Growing Up

Introspection and seduction in Merrily We Roll Along

Krystal Joy Brown and Jonathan Groff as Gussie and Frank (📸: Matthew Murphy)

It started out like a song…

Franklin Shepard sits alone at his piano. We do not know it yet, but the song he plays as “Growing Up” begins will take many forms during Merrily We Roll Along. It will feature in “Gussie’s Opening Number” at the top of Act II, a glitzy showstopper th…