Who says you can’t turn a flop into a hit?! Jonathan Groff most certainly has been in his fair share of smash hit musicals, but the outpouring of love and adoration he is receiving for his Franklin Shepard is paramount! Cheers to him and Good Luck at the Tony Awards! Show: Merrily We Roll Along Song: “That Frank” Merrily We Roll Along is a 1981 American musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by George Furth. It is based on the 1934 play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. Merrily premiered on Broadway on November 16, 1981, in a production directed by frequent Sondheim collaborator Hal Prince, with a cast almost exclusively of teenagers and young adults. However, the show was not the success the previous Sondheim–Prince collaborations had been: after a chaotic series of preview performances, it opened to widely negative reviews, and closed after 16 performances and 44 previews. An off-Broadway revival, directed by Maria Friedman and based on her prior staging at the Menier Chocolate Factory, ran at New York Theatre Workshop from November 21, 2022 to January 22, 2023, starring Jonathan Groff as Frank, Daniel Radcliffe as Charley, Lindsay Mendez as Mary, Krystal Joy Brown as Gussie, Katie Rose Clarke as Beth, and Reg Rogers as Joe. In September 2023, the production transferred to Broadway for a limited engagement at the Hudson Theatre, with all six principal actors reprising their roles. Previews began on September 19, 2023 with opening night on October 10. It is the first time that Merrily We Roll Along has run on Broadway since the 1981 original production. Enjoy! What are your favorite Broadway memories of Jonathan Groff and/or Merrily We Roll Along?! #merrilywerollalong #merrilywerollalongthemusical #merrilywerollalongmusical #merrilywerollalongonbroadway #merrilywerollalongbroadway #merrilywerollalongbroadwaymemories #jonathangroff #jonathangroffbroadwaymemories #stephensondheim #thatfrank #danielradcliffe #lindsaymendez #franklinshepard #tonyawards #instagood #revival #broadway #broadwaymusical #broadwaymusicals #broadwaytheatre #broadwaytheater #broadwayshow #theatre #theater #showtune #nyc #broadwaymemories @The Tony Awards - @broadway_memories