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This is fresh air. I'm Terry Gross.

Happy Thanksgiving. Today's show is about Stephen Sondheim's 1981 musical Merrily We Roll Along. Next week, a filmed version of the hit 2023 Broadway

revival will open in movie theaters for a limited run. And that's great news.

The original production closed after only 16 performances.

But over the years, this terrific musical developed a cult following.

There have been several revivals, but the 2023 production was the first to open on Broadway,

and it was only a limited engagement. It received seven Tony

nominations and won four Tonys, including Best Revival of a Musical. Today we'll listen back to

my conversation from last year while the show was still on Broadway, with Jonathan Graff, who

won a best performer Tony for his starring role as Frank. His performance in Hamilton

as King George earned him a Tony nomination, and he received another nomination for his current role

as Bobby Darren in the musical Just in Time. Gruff has also known for his performances in the movie

Frozen and in the TV series Mind Hunter, Looking, and Glee.

My other guest is Maria Friedman, who received a Tony nomination for directing the Merrily

Revival. Friedman had also worked closely with Sondheim in the past. On stage, she co-starred

in a London revival of Merrily in the mid-90s under Sondheim's direction.

She also had leading roles in British productions of the Sondheim musical's passion and Sunday in the Park with George.

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