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‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Broadway Film With Daniel Radcliffe and Jonathan Groff Sells to Sony Pictures Classics
Sony Pictures Classics will release a filmed version of Broadway's "Merrily We Roll Along," starring Daniel Radcliffe and Jonathan Groff.
“With precise editing and a knowing camera that moves from closeup to sweeping gesture, Maria Friedman not only establishes herself as a formidable filmmaker but she more than preserves the seminal performances of Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez in creating with them an even greater goosebump experience for the audience than ever.” Sondheim, the composer and lyricist of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” “Company,” “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” “Sunday in the Park With George” and “Into the Woods,” died in 2021 but his trust was involved in the filmed version of “Merrily.” “The success of Maria’s film derives in large measure from her lifelong friendship and collaboration with Steve on so many of his shows, not least playing Mary in a 1992 production of ‘Merrily’ that Sondheim and Furth rebuilt on her, which led to her stage directing debut of this revival in London with him by her side in 2012.”
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