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Movie review: MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, plus December 2025 special screenings
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Merrily We Roll Along Director Maria Friedman takes a second stab at capturing a live performance of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Merrily We Roll Along after overseeing a 2013 version, so she’s had time to realize how to make the show visually interesting as a movie.
This 2023-2024 Broadway revival follows three friends—Franklin (Jonathan Groff), Charley (Daniel Radcliffe) and Mary (Lindsay Mendez)—in reverse chronological order from 1976 back to 1957, tracking how their respective dreams of becoming creative artists did (or did not) come true, and what their pursuits cost them along…
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