Merrily We Roll Along

Cast Highlights

Act One

• Overture .... Orchestra
• Merrily We Roll Along .... Company
• Rich and Happy .... Frank and Guests
• Merrily We Roll Along .... Company
• Like It Was .... Mary
• Franklin Shepard, Inc. .... Charley
• Merrily We Roll Along .... Company
• Old Friends .... Frank, Charley, Mary
• Merrily We Roll Along .... Company
• Not a Day Goes By .... Frank
• Now You Know .... Mary, Company

Act Two

• It's a Hit! .... Frank, Mary, Charley, Joe
• Merrily We Roll Along .... Company
• Good Thing Going .... Charley, Frank
• Merrily We Roll Along .... Company
• Bobby and Jackie and Jack .... Charley, Beth, Frank, Ted
• Not a Day Goes By .... Frank, Mary
• Opening Doors .... Frank, Charley, Mary, Joe, Beth
• Our Time .... Frank, Charley, Mary, Company
• The Hills of Tomorrow .... Company

Additional Musical Numbers Lists

These song lists document any changes that the production went through aside from the opening night song list.

• Early-previews song list (10/8/1981)

Despite what some sources say, previews started on Oct. 8, 1981, not Oct. 1, 1981. For confirmation, see this contemporaneous article from the New York Times. The opening was originally scheduled for November 1. This was first postponed to November 9, then to November 16.

Jim Walton replaced James Weissenbach in the leading role of Franklin Shepard on Oct. 19. At that time, Walton was replaced in his original role of Jerome by David Cady, who was the understudy for Franklin Shepard all along. Walton was never listed as the understudy for Franklin Shepard.

The character of older Frank was added to the show late in previews. If a contemporaneous article in the New York Times is to be trusted, the first performance with the character was on Tuesday, Nov. 3. (The article reads a bit ambiguously and could be seen as meaning that the character was added to the show on Nov. 10, but the character was definitely in the show by Nov. 7.)

Main Run

• Alvin Theatre (New York, NY)
  11/16/1981 - 11/28/1981

Commercial Recordings

• Original Broadway Cast (1981)

Private Recordings

• Original Broadway cast (1981)
  Jim Walton , Ann Morrison , Lonny Price , Terry Finn , Jason Alexander
• Broadway Cast (2nd preview) (10/9/1981)
  Ann Morrison , Lonny Price , Terry Finn , Jason Alexander , Sally Klein
• Original Broadway Cast (11/25/1981)
  Jim Walton , Ann Morrison , Lonny Price , Terry Finn , Jason Alexander

Private Recordings

• Original Broadway Cast (10/18/1981)
  Jim Walton, Ann Morrison, Lonny Price, Terry Finn, Jason Alexander
• Original Broadway Cast (11/25/1981)
  Jim Walton, Ann Morrison, Lonny Price, Terry Finn, Jason Alexander