Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Merrily We Roll Along is back on Broadway for its first-ever revival. Performances began at the Hudson Theatre September 19 ahead of an October 10 opening night. The limited run is set to continue through March 24, 2024.
Back leading the production after starring in the 2022 Off-Broadway
run at New York Theatre Workshop are Daniel Radcliffe as Charley
Kringas, Jonathan Groff as Franklin Shepard, Lindsay Mendez as Mary
Flynn, Krystal Joy Brown as Gussie Carnegie, Katie Rose Clarke as Beth
Shepard, and Reg Rogers as Joe Josephson. Max Rackenberg and Brady
Wagner are sharing the role of Frank Jr.
The company also includes Sherz Aletaha, Maya Boyd, Leana Rae Concepcion, Corey Mach, Talia Robinson, Jamila Sabares-Klemm, Brian Sears, Evan Alexander Smith, Christian Strange, Vishal Vaidya, Natalie Wachen, and Jacob Keith Watson. Rounding out the company as swings are Morgan Kirner, Amanda Rose, and Koray Tarhan. Casting is by Jim Carnahan and Jason Thinger.
Check out newly released production photos below:
Krystal Joy Brown, Reg Rogers, Natalie Wachen, and company of Merrily We Roll Along
Katie Rose Clarke and Jonathan Groff in Merrily We Roll Along
Lindsay Mendez, Jonathan Groff, and Daniel Radcliffe in Merrily We Roll Along
Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, Reg Rogers, and Krystal Joy Brown in Merrily We Roll Along
Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez in Merrily We Roll Along
Krystal Joy Brown and Jonathan Groff in Merrily We Roll Along
Company of Merrily We Roll Along
Reg Rogers, Katie Rose Clarke, Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe, and Lindsay Mendez in Merrily We Roll Along
Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Natalie Wachen in Merrily We Roll Along
Lindsay Mendez, Jonathan Groff, and Daniel Radcliffe in Merrily We Roll Along
Maria Friedman is back directing, with choreography by Tim Jackson and orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick. Scenic and costume design are by Soutra Gilmour, with lighting design by Amith Chandrashaker, sound design by Kai Harada, hair and wig design by Cookie Jordan, music supervision by Catherine Jayes, music direction by Joel Fram, associate music supervision by Alvin Hough, Jr., and music coordination by Kristy Norter.
With a book by Furth—adapted from the George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
play of the same name—and a score by Sondheim, the musical tracks the
lives of three friends navigating the entertainment industry over three
decades in reverse chronological order. Sondheim's score includes such
songs as "Old Friends," "Now You Know," "Franklin Shepard, Inc.," "Good
Thing Going," and "Not a Day Goes By."
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The work was not a success on its first Broadway outing, running just
16 performances and ending the string of genre-defining collaborations
between Sondheim and director Hal Prince. Together with the popularity
of the show's original Broadway cast album, a revised version of the
show has transformed the work into a cult favorite. This current
production was originally staged at London's Menier Chocolate Factory in
2012 and later transferred to the West End, where it won an Olivier
Award for Best Musical Revival. Huntington Theatre in Boston gave the
staging its North American premiere in 2017.
