‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Broadway Live Capture Gets December Theatrical Release Date
Published by Deadline on Jul 16, 2025 11:45 AM
‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Broadway Live Capture Gets December Theatrical Release Date
Greg Evans
NY & Broadway Editor
July 16, 2025 10:45am
Deadline
Lindsay Mendez, Jonathan Groff and Daniel Radcliffe in ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Matthew Murphy
Sony Pictures Classics announced today that Merrily We Roll Along, the live filmed version of the four-time Tony Award-winning Broadway musical starring Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez, will arrive in theaters beginning December 5.
Directed by Maria Friedman, Merrily We Roll Along will be released by SPC in collaboration with specialty distributor Fathom Entertainment. In addition to the United States, the film is anticipated to be available theatrically in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and additional countries and territories across the globe.
The 2023-2024 Broadway production, also directed by Friedman, helped establish the 1981 Stephen Sondheim-George Furth musical as one of the premiere Sondheim works after decades of being considered a lesser entry in the great composer’s catalogue. Merrily We Roll Along repeatedly broke house records at the Hudson Theatre, and recouped its $12 million capitalization in March 2024, six months after beginning performances.
The production’s Tony wins included Best Revival of a Musical, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Groff), Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical (Radcliffe) and Best Orchestrations (Jonathan Tunick).
Also featured in the cast are Krystal Joy Brown, Katie Rose Clark and Reg Rogers.
Spanning three decades and told in reverse chronology, the musical charts the turbulent relationship between composer Franklin Shepard (Groff) and his two lifelong friends — writer Mary (Mendez)and lyricist & playwright Charley (Radcliffe). Among the classic Sondheim songs featured in the musical are “Old Friends,” “Now You Know,” “Franklin Shepard, Inc.,” the title song and one of the composer’s most beloved numbers “Not a Day Goes By.”
Merrily We Roll Along is produced by Sonia Friedman, David Babani, Patrick Catullo, F. Richard Pappas, RadicalMedia’s Jon Kamen, and Dave Sirulnick. Executive Producers include Meredith Bennett, No Guarantees Productions, Scott Abrams, Jonathan Corr, Mary Maggio, Jeff Romley, Tony Yurgaitis, Andrew Cohen, Amanda Lipitz, Henry Tisch alongside Co-executive producer Stephanie P. McClelland. Karla Zambrano and Alec Sash serve as Supervising Producers.