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.
Critics' Reviews
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That Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s musical Merrily We Roll Along has stood the test of time is a sweet irony. Among other things, it’s a meditation on time itself. The story was pulled from George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart’s 1934 play, which showed multiple friendships and romantic relationships forming and disintegrating as it moved backward in time rather than forward. The main plotline concerned a once-idealistic playwright who sold out his values and alienated those who loved him most. Flipping the chronology transformed what would have been a tragic slog into a bleakly funny autopsy of the characters’ life-altering mistakes.
Full Cast of Merrily We Roll Along
Reg Rogers
Joe Josephson
Daniel Radcliffe
Charley Kringas
- Released December 05, 2025