Radcliffe, Groff, Mendez: The Sondheim ‘Flop’ That's Taken Over Stage and Screen

A few years ago, half the people screaming about it on TikTok had never even heard of this show. Now my entire feed is Daniel Radcliffe crying, Jonathan Groff crying, Lindsay Mendez looking like she’s about to cry, and a bunch of theater fans sobbing in the Hudson Theatre bathroom going, “It’s just… about friendship… and life… and regret.” Like, girl, are you okay? Here’s the wild part: this is not some shiny new hit that came out of nowhere. This is Stephen Sondheim’s problem child. The messy, misunderstood one. The show that almost made him walk away. If Sondheim’s career is a group chat, Merrily We Roll Along is the drama thread that everyone muted but never actually left. So if you’re wondering why your Broadway mutuals are treating Merrily like a personality test, a religion, and a group therapy session all at once? It’s simple. They don’t just want to watch a musical. They want to sit at that table with Sondheim’s messy little masterpiece and this ridiculously lovable trio and say, “Okay… if we could roll back the tape, what would we change?” And honestly? That’s the real gossip.