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Merrily We Roll Along

2025 · 145 min

A bittersweet, exuberant Broadway experience that unfolds backwards, leaving you with a ache for lost friendships and youthful dreams.

Tagline: Hey, old friend? How do we stay old friends?
Overview: Franklin Shepard is a talented Broadway composer who abandons his theater career and all his friends in New York in order to produce films in Los Angeles. The story begins at the height of his Hollywood fame and moves backwards in time, showing snapshots of the most important moments in Frank’s life that shaped the man he is today. (A live recording of the 2024 Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's musical, filmed at the Hudson Theatre in New York City.)
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, satirical and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Friendship, ambition, betrayal, identity
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
ambition
betrayal
identity
memory
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
musical
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild