How Maria Friedman and Jonathan Groff cracked the riddle of Sondheim's 'Merrily'
B roadway loves nothing better than a happy ending, and that yearning for redemption was richly satisfied by this season's standout production of “Merrily We Roll Along,” the Stephen Sondheim-George Furth musical that flopped when it premiered on Broadway in 1981 and has been desperate to prove itself ever since.