‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Review: Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez Lead a Broadway Revival That’s More Art Than Commerce

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Merrily We Roll Along. Sondheim acolytes are well versed in the show’s difficult past that dates back to the original 1981 Broadway production.Hal Prince, a longtime collaborator with Sondheim, mounted the show with a teenage cast who played the characters as both their younger and adult selves. It didn’t work.

Daniel Radcliffe is sharing new details on life as a dad!

Thousands of SAG-AFTRA are reaffirming their solidarity with the ongoing actors strike by signing an open letter organized by strike captains.

Harry Potter star Rupert Grint and his girlfriend Georgia Groome were snapped on a sweet family walk with their daughter Wednesday. The Ron Weasley actor, 35, and his partner Georgia 31, held hands with their adorable three year old daughter during their stroll in north London. While Rupert is known for starring in the hit wizarding franchise, Georgia is famous for starring in 2008 classic film Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging.

Daniel Radcliffe is making a film about one of his stunt doubles on Harry Potter who was paralysed following an accident on one of the film’s sets.As per Deadline, Sky and HBO Documentary Films are working on David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived which was described by Sky as “a coming-of-age story of stuntman David Holmes, a prodigious teenage gymnast from Essex, England, who is selected to play Daniel Radcliffe’s stunt double in the first Harry Potter film, when Daniel is just eleven.”Radcliffe starred as the titular character in all eight films in the world-famous series based on J.K. Rowling’s books, which concluded in 2011 while Holmes was his stunt double until an accident on the penultimate film left him paralysed.The synopsis adds: “Over the next ten years, the two form an inextricable bond, but on the penultimate film a tragic accident on set leaves David paralysed with a debilitating spinal injury, turning his world upside down.

Broadway box office held steady last week with total grosses for 28 shows tallying up to $28,106,860, with 224,832 ticket buyers paying an average $125.01 per seat.

What’s missed everywhere is passion. In Sondheim’s other experimental musicals — “Assassins,” profiling presidential killers, and “Sunday In The Park With George,” about Georges Seurat’s famous painting — heat arrives in the most unexpected ways and places.

Naveen Kumar Chasing brunch to the brink of apocalypse is Stephen Sondheim at his most extreme, and the world premiere of “Here We Are,” which opened Off Broadway at the Shed on Sunday, is a study in overabundance. Appetite for the late composer’s final musical, written with David Ives and directed by Joe Mantello, has made it a hot ticket among those familiar enough with the moneyed types depicted onstage to potentially be the butt of the joke.

With the entry to the X-Men into the MCU, there’s been plenty of rumors of who would play a new rendition of the fan-favorite Wolverine. Sure, Hugh Jackman returns to reprise his role as Logan for “Deadpool 3,” but that may be a one-off.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “Sweeney Todd” stars Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford will take their final bows as the Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Mrs. Lovett in 2024. They will be exiting the show on Jan.

Broadway‘s Sweeney Todd stars Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford will play their final performances in the Stephen Sondheim revival on Sunday January 14, 2024, concluding their 46-week run headlining the critically lauded hit production, producers announced today.

Daniel Radcliffe was once again asked about the rumors that he could be playing Wolverine in the future.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director One year after telling fans he has no interest in playing Wolverine, Daniel Radcliffe is once again confronting rumors of a potential X-Men debut. This time, Radcliffe was asked by his “Merrily We Roll Along” musical co-stars Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez during a Vogue lie detector test if it was Radclife himself who started the fan casting for the “Harry Potter” star to play Wolverine. Not true, he said.

Daniel Radcliffe has finally reacted to fan rumors that he might be the next Wolverine, noting that there is simply no truth to the theory.“No,” Radcliffe, 34, confirmed during a Vanity Fair lie detector interview with his “Merrily We Roll Along” costars Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez.When asked by Mendez if he got buff for no reason, he laughed.“Yes. I got buff because I am obsessive, and I want to… You’ve seen my parents, they’re like insane fitness people,” he said.

Gordon Cox Theater Editor The 2023 edition of Variety’s annual theater breakfast was all about the Business of Broadway. But that didn’t keep things from getting spiritual, too. In a panel discussion featuring the starry cast of “Merrily We Roll Along” — held during the Business of Broadway breakfast Oct.

Merrily We Roll Along, the Sondheim revival starring Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez, cemented its place among Broadway’s top earners during its opening week, grossing $1,706,962, filling all seats at the Hudson and securing the highest average ticket price with $220.88.

Jonathan Groff is sharing the beautiful story of how he came out as gay to his brother, David Groff.

Stephen Sondheim’s 1981 show, which was a 16-performance flop when it began its life, has, against all odds, only improved as the years have rolled on. It’s better and more youthfully optimistic now than it ever was before.

Troubled musicals, like troubled friendships, can often seem like defeats lying in wait, sponging up every last second of loving care, effort and good intention. So Maria Friedman’s smartly tended production of that most troubled of stage properties, the Stephen Sondheim-George Furth backwards musical Merrily We Roll Along deserves all the applause – and ticket-buying business – it’s getting at Broadway‘s Hudson Theatre.