The read
A Balasaur Score of 83 out of 100, drawn from Rotten Tomatoes 95%, TMDB 6.9/10. Scores higher than 94% of the 4,516 2020s comedy movies in this catalog. Streaming on Netflix.
Synopsis
Franklin Shepard is a talented Broadway composer who abandons his theater career and all his friends in New York in order to produce films in Los Angeles. The story begins at the height of his Hollywood fame and moves backwards in time, showing snapshots of the most important moments in Frank’s life that shaped the man he is today. (A live recording of the 2024 Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's musical, filmed at the Hudson Theatre in New York City.)
Ratings
Rotten Tomatoes95%
TMDB6.9/10
24 audience votes
Key crew
- Maria FriedmanDirector
- George FurthWriter
- Stephen SondheimOriginal Music Composer
- Stephen SondheimWriter
Cast
- Jonathan GroffFranklin Shepard
- Lindsay MendezMary Flynn
- Daniel RadcliffeCharley Kringas
- Krystal Joy BrownGussie Carnegie
- Reg RogersJoe Josephson
- Katie Rose ClarkeBeth Shepard
- Max RackenbergFranklin ‘Frankie’ Shepard Jr.
- Sherz AletahaScotty / Mrs. Spencer / Auditionee
- Jacob Keith WatsonTerry / Mr. Spencer
- Corey MachTyler
- Leana Rae ConcepcionClaudia / Newscaster / Auditionee
- Coby GetzugBunker / Newscaster / Photographer
Stills
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Themes
friendshipmusicalbased on play or musicalcoming of agebroadwaybroadway musicalunassumingfilmed playreverse chronologymusical comedysentimentalcelebratory