Talk:Merrily We Roll Along (musical)

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This article was nominated for deletion on Sept. 17, 2007. The result of the discussion was keep.

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[edit] Merrily We Roll Along (play)

What was the point in separating Merrily We Roll Along into two articles if that left the article about the original play with just a few sentences? I can understand dividing an article if both of the resulting articles are substantial, but not in this case. IMHO, it was fine as it was. ConoscoTutto 20:39, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My edits

I added a large section on the background, all from the referenced Zadan book. I also rearranged to align more closely to the Musical theatre structure guidelines. It still needs a plot, especially showing how this "going backwards" plot worked. Added Signature Theatre production, I never know what is notable or not.

There is still more material, interesting stuff at the Signature Theatre site, also on the referenced Ken. Center. There is a very interesting chapter in the book on Sondheim by Joanne Gordon, discussing the function of the chorus "to help the audience realize that the play is moving in reverse order and then to help it make sense of this inversion." (p. 238) JeanColumbia 12:59, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Good work. I look forward to your putting in the above information when you get back in a couple of weeks. Once we get a good synopsis in here, the article should be ready for an upgrade to B-class.... Best regards, and have a great wikibreak. -- Ssilvers 21:51, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

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