“MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG” EXTENDS BROADWAY RUN

by DKC/O&M, July 18, 2023

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FOR RELEASE ON MONDAY, JULY 10, 2023

“MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG”
IS EXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND
NOW THROUGH MARCH 24, 2024

STARRING
DANIEL RADCLIFFE
JONATHAN GROFF
AND LINDSAY MENDEZ

DIRECTED BY OLIVIER AWARD^® WINNER
MARIA FRIEDMAN
THE WILDLY ANTICIPATED BROADWAY TRANSFER
OF MS. FRIEDMAN’S HUGELY ACCLAIMED
MENIER CHOCOLATE FACTORY & NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP
PRODUCTION OF
STEPHEN SONDHEIM AND GEORGE FURTH’S
BELOVED AND ETERNALLY CELEBRATED MUSICAL
BEGINS PERFORMANCES ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
AT THE HUDSON THEATRE

TICKETS FOR THE EXTENSION
ON SALE BEGINNING TODAY AT 10:00AM ET
FROM $69

New York, NY (July 10, 2023) – Producers Sonia Friedman Productions, David Babani, Patrick Catullo, and Jeff Romley announced today that the first ever Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Merrily We Roll Along has extended its engagement by popular demand. Originally announced to run through January 21, 2024, Merrily We Roll Along will now run through March 24, 2024, with performances beginning on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at the Hudson Theatre (141 W 44^th Street). Directed by multi-Olivier Award^® winner Maria Friedman, Merrily We Roll Along features music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, a book by George Furth, and is based on the original play by George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart.

As previously announced, Merrily We Roll Along will star Daniel Radcliffe as Charley Kringas, Jonathan Groff as Franklin Shepard, and Lindsay Mendez as Mary Flynn.

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Tickets for the new dates will be available at 10:00am ET today, Monday, July 10 at MerrilyOnBroadway.com.

Tickets will be available from $69. A TodayTix Lottery will be available for all performances, with details to be announced at a later date.

Additionally, the production will feature Krystal Joy Brown as Gussie Carnegie, Katie Rose Clarke as Beth Shepard, and Reg Rogers as Joe Josephson. The cast will also include Max Rackenberg, Brady Wagner, Sherz Aletaha, Maya Boyd, Leana Rae Concepcion, Morgan Kirner, Ken Krugman, Corey Mach, Talia Robinson, Amanda Rose, Jamila Sabares-Klemm, Brian Sears, Evan Alexander Smith, Christian Strange, Koray Tarhan, Vishal Vaidya, Natalie Wachen, and Jacob Keith Watson.

The production recently enjoyed a critically acclaimed and completely sold-out run at New York Theatre Workshop, after its sold-out runs at London’s Menier Chocolate Factory and the Olivier Award-winning West End transfer produced by Sonia Friedman Productions.

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Spanning three decades in the entertainment business, Merrily We Roll Along charts the turbulent relationship between composer Franklin Shepard and his two lifelong friends — writer Mary and lyricist & playwright Charley. An inventive cult-classic ahead of its time, Merrily We RollAlong features some of Stephen Sondheim’s most celebrated and personal songs. Maria Friedman first directed the musical at London’s Menier Chocolate Factory – a production that subsequently transferred to the Harold Pinter Theatre, where it garnered the most five-star reviews in West End history before going on to win the Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival.

Merrily We Roll Along will be produced on Broadway by Sonia Friedman Productions, David Babani, Patrick Catullo, Jeff Romley, and New York Theatre Workshop. This production was originally produced at the Menier Chocolate Factory (Artistic Director David Babani) and subsequently produced in London’s West End by Sonia Friedman Productions, Menier Chocolate Factory, and Neal Street Productions.

Merrily We Roll Along also features choreography by Tim Jackson, orchestrations by Tony Award winner Jonathan Tunick, scenery and costume design by Soutra Gilmour, lighting design by Amith Chandrashaker, sound design by Kai Harada, hair and wig design by Cookie Jordan, casting by Jim Carnahan, CSA and Jason Thinger, CSA, music supervision by Catherine Jayes, music direction by Joel Fram, associate music supervision by Alvin Hough, Jr., and music coordination by Kristy Norter. Merrily We Roll Along was originally directed on Broadway by Harold Prince and originally produced on Broadway by Lord Grade, Martin Starger, Robert Fryer, and Harold Prince in association with Ruth Mitchell and Howard Haines.

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PRAISE FOR “MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG”

*Critic’s Pick*
“It’s a hit. Maria Friedman’s staging brings Stephen Sondheim’s brilliant, ingenious score fully alive — and with Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez as the show’s central trio, it is perfectly cast.”
– Jesse Green, The New York Times

“MERRILY FINDS GREATNESS! A revelatory and intoxicating revival!
We’re all ‘catching at dreams,’ proclaims a lyric in the title number.
With this production, the dream of a great Merrily has been caught.”
– Peter Marks, The Washington Post

★★★★ “One of the best musicals of the theater season! Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez triumph in this intelligent, hilarious, human, heartfelt and alive revival.”
– Johnny Oleksinski, The New York Post

“Cross your fingers, Broadway: with Maria Friedman’s superb revival, it might finally be Merrily’s time. Singing Sondheim’s virtuosic score, the three leads are exceptional: Groff’s Frank makes you feel how much he loves writing music, and what a self-betrayal his abandonment of it represents; Radcliffe, bright-eyed and tightly wound, is a ball of clenched energy that explodes to great effect; and Mendez’s funny, lovable Mary is gorgeously sung and brilliantly worked out: her unrequited yearning for Frank has perhaps never been plainer or more affecting.”
– Adam Feldman, Time Out New York

“This superlative show casts an intoxicating spell! Stunning, rapturous, joyful and heartbreaking.”
– Charles Isherwood, The Wall Street Journal

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“MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG” EXTENDS BROADWAY RUN