I sure hope not, but the WSAV weather song has that tune playing.
I hope the rain will hold off, as it's hard to have fireworks if they're wet.
'Mary', 'Franklin', and 'Charlie' will become the three "old pals", but now, in 1957, they are newly forming a fast friendship and sealing it with a pinky swear.
They're up on the roof of the apartment building, having just watched Sputnik 1 make its way across the night sky above them - wow!
Nothing can stop them now... except for the inability of 'Franklin' to say "no".
"Merrily We Roll Along" starts off in 1976, at a hangers-on party at the ritzy home of 'Franklin', now twice-divorced, estranged from his two "old pals", and wishing he could have a second chance so he could do it right.
Then the musical proceeds to work backward from that moment to pivotal dates when he made a decision that changed his path financially forward, but away from those two "old pals".
One of the things I really liked was the use of key songs, sung by a different singer, to be reinterpreted and signal a big change.
"Old Friends" was one of those, as was "Growing Up" and "Not A Day Goes By", with each making several appearances as the twenty years elapse.
I wonder how many of my theatre friends have seen this one?
I'll have to ask around.
It would be nice to be able to talk about it to others.
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So, how did I even know about the musical, "Merrily We Roll Along"?
From an episode of "Elsbeth" called "Yes, And...", s3e1, about an obnoxious late-night talk show host, that's how.
Stephen Colbert played that role, by the way.
I thought he was quite convincing, especially as I can't stand his show.
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