When Stephen Sondheim died in 2021, he was remembered as one of musical theaters all-time

greats, creator of masterpieces like Sweeney Todd and a little night music.

But one of his musicals,

Marily we roll along, never achieved that success.

Now it has.

And the show, actors, and director, Maria Friedman,

are all up for Tony Awards this Sunday.

Jeffrey Brown recently joined Friedman on Broadway for our arts and culture series, Canvas.

How did you get to be here?

It's a musical about making friends and making art.

How did you get to be here?

And how life can go very wrong.

Maria Friedman has spent much of the past 12 years trying to make it right.

Is obsession the right word?

Passion?

Passion? Passion?

Passion and a deep love for the material, I love, yeah, and the man who wrote it.

Who says lonely at the top. I say let it never stop.

The material is merrily we roll along.

Now on Broadway with grave reviews and star turns by Jonathan Groff as Frank, a composer-turned-film producer,

Daniel Radcliffe is Charlie, a playwright, and Lindsay Mendez as Mary a novelist turned theatre critic.

Congratulations on the movie. Your performance will stay with me for a long time.

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