“Merrily We Roll Along” might be the most fun you can have at an existential crisis.

A repeated question forms the heartbeat of this musical, Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) and George Furth’s (book) piece about friendship and love, art and show business, selling out and growing up: “How did you get to be here? What was the moment?”

A hugely successful Broadway revival, filmed for theatrical release live at New York City’s Hudson Theatre in June 2024, is now landing on screens nationwide.

It’s the story of three best friends: composer Franklin Shepard (Jonathan Groff), playwright Charley Kringas (Daniel Radcliffe) and novelist Mary Flynn (Lindsay Mendez). At least, that’s who they were — or thought they were going to be, back when identities were straightforward and uncomplicated by

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