What: The current Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s 1981 musical Merrily We Roll Along.When: The 77th Annual Tony Awards on June 16. The show received seven nominations, including nods for director Maria Friedman and stars Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe, and Lindsay Mendez, who will perform live at the Tonys.But Is It Texan?: If it’s not yet, it will be soon. Consider the performance an indirect sneak preview of Richard Linklater’s film adaptation, which the Austin director is shooting over a period of 20 years. Based on the 1934 play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, Merrily We Roll Along was an infamous and unexpected Broadway flop. It was Sondheim and director Hal Prince’s first show after 1979’s…
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