Merrily We Roll Along: Original Broadway Cast Recording

"My midlife obsession with Stephen Sondheim began on a Friday night in April 14 years ago, when my daughter Kate persuaded me to take her to her school’s spring musical ... something called 'Sweeney Todd.' ... His songs and shows became central to my life, insinuating themselves into my heart and mind. ... [M]y cravings for his music ... were rekindled in the last few weeks as I read his newly published book, 'Finishing the Hat.' ... It’s a memoir, really, disguised as a book of lyrics, a Sondheim devotee’s dream. The book quickly put me back into my old Sondheim mode. I wore earphones as I paged through it, listening to the songs as I read about each show. Here was 'Losing My Mind,' from 'Follies,' a song, in its own way, about obsession: 'The sun comes up / I think about you. / The coffee cup / I think about you.' Here was 'Like It Was,' from 'Merrily We Roll Along,' a powerful meditation on the fraying of friendship, and the way nostalgia can mislead" (Joe Nocera, "Hearing with the Heart," New York Times, 11/7/10).
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