Daniel Radcliffe's friendship with Lindsay Mendez made 'Merrily We Roll Along' big screen adaptation go smoothly

Lindsay Mendez, left, and Daniel Radcliffe attend the special screening of "Merrily We Roll Along," hosted by Sony Pictures Classics and The Cinema Society, at the Hudson Theatre on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, in New York. CJ Rivera/Invision/AP

And ‘Along’ comes a movie

B’way history. West 44th’s Hudson Theatre, B’way’s second oldest. In 1903, it played “The Wizard of Oz.” It headlined George M. Cohan, Louis Armstrong, Steve Allen. Operator Henry Harris’ apartment remains unoccupied on the fourth floor. And there on Monday, the Cinema Society screened Sony Pictures Classic’s new film “Merrily We Roll Along.”

In the stone age, it was Stephen Sondheim’s B’way hotshot musical. Now, reborn for film, it stars some of the play’s famous names.

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