The characters are young and hopeful about the future, but we the audience know exactly how their lives are going to turn out. Emily Clark returns to discuss that dramatic irony as well as hanging plaques.

You can listen to the podcast Emily co-hosts called Dear Friends Podcast: https://dearfriendspodcast.carrd.coShe hosts Stealing Focus on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/Divinemissem82And you can follow her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/emilyabclark

We are using three productions to frame our discussion of Merrily We Roll Along.

The Original Broadway Cast (1981) starring Jim Walton, Ann Morrison, and Lonny Price.

You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/merrily-we-roll-along-original-broadway-cast-recording/738703005

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3KZq3isCTbYMzGvnXkTfNr?si=u2vq6PhGTCeyOW9W8mTnhw

Or buy it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Merrily-Roll-Along-Original-Broadway/dp/B01KB0V58O/

The Off-Broadway Revival cast (1994) starring Malcolm Gets, Amy Ryder, and Adam Heller.

You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/merrily-we-roll-along-the-new-cast-recording-1994-off/1440771486

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/51xg0INwgGytnQTHm2N0Tc?si=Vv_WetrCQ9OaTmgtpBTpZQ

Or buy it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Merrily-Roll-Along-Cast-Recording/dp/B000026G4K/

The Encores! revival (2012) starring Colin Donnell, Celia Keenan-Bolger, and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/merrily-we-roll-along-2012-new-york-cast-recording/542006479

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2ouySS4WHFplUHtwduvPKx?si=SLaweV0XRomMEvIPXqlpDA

Or buy it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Merrily-Roll-Along-Encores-Recording/dp/B007Q1IT1I/

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