Merrily We Roll Along
Hey, old friend? How do we stay old friends?
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12/4/2025Runtime
145 minsOverview
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.)
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A live Broadway musical that traces a composer's life backwards through time, excavating the friendship and artistic choices that led him away from the stage. It's a celebration of theater that doubles as a meditation on what we lose when we choose success.
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Daniel Radcliffe
Charley Kringas
Jonathan Groff
Franklin Shepard
Lindsay Mendez
Mary Flynn
Krystal Joy Brown
Gussy Carnegie
Katie Rose Clarke
Beth Shephard
Reg Rogers
Joe Josephson
Sherz Aletaha
Scotty / Mrs. Spencer / Auditionee
Max Rackenberg
Franklin ‘Frankie’ Shepard Jr.
Leana Rae Concepcion
Claudia / Newscaster / Auditionee
Coby Getzug
Bunker / Newscaster / Photographer
Corey Mach
Tyler
Talia Simone Robinson
Meg
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