Merrily We Roll Along
by Stephen Sondheim
Mentioned once across 1 show · first heard Feb 2026 on Good Hang with Amy Poehler.
The general take
Amy Poehler found Merrily We Roll Along deeply fulfilling, appreciating how the show explores life's different phases and the importance of friendships across those stages. She connected the material to turning 40, suggesting it resonated with her personally during that milestone moment.
About
Merrily We Roll Along , although praised by critics, was a failure on Broadway in 1934 but has since garnered almost cult classic status. It concerns a man who has lost the idealistic values of his youth. Its innovative structure presents the story in reverse order, with the character regressing from a mournful adult to a young man whose future is filled with promise.
Who said what
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…amy introducing discussion of jonathan's tony-winning merrily we roll along
“And then let's talk about Merrily if we can. Of course. That experience must have been just so fulfilling in every way because to your point of like being turning 40, the show is all about the beginnings and middle and ends of things and how life feels like it's this shuffle of all those things and the friendships we make along the way.”
Good Hang with Amy Poehler — Jonathan Groffat 58:01
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