Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Broadway: “Merrily We Roll Along” Revival Hasn’t Opened Yet But It’s Already Extending Run by 2 Months

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Every show hopes for this.

The revival of “Merrily We Roll Along” starring Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez is such a hit, it’s already booked an extension.

“Merrily” was supposed to run from September through January. But it’s all sold out, and people want more! So now the Stephen Sondheim musical will play through March 24, 2024. My guess is they may even stick around longer, since the show is a likely Tony winner next June.

The irony of course is that the original production in 1981 was a huge flop. That show, which included Lonny Prince, Jason Alexander, Giancarlo Esposito, and Daisy Prince, played for just two weeks after 44 previews. It was ahead of its time! But this production gained raves — with people crying — when it was at the New York Theater Workshop last fall. People were battling to get in. And now, everyone will be very merry!

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Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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