The Two Performance Events Of The Year--"Merrily We Roll Along," and "The Hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

                          Now, I have yet to see the New York Theater Workshop production of 'Merrily,' but not for lack of trying.  Rumored to be moving to Broadway in the Fall of 2023, with its trio cast intact, this could make it a designee two years in a row.  May a CD be released, so those of us can hear it, before seeing it.

                         I did see "The Hours," and, girls, if you are a woman, or even if you simply identify as one, this is for you.  While the music is lackluster, the voices, staging, and acting are so compelling one is swept, like Virginia Woolf,into a drowning pool of humanity as three women struggle, as don't we all, with their lives and positions in the world in different places and times.  I was riveted for the entire three-and-a-quarter hours.  If there is any way you can see this, I strongly urge it.  I count myself lucky that I did.

                          Quite a year for the arts, girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!