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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:musical
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gptkbp:adaptation
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gptkb:film
Film adaptation in development
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gptkbp:adapted_into
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gptkb:film_adaptation
gptkb:television_special
gptkb:television_adaptation
gptkb:television
gptkb:film
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gptkbp:album
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gptkb:1981
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gptkbp:award
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gptkb:none
gptkb:1982_Tony_Awards
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gptkbp:based_on
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the play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber
Merrily We Roll Along (play)
Merrily We Roll Along (1934 play)
The 1932 play of the same name
Merrily We Roll Along by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber
play by Kaufman and Ferber
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gptkbp:cast
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gptkb:Jim_Walton
gptkb:Eugene_O'_Neill
gptkb:Basil_Rathbone
gptkb:John_Barrymore
gptkb:Ethel_Barrymore
gptkb:Mary_Elizabeth_Mastrantonio
gptkb:Edna_Ferber
gptkb:Jason_Alexander
gptkb:Helen_Hayes
gptkb:Miriam_Hopkins
gptkb:Ann_Morrison
gptkb:Lonny_Price
gptkb:George_S._Kaufman
gptkb:Lillian_Hellman
gptkb:Mildred_Natwick
gptkb:Robert_Benchley
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gptkbp:character
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gptkb:Franklin_Shepard
gptkb:Mary_Flynn
gptkb:Miriam
gptkb:The_Director
gptkb:Kathy
gptkb:theater_productions
gptkb:Gussie_Carnegie
gptkb:Joe_Josephson
The Writer
The Producer
Charley Kringas
Theatrical Agent
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gptkbp:choreography
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gptkb:Larry_Fuller
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gptkbp:composer
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gptkb:Stephen_Sondheim
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gptkbp:costume_design
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gptkb:Theoni_V._Aldredge
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gptkbp:created_by
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gptkb:Moss_Hart
gptkb:Edna_Ferber
gptkb:Stephen_Sondheim
gptkb:George_S._Kaufman
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gptkbp:critical_reception
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Mixed reviews
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gptkbp:cultural_impact
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Cult following
cult following
inspired various adaptations
influence on musical theatre
frequent revivals
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gptkbp:design
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gptkb:David_Mitchell
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gptkbp:director
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gptkb:Harold_Prince
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gptkbp:famous_for
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its non-linear narrative
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gptkbp:first_performance
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gptkb:1981
1934
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gptkbp:first_published
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gptkb:George_Furth
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gptkbp:first_released
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1981 Broadway production
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gptkbp:follows
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the lives of three friends
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:musical_theatre
gptkb:musical_comedy
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gptkbp:has_library
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gptkb:George_Furth
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gptkbp:has_setting
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gptkb:Los_Angeles
gptkb:New_York_City
the 1970s
the 1990s
the 1980s
the 2010s
the 2000s
the 2020s
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gptkbp:has_song
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gptkb:Stephen_Sondheim
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gptkbp:has_soundtrack
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gptkb:Stephen_Sondheim
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gptkbp:has_theme
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the passage of time
the impact of choices
the cost of success
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Merrily We Roll Along
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gptkbp:influence
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Theater history
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:musical_theatre
gptkb:Stephen_Sondheim
musicals about Hollywood
narrative structure in musicals
Stephen Sondheim's work
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:jazz_music
gptkb:The_American_Dream
gptkb:The_Great_Gatsby
gptkb:postmodernism
gptkb:the_Great_American_Songbook
gptkb:Edna_Ferber
gptkb:The_Great_American_Songbook
gptkb:George_S._Kaufman
gptkb:The_Last_Tycoon
gptkb:theatre_of_the_absurd
gptkb:popular_culture
Pop music
American musical theatre
Jazz standards
Broadway musicals
Contemporary musical theater
Hollywood musicals
theater of the 1930s
the American theatre tradition
the New York theatre scene
the 1920s and 1930s theatre movements
the rise of the musical genre
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gptkbp:inspiration
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Sondheim's own experiences
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gptkbp:inspired_by
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the American Dream
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:lyricist
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gptkb:Stephen_Sondheim
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gptkbp:notable_character
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gptkb:Franklin_Shepard
gptkb:Mary_Flynn
Charley Kringas
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gptkbp:notable_production
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gptkb:2016_New_York_City_Center_Encores!_production
gptkb:2000_London_production
gptkb:Harold_Prince
gptkb:2016_New_York_City_Center_Encores!
West End production
Original Broadway production
1981 Broadway
2013 Broadway revival
2002 Off-Broadway revival
2020 Broadway revival
1981 Broadway production
1981 Broadway revival
2013 Off-Broadway revival
2000 London concert
2019 West End production
2019 West End revival
2000 London
2002 London revival
2013 London revival
2021 Off-Broadway revival
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gptkbp:notable_song
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gptkb:The_Best_Things_in_Life_Are_Free
gptkb:The_Time_of_Your_Life
gptkb:Merrily_We_Roll_Along
gptkb:The_Time_Is_Now
gptkb:The_Story_of_My_Life
Good Thing Going
Not a Day Goes By
Opening Doors
The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
Goodbye, Old Girl
It's a Hit!
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gptkbp:original_language
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English
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gptkbp:original_production_lighting_designer
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gptkb:Tharon_Musser
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gptkbp:original_production_orchestrator
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gptkb:Jonathan_Tunick
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gptkbp:premiere_date
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gptkb:1981
1981-11-16
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gptkbp:premiere_location
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gptkb:Lincoln_Center_Theater
gptkb:Alvin_Theatre
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkb:Shubert_Theatre
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gptkbp:premiered_on
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gptkb:Alvin_Theatre
1934
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gptkbp:record_label
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gptkb:RCA_Records
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gptkbp:revival
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2002 Off-Broadway revival
2012 London revival
2019 West End revival
2013 London revival
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gptkbp:revived_in
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gptkb:1981
gptkb:1994
gptkb:2002
gptkb:2012
gptkb:2013
gptkb:2019
2012 London
2013 Broadway
2002 Off-Broadway
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gptkbp:set_in
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gptkb:Hollywood
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gptkbp:setting
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gptkb:New_York_City
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gptkbp:structure
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backward chronology
Reverse chronological order
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gptkbp:theme
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gptkb:Ambition
gptkb:friendship
success
disillusionment
Disillusionment
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gptkbp:themes
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gptkb:friendship
success
the passage of time
disillusionment
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gptkbp:written_by
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gptkb:Edna_Ferber
gptkb:George_S._Kaufman
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Stephen_Sondheim
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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3
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