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Review: ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ is Sondheim’s musical anew at New York Theatre Workshop

NEW YORK — In life, as God and Stephen Sondheim understand, we roll along whether or not we choose to do so merrily. But if ever there was a musical about how our youthful idealism and personal loyalties are so often sacrificed on the tawdry altar of getting ahead, ever a show about how darn stupid most of us turn out to be, ever a show about how we blow our most important relationships and ...
Jonathan Groff, left, and Daniel Radcliffe in "Merrily We Roll Along" at New York Theatre Workshop.

NEW YORK — In life, as God and Stephen Sondheim understand, we roll along whether or not we choose to do so merrily.

But if ever there was a musical about how our youthful idealism and personal loyalties are so often sacrificed on the tawdry altar of getting ahead, ever a show about how darn stupid most of us turn out to be, ever a show about how we blow our most important

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