Sony Masterworks Broadway, along with producers Sonia Friedman, David Babani and Patrick Catullo, have released the digital version of the New Broadway Cast Recording of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s celebrated musical, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, alongside the official music video for the title track.
The physical CD is set for release on 12 January 2024 and is available now for Pre-Order.
Produced by David Caddick, David Lai, Joel Fram and Maria Friedman, the album was recorded and mixed by Ian Kagey at Berklee at PowerStationNYC and Renaissance Recording NY. The New Broadway Cast Recording includes new liner notes from Director and Album Producer Maria Friedman as well as former New York Times Chief Theater Critic, Ben Brantley.
Starring Daniel Radcliffe as Charley Kringas, Jonathan Groff as Franklin Shepard, and Lindsay Mendez as Mary Flynn, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG also features Krystal Joy Brown as Gussie Carnegie, Katie Rose Clarke as Beth Shepard, and Reg Rogers as Joe Josephson.
The company includes Calvin James Davis, Max Rackenberg, Brady Wagner, Sherz Aletaha, Maya Boyd, Leana Rae Concepcion, Morgan Kirner, Ken Krugman, Corey Mach, Talia Simone Robinson, Amanda Rose, Jamila Sabares-Klemm, Brian Sears, Evan Alexander Smith, Christian Strange, Koray Tarhan, Vishal Vaidya, Natalie Wachen, and Jacob Keith Watson.
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG is directed by multi-Olivier Award® winner Maria Friedman, features music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, a book by George Furth, and is based on the original play by George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart. MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG officially opened on Tuesday, October 10 and runs for a strictly limited engagement through March 24, 2024 at the Hudson Theatre (141 W 44th Street).
Spanning three decades in the entertainment business, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG charts the turbulent relationship between composer Franklin Shepard and his two lifelong friends — writer Mary and lyricist & playwright Charley. An inventive cult-classic ahead of its time, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG features some of Stephen Sondheim’s most celebrated and personal songs.
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (NEW BROADWAY CAST RECORDING)
TRACKLIST:
- Overture
- Merrily We Roll Along
- That Frank
- First Transition
- Old Friends — Like It Was
- Franklin Shepard, Inc.
- Second Transition
- Old Friends
- Growing Up
- Third Transition
- Not a Day Goes By (Intro)
- Not a Day Goes By
- Now You Know
- Gussie’s Opening Number
- It’s a Hit!
- Fourth Transition
- The Blob – Part I
- Growing Up (Reprise)
- Good Thing Going
- The Blob – Part II
- Fifth Transition
- Bobby and Jackie and Jack
- Not a Day Goes By (Reprise)
- Sixth Transition
- Opening Doors
- Seventh Transition
- Our Time
