Spotlight ENTERTAINMENT Daniel Radcliffe recalls work that went into ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Bruce R. Miller Lee Enterprises Dec 5, 2025 Dec 5, 2025 Updated Mar 27, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save You could say the cast of “Merrily We Roll Along” rehearsed eight times a week for two years before filming the Stephen Sondheim musical.kAm!FEE:?8 E96 C6G:G2= 42DE @? 7:=> H2D 2 8@2= 7@C 5:C64E@C |2C:2 uC:65>2?] x? 724E[ H96? E96 :562 42>6 FA[ D96 25>:EE65 E96 DE286 G6CD:@? H2D =:<6 2? :?56A6?56?E 7:=>] “$96 C676CC65 E@ :E 2D ‘|6CC:=Ji r=@D6 &A[’” DE2C s2?:6= #254=:776 D2JD]k^AmkAm%92E >62?E 24E@CD E2=<65 4=@D6 E@ @?6 2?@E96C]k^Am From left, Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez star in "Merrily We Roll Along." 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