New Merrily Pro-Shot? - Page 5

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 12/7/25 at 12:47pm

This will be in Netflix early 2026.

[Georgeanddot2]

Posted: 12/7/25 at 12:51pm

I'll probably watch this when it hits streaming, but I have little to no interest in any production of Merrily without Hills of Tomorrow and High Schoolers in neon T-shirts. I still don't think the original production had any issues with it. The audience was the problem.

[schubox]

Posted: 12/7/25 at 2:39pm

Has there been any word if this will eventually be available for purchase or on a streaming sight at some point?

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 12/7/25 at 3:03pm

Netflix 

[DramaTeach]

Posted: 12/7/25 at 4:56pm

CoffeeBreak said: "Netflix"

Is that a guess, a question, or a factual response?

[Georgeanddot2]

Posted: 12/7/25 at 4:59pm

DramaTeach said: "CoffeeBreak said: "Netflix"

Is that a guess, a question, or a factual response?"

I forgot how needlessly bitchy everyone is on here lol.

[Kad]

Posted: 12/7/25 at 7:07pm

Georgeanddot2 said: "DramaTeach said: "CoffeeBreak said: "Netflix"

Is that a guess, a question, or a factual response?"

I forgot how needlessly bitchy everyone is on here lol."

…you got banned for repeatedly using homophobic slurs. 

[Fordham2015]

Posted: 12/7/25 at 7:44pm

I adored this production on stage and thought the film capture was pretty much perfect. A pleasure to see that trio singing Sondheim's brilliant score again

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 12/7/25 at 8:43pm

SkidRow82 said: "Maybe, because a traditional pro-shot of this exact production already exists with the London cast, they wanted a way to differentiate this version. So, they opted for a more "this is a real film" approach…"

In the interview with Maria Friedman I linked, that's exactly it.  But I still wonder--like why have applause at the end but no footage of the bows?

[bear882]

Posted: 12/8/25 at 5:14am

The strengths of the combination film/pro shot are the leading trio, who made the closeups work for them. But as a big fan of the revival, I didn’t think the film worked nearly as well as the stage version. I am glad it exists, but the insistence on so many tight closeups - even of the ensemble during the transitions - felt silly. It seemed like Friedman took a perfectly reasonable idea and then overdid it to the film’s detriment.

The movie emphasized the flaws of the revival and the underlying material. I didn’t mind Krystal Joy Brown’s Gussie in the theater - she was an outsized character who was there to drive parts of the plot - and to illustrate Frank’s flaws. In the film, Gussie’s character feels more ludicrous, mostly a campy villain who is way too transparent.

Merrily We Roll Along was my favorite revival when I saw it in October 2023, so perhaps some disappointment was inevitable. But I started to wonder things like whether Jonathan Groff might have been a little too successful in humanizing Frank. Is the main trio just a little too nice? Is the story just too simplistic? Did Frank’s adorable child really need to be in that last transition? (Father and son had no relationship, after all.) The final moments of the show felt so haunting and sad in the theater. The film didn’t have the same impact.