The
Encores! concert production of
Stephen Sondheim and
George Furth's
Merrily We Roll Along (to February 19) stars
Lin-Manuel Miranda (
In the Heights) as lyricist Charley Kringas,
Colin Donnell (
Anything Goes) as songwriter Franklin Shepard, and
Celia Keenan-Bolger (
...Spelling Bee) as magazine writer Mary Flynn—three friends, once inseparable, who are fractured by the choices made and paths taken. (Good thing the action moves backwards, to their happy beginning!) Part two of our peek at the show includes songs "Old Friends," "Like It Was," "Franklin Shepard, Inc.," "Opening Doors," and "Our Time."