Merrily We Roll Along

• Original Broadway Production (1981)
  New York, NY
• UK Premiere (1983)
  London, England
• La Jolla Production (1985)
  La Jolla, CA
• York Theatre Company Production (1994)
  New York, NY
• Sydney Theatre Company Production (1996)
  Sydney, Australia
• Donmar Warehouse Revival (2000)
  London, England
• Original Cast Reunion Concert (2002)
  New York, NY
• London Concert (2010)
  London, England
• Encores! Production (2012)
  New York, NY
• Menier Chocolate Factory Production (2012)
  London, England
• Off-Broadway Revival (2019)
  New York, NY
• New York Theatre Workshop (2022)
  New York, NY
• Broadway Revival (2023)
  New York, NY

Click on the title for info on the song.

Original score

• The Hills of Tomorrow
• Merrily We Roll Along
• Rich and Happy
• Old Friends
• Like It Was
• Franklin Shepard, Inc.
• Not a Day Goes By
• Now You Know
• It's a Hit!
• Good Thing Going
• Bobby and Jackie and Jack
• Opening Doors
• Our Time

Cut during previews

• Darling!
• Thank You for Coming
• Honey

Added to later versions

• That Frank
• Growing Up
• Opening (Act Two)
  • aka Act Two Opening [no note]
  • aka He's Only a Boy [no note]
  • aka Musical Husbands [no note]
• First Transition
  • aka Transition 1 [no note]
• Second Transition
  • aka Transition 2 [no note]
• Third Transition
  • aka Transition 3 [no note]
• Fourth Transition
  • aka Transition 4 [no note]
• Fifth Transition
  • aka Transition 5 [no note]
• Sixth Transition
  • aka Transition 6 [no note]
• Seventh Transition

Cut during Broadway previews but restored in licensed versions

• The Blob

• Private Audition [audio]

Three friends—two in show business and one an accountant—navigate the unraveling of their relationships and careers. As the narrative unfolds in reverse, their hopes, compromises, and betrayals are exposed layer by layer, revealing how youthful ideals give way to middle-aged disillusionment. By watching events backward, the audience pieces together the moments that fractured their bonds, ending at the hopeful spark that once united them.

For information on changes made during previews of the original production, see the page for the production.