Comedy ·Music · United States of America · 2025 · 2h 25m

Merrily We Roll Along

Merrily We Roll Along poster
Director
Maria Friedman
Cast
Jonathan Groff as Franklin Shepard Lindsay Mendez as Mary Flynn Daniel Radcliffe as Charley Kringas Krystal Joy Brown as Gussie Carnegie Reg Rogers as Joe Josephson Katie Rose Clarke as Beth Shepard
Crew
Sam Levy — Director of Photography Spencer Averick — Editor Stephen Sondheim — Original Music Composer George Furth — Writer Stephen Sondheim — Writer Sonia Friedman — Producer
Tagline

Hey, old friend? How do we stay old friends?

Synopsis

Franklin Shepard is a talented Broadway composer who abandons his theater career and all his friends in New York in order to produce films in Los Angeles. The story begins at the height of his Hollywood fame and moves backwards in time, showing snapshots of the most important moments in Frank’s life that shaped the man he is today. A live recording of the 2024 Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's musical, filmed at the Hudson Theatre in New York City.

Trailer Merrily We Roll Along — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
friendshipmusicalbased on play or musicalcoming of agebroadwaybroadway musicalunassumingfilmed playreverse chronologymusical comedysentimentalcelebratory
Key Collaborators
Maria Friedman Director Sam Levy Director of Photography Spencer Averick Editor Stephen Sondheim Original Music Composer George Furth Writer Stephen Sondheim Writer Sonia Friedman Producer Patrick Catullo Producer David Babani Producer F. Richard Pappas Producer Jon Kamen Producer Dave Sirulnick Producer
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