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Best Of: 'Merrily We Roll Along'; MSNBC Host Ali Velshi
Fresh Air
English - June 08, 2024 07:00 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MB - ★★★★ - 33.3K ratingsBooks Arts TV & Film comedy news movies politics interview entrepreneurship culture business health interviews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Stephen Sondheim's musical Merrily We Roll Along flopped when it debuted in 1981. But its Broadway revival has been a hit, garnering seven Tony nominations. We talk with director Maria Friedman, who was a friend of Sondheim's, and actor Jonathan Groff.
MSNBC host Ali Velshi traces his family's migration across three continents, from a village in India to South Africa — where his grandfather crossed paths with Mahatma Gandhi — to Kenya, Canada and the U.S. Velshi's new memoir is Small Acts of Courage.
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