MERRILY will transfer next fall

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/16/22 at 8:07am

No surprise here. Although, it’s nice seeing Jeff Romley has joined the production team. 
 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/16/theater/merrily-we-roll-along-daniel-radcliffe-broadway.html

 

Updated On: 12/16/22 at 08:07 AM

[Dylan Smith4]

Posted: 12/16/22 at 8:09am

YAY!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/16/22 at 8:11am

Thank God! Now I can relax and not stress out every day about trying to get into see it downtown. 

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/16/22 at 8:19am

Jordan Catalano said: "Thank God! Now I can relax and not stress out every day about trying to get into see it downtown."

Same!

[Dylan Smith4]

Posted: 12/16/22 at 8:19am

Jordan Catalano said: "Thank God! Now I can relax and not stress out every day about trying to get into see it downtown."

You’re not alone Jordan! I too tried to get tickets for the Off-Broadway production but wasn’t lucky either. 

[Broadway61004]

Posted: 12/16/22 at 8:31am

For real this time? Being duped by 2 Sondheim announcement 2 days in a row would not be cool.......

[ACL2006]

Posted: 12/16/22 at 8:32am

Happy they're waiting. Hopefully with the majority of this cast.

[Dylan Smith4]

Posted: 12/16/22 at 8:37am

Broadway61004 said: "For real this time? Being duped by 2 Sondheim announcement 2 days in a row would not be cool......."

The press confirmed it. This is legit. 

[binau]

Posted: 12/16/22 at 8:42am

Being a Sondheim fan for the past 15 years has been a gift that keeps on giving. 3 years ago if you had said that Merrily would be revived on Broadway with Daniel Radcliffe and Jonathan Groff, it would have seemed like fan fiction dreaming. 

[halfhourcheckwithmerman]

Posted: 12/16/22 at 8:48am

Amen to that.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 12/16/22 at 8:51am

Great news! Between the recent productions of Company, Into the Woods, Merrily, and Sweeney, we sure are living the golden age of Sondheim revivals!

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 12/16/22 at 9:00am

It will be interesting to see if this title goes from flop to hit status… with those stars, it’ll be raking in the dough for some time. 

[Wick3]

Posted: 12/16/22 at 9:13am

Great news! Do you think it will be a limited engagement in the fall until January 2024 or an open run?
 

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/16/22 at 9:14am

bwayphreak234 said: "Great news! Between the recent productions of Company, Into the Woods, Merrily, and Sweeney, we sure are living the golden age of Sondheim revivals!"

It really is the golden age of Sondheim revivals! And they’re all amazing productions, well let’s hope Sweeney is as good as the others. 

[Anshel2]

Posted: 12/16/22 at 9:15am

So happy that it is transferring, but it will lose something in a traditional theater.  Circle in the Square or Helen Hayes would be ideal for this show.  It was wonderful seeing the show in the small NYTW space.  Tickets pop up every now and then for the current production.  Even with the transfer, you should still try to see it in this space.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 12/16/22 at 9:22am

Shocked, I tell ya', SHOCKED. 

 

But REALLY happy, as I got shut out of tix, too. There is almost no way this doesn't transfer with the cast intact....and, I can't imagine it will be anything but a limited engagement...6 months at most. (As my guess.)

 

Edited because my fingers betrayed me.

Updated On: 12/16/22 at 09:22 AM

[steven22]

Posted: 12/16/22 at 9:28am

Woohoo! This is great news. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 12/16/22 at 9:38am

Wick3 said: "Great news! Do you think it will be a limited engagement in the fall until January 2024 or an open run?"

I would expect a bare minimum run of 6 months with possible extension built in pending demand. Radcliffe did a year in H2$ when he was arguably a bigger star than he is now.

But “fall 2023” could mean a September opening, or a December opening.

Updated On: 12/16/22 at 09:38 AM

[binau]

Posted: 12/16/22 at 9:52am

Maybe a late 2023 opening at a decent-sized theatre to get a nice rush of Sondheim devotees and Actor fans (who I assume are the main market of the show), with weeks reserved after the Tonys for a final extension if they do well till the end of summer and close up shop in profit. Personally, I think this would make more financial sense than a tiny theatre where they won’t make enough money in a quick enough time. I don’t think the strategy should be opening in a small theatre and hoping that there is enough word of mouth to keep it going even without stars for a while. Just not that kind of show IMO. To me this feels like another show that will work best if it opens with a big bang for a limited time (like Into the Woods, Follies, War Paint etc)

[jkcohen626]

Posted: 12/16/22 at 11:16am

If I had to guess, something feels right about this going into one of the mid-size three levels east of Times Square. It is 100% vibes-based assessment, but I could see this at the Jones, Hudson, Lyceum, or Belasco for some reason. I definitely think it'll aim for 1100 seats or less. 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 12/16/22 at 11:23am

It’s set for the Hudson after A Doll’s House, so I hear. 

[MaddieBB12]

Posted: 12/16/22 at 12:26pm

First, AMAZING!!

Second, so glad I saw this news via Lindsay Mendez’s Instagram post before any other posts - no room for a hoax hesitation there! 
 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/16/22 at 12:32pm

Saw this news and fell back asleep where I had a dream the show was announced with Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint and you could only get tickets if you could produce a Patronus at the box office and started freaking out that I didn’t study hard enough and then woke up. 

[SouthernCakes]

Posted: 12/16/22 at 2:00pm

Hudson, prob, given the family ties. Good theater for it. 
 

But the “we are in a golden age of Sondheim…” I mean I was in nyc for close to 8 years and felt like there was a Sondheim revival or concert in some capacity every season? We had Sweeney off Broadway for awhile, Passion off Broadway for a while, merrily off Broadway. Into the woods off Broadway, Jake in Sunday in the park, Company. 

Not complaining but it’s not like it’s been decades since we’ve had Sondheim on Broadway. 

[Nicticorax]

Posted: 12/16/22 at 2:09pm

So glad this is happening! Although sad the only time I can make it to NY is summer and not fall.