'Friedman emphasizes that 'Merrily' should be viewed as a kind of flashback by Frank, which offers up hope that the character will find a way to put his life back together after looking back on his past and reconsidering his choices and values.'
notoriously moves backwards in time in order to demonstrate how a three-way friendship disintegrates and its lead character loses sight of his ideals in pursuit of material success.
Personally, I think the 2012 City Center Encores! production deserved to transfer to Broadway. More recently, in 2019, the Roundabout Theatre Company presented a scaled-down Off-Broadway revival led by the scrappy Fiasco theater ensemble, which was interesting but underpowered. The New York edition features a superb cast led by Jonathan Groff , Daniel Radcliffe , and Tony winner Lindsey Mendez . Radcliffe and Mendez are wonderful, but it is Groff’s dashing and unusually sympathetic performance as Frank that makes this one of the most persuasive and moving productions of “Merrily” to date.
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