Raúl Esparza, who just concluded a run as George Seurat in Sunday in the Park, stars as lyricist Charley Kringas in Merrily opposite Hayden's Shepard and Miriam Shor's Mary Flynn. The remainder of the cast comprises Emily Skinner (Gussie), Adam Heller (Joe), Anastasia Barzee (Beth), Jason Gilbert (Tyler), John Jellison (Terry), Sherri Edelen (Scotty), Mary Jayne Raleigh (Dory), Sean Mclaughlin (Ru), Keith Byron Kirk (Jerome), Thursday Farrar (KT), Tracy Lynn Olivera (Meg Kincaid), Edgar Godineaux (Bunker), Ty Hreben (TV Newsman), Amy McWilliams (TV Newswoman), Jason Gilbert (Make-up Artist), Mary Jayne Raleigh (Stage Manager), Sherri Edelen (Evelyn), John Jellison (Mr. Spencer), Peggy Yates (Mrs. Spencer), Edgar Godineaux (Pianist), Ty Hreben (Photographer), Amy McWilliams (First Girl) and Keith Byron Kirk (Minister). Merrily We Roll Along, based on a play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, runs through Aug. 24 at the Eisenhower Theatre in Washington, DC's Kennedy Center.
— By Christine Ehren