Merrily We Roll Along Closing Bows & Speeches

Tony Award winners Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe & Lindsay Mendez with the cast, creative team and everyone involved with Merrily We Roll Along.

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[Vocalancer]

It is amazing to know that Sondheim had a hand in casting Daniel, especially if it was one of the last things he did. It shows that he really never gave up on this show. Daniel turned out to be brilliant casting and thank goodness he stayed committed to this show so we were all fortunate to be blessed with this amazing cast!❤

[caitlinfeeney]

those little boys r gonna look back on this when they’re older and be in awe that they were in such a master piece

[isaruiz]

14:57 it’s the way Dan immediately stepped back and gently pushed the musicians forward so they could have their moment. He also went to the side and got some of the other musicians that weren’t directly behind him forward too😭 humble king

[CreativeLib]

I was there this afternoon and it was EVERYTHING! Been home for two hours and I’m still sobbing! The audience was in tears - happy tears. I’ve loved this show for two years! Loved every show I attended! Absolutely wonderful!❤

[patriciaerickson]

I bought the original cast recording of Merrily in March of 1982, the day it arrived in the record store. I was a geeky theatre major at a small college in the middle of nowhere where. I fell in love with the music and then learned, to my dismay, the show had already closed. No worries, I thought, they’ll be reviving this one in just a couple of years. 42 years later, I finally got to see this show, with this amazing cast. It was totally worth the wait and will be a memory I shall cherish for the rest of my life. Truly a dream come true.❤

[cultivatepod]

The little ones holding hands and hugging! I CAN'T 😭😭😭

[hm]

Wow, the fact that even Daniel, who is very warm but generally less of a cryer than Jonathan, is weeping is testament to what this experience & its ending has meant to them

[javierasalgadoreyes]

The three little boys constantly hugging each other and holding hands 🥹

[janem]

The three main actors all said how difficult this was going to be for them. You can see it on their faces and in their tears and hugs. They were brilliant in this, and Maria Friedman deserved the Tony.

[hanschristianbrando]

With respect to the material, it was the chemistry of the cast that gave this production its magic.

[jonathanthalberg]

Sure - theater is theater, but I want to say that the way actors and theater people put their everything out there is indicative of all that is left in our world. Heart. Love. Talent. Guts. Just everything. Thank you.

[skallywalla]

Thank you so much for posting this 😭😭😭😭😭 WOW. What beautiful energy in that room. I wasn't fortunate enough to see it, but i cannot WAIT for the pro shot! I've loved this show for more than 20 years. But I have to say that it's mystifying to me why people say it was a masterpiece back then - it was a *very different show* when it opened! The opening number was "Rich and Happy" and the cast were all young, pretending to be older. THAT was the central theme, not friendship. People were confused about who was who, so the cast literally wore t shirts that had their names printed across. It seemed low budget and it didn't know who it was yet. But then it went through a bunch of revisions - the framing of having Frank's high school reunion came and went (as did some of the songs like "Hills of Tomorrow") and, finally, it became what we know and love now. But even then, you didn't have the direction that emphasized the THREE friends. It seemed like a show that was about the danger of selling out and not staying focused on your art. Mary was more a side character vs main character. The way this show was directed had a HUGE impact on how it was received (i was in and saw multiple productions like this). It felt like "this is a story about Frank and Charley's friendship and Mary is also there"

So Maria Friedman, robbed of the Tony, is really deserving of FAR more accolades. Because the show as it is now existed for decades; it was Maria who REALLY got to its heart. She is the one who turned it into a masterpiece. ❤❤❤

[ordinarypeople]

Thanks to everyone, especially the Friedman Sisters, Jonathan, Lindsay, and Daniel (thanks for being the first to sign up, Daniel!), the rest of the cast and crew, and a special thanks to my Broadway hero, Stephen Sondheim, who is up in heaven rejoicing.

[lisa_wistfulone]

11:16 You truly could actually see how amazing they all are, and the intensity of the genuine connections in the real relationships involved. I’ve seen other Broadway shows, sometimes from much better seats than I had for this one— but I’ve never felt so emotionally invested in a cast as how this bunch drew me in! It was a great privilege to have the opportunity to be in that room seeing this production!💖✨

[jonathanthalberg]

If it is true that they recorded for posterity and broadcast - I hope they keep her speech. This generosity and heart is what makes theater - and more so, what the world needs more than ever. Thanks you!!!!

[bluekitty]

Johnathan is such a watering pot! How sweet that he wears his ❤ on his sleeve!

[naterichardson]

I was lucky enough to see the 3rd to last show yesterday and all I can say is WOW incredible!!! Worth every Tony and then some!

[DrSFG]

I saw the original. At that time, the first 2 scenes were a disaster. People were completely confused and were walking out. But if you stuck it out, by the end everybody was in tears because you finally saw the connection. Harold Prince just didn't know what to do. I knew the score was a gem on the very first hearing and I prayed that it would be recorded. Thankfully it was so you got a glimmer of what Sondheim & Furth had done. After 30+ years of refinements, it has become the masterpiece it so rightly deserves to be. Puccini had to do similar tinkering before Madama Butterfly became the masterpiece it is.

[fearsomebeard]

Best show I’ve ever seen. Grateful to have been blessed the opportunity.

[jimburesh]

Thank you so much for posting this. I was lucky to be there, and was hoping to see the curtain call again (and again). The audience was so passionate, it was truly awe inspiring. And so nice to see the people working behind the scenes being given such love. Thank you!