Feels Like An Ending, But It’s Really A Beginning
Structural musings on Merrily We Roll Along
When we consider the first-act finale and second-act opener of Merrily We Roll Along, we can ask ourselves an unusual question: which is which?
At first this might seem a little absurd. We clearly cannot help but experience these numbers as they are written: Act I closes with “Now You Know,” and Act II begins with “Gussie’s Opening Num…