of Signature’s fine Merrily We Roll Along is here.