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[blaxx]

Posted: 12/11/25 at 11:25pm

caitlinette said: "blaxx said: "I can't believe no one asked Katie Rose Clarke to tone down her Glinda. On camera it's atrocious, she's practically doing Popular, hair toss and all, awfully distracting."

I noticed that too. All I saw was Glinda."

It was so ashamed for her, zero trick pony.

[inception]

Posted: 12/12/25 at 9:51am

Bear's comments about the release schedule are interesting. Here it played last weekend with one showing a night at 7pm at a couple cinemas. It's not anywhere this weekend, but has an afternoon showing at one Vancouver cinema next Wednesday.  They went to the trouble of filming this,  but didn't really seem to want to give it a wide release.

[joevitus]

Posted: 12/12/25 at 1:01pm

inception said: "Bear's comments about the release schedule are interesting. Here it played last weekendwith one showing a night at 7pm at a couple cinemas. It's not anywhere this weekend, but has an afternoon showing at one Vancouver cinema next Wednesday. They went to the trouble of filming this, but didn't really seem to want to give it a wide release."

It should have been done like the Met performances--just one showing on a specific night--or released directly to streaming/Blu-ray.

[chrishuyen]

Posted: 12/12/25 at 1:15pm

I saw this last Saturday in NYC and immediately wanted to see it again.  At the time the latest showing was for this past Thursday (Dec 11) but by Tuesday I noticed they added more showings up to Dec 18.  Fwiw while not completely sold out, the Dec 11 evening showing was probably about 80% full and ambient chatter afterwards seemed to indicate that most people enjoyed it.  Both people I went with the first time and another friend who saw it separately all indicated they'd want to see it again, so I'm personally glad that they have continued to put it in more theaters.

[Tenor8674]

Posted: 12/18/25 at 5:32pm

Just saw it in Times Square at the AMC. I loved it. 

[Joviedamian]

Posted: 12/21/25 at 7:12pm

The direction and editing are sh*t, but the performance is still the performance. I couldn't stand the overacting at NYTW, but by the third of fourth time I saw the show, I accepted Gussie (and Krystal's performance) for the creation/artifice she is, as referenced by the line, "one day, I just made myself up, and now I never change."

I kind of 100% agree. I just felt like something was off. I went into my local AMC in Los Angeles, and the audio was bad and for some reason I just felt like the editing was all over the place. It didn't know if it wanted to be Le Mis movie (close ups) or the PBS '87 version of Into The Woods. Was there a live audience? The pro-shoots of like Hamilton, Into The Woods and John Doyle's Company are long gone. 

[halfhourcheckwithmerman]

Posted: 12/22/25 at 12:03am

I saw this last night and LOVED it.

Yes, while I agree, the closeups kind of ruin the magic of the staging ... and while I agree, the (intentional, and necessary) overacting of ensemble members becomes insufferable once in closeup ... and while I agree, the editing was quite disorienting at times --- the joy of seeing the acting of Groff and Radcliffe and Mendez in such closeup was extraordinary. Such a wonderful, wonderful trio of performances.

And such a beautiful score (which, at least in the theater I was in, sounded TERRIFIC... the mixing felt top-notch to me, as did Joel Fram's fabulous music direction.) 

[Zeppie2022]

Posted: 12/22/25 at 9:17am

Joviedamian said: "The direction and editing are sh*t, but the performance is still the performance. I couldn't stand the overactingat NYTW, but by the third of fourth time I saw the show, I accepted Gussie (and Krystal's performance)for the creation/artifice she is, as referenced by the line, "one day, I just made myself up, and now I never change."

I kind of 100% agree. I just felt like something was off. I went into my local AMC in Los Angeles, and the audio was bad and for some reason I just felt like the editing was all over the place. It didn't know if it wanted to be Le Mis movie(close ups) or the PBS '87 version of Into The Woods. Was there a live audience? The pro-shoots of like Hamilton, Into The Woods and John Doyle's Company are long gone."

Yes, there was live audience because there were a couple of times you heard their reaction.

 

[schubox]

Posted: 12/22/25 at 12:08pm

halfhourcheckwithmerman said: "I saw this last night and LOVED it.

Yes, while I agree,the closeups kind of ruin the magic of the staging ... and while I agree, the (intentional, and necessary) overacting of ensemble members becomes insufferable once in closeup ... and while I agree, the editing was quite disorienting at times --- the joy of seeing the acting of Groff and Radcliffe and Mendez in such closeup was extraordinary. Such a wonderful, wonderfultrio of performances.

And such a beautiful score (which, at least in the theater I was in, sounded TERRIFIC... the mixing felt top-notch to me, as did Joel Fram's fabulous music direction.)"

Radcliffe especially really impressed me in the pro shot. I saw it twice on Broadway but never sat too close so never got to see a lot of the nuance, but his reactions here in the close up framing really got to me. Came away even more impressed with his performance 

[schubox]

Posted: 1/17/26 at 10:11pm

Supposedly available for VOD on 1/20.

https://whentostream.com/proshot-merrily-we-roll-along-digital-streaming-release-date-revealed/

Updated On: 1/17/26 at 10:11 PM

[The8re phan]

Posted: 1/19/26 at 5:58pm

schubox said: "Supposedly availablefor VOD on 1/20.

https://whentostream.com/proshot-merrily-we-roll-along-digital-streaming-release-date-revealed/"

 

pre-order is up on Apple......., best $14.99 i've spent

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/20/26 at 10:48am

I’m watching this now for the first time and my God, this is filmed terribly. Those constant close-ups do such a disservice to this show.

[Dylan Smith4]

Posted: 1/21/26 at 4:45am

Jordan Catalano said: "I’m watching this now for the first time and my God, this is filmed terribly. Those constant close-ups do such a disservice to this show."

I so agree with this. I wonder, since this was filmed (besides the closeups) during their first performance after the Tony Awards, that they could not use most of the wide shots as audience members were constantly on their feet, preferably the moment when Groff breaks down, turning the "Tony Award" moment, and the audience went nuts. Also, I was so upset when they did not show the full stage when the stars just exploded out into the house at the end of "Our Time." That was such a magical moment, and for them not to capture that is very heartbreaking. It probably would have been better to have professionally filmed this earlier in the run, as they could've had more time to film different shots, rather than just close-ups. Also, Lindsey Mendez was very pregnant at the time they filmed this, so it kind of felt odd, especially when we go back in time. All in all, I would rate this proshot ★★★☆☆. It's still one of the best Sondheim productions that I have ever seen, but it was not captured very well. 

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 1/21/26 at 6:47am

It will be released on Blu-Ray on March 3rd.
https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=37774