Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened

Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened

Documentary 2016 1 hr 37 min

Stephen Sondheim's "Merrily We Roll Along" opened in November 1981 to scathing reviews and closed after just 16 performances. Despite its inauspicious beginnings, the musical's score has grown to become one of the composer's most beloved. Archival footage of the rehearsals along with interviews with the cast -- as well as Sondheim himself and director Harold Prince -- tell the tale of this infamous production.

Documentary 2016 1 hr 37 min

NR

Starring Tonya Pinkins, Harold Prince, Stephen Sondheim

Director Lonny Price

Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened

Tonya Pinkins

Actor
Harold Prince

Self
Stephen Sondheim

Self
Jason Alexander

Self
Lonny Price

Director

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Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened

DOCUMENTARY

Stephen Sondheim's "Merrily We Roll Along" opened in November 1981 to scathing reviews and closed after just 16 performances. Despite its inauspicious beginnings, the musical's score has grown to become one of the composer's most beloved. Archival footage of the rehearsals along with interviews with the cast -- as well as Sondheim himself and director Harold Prince -- tell the tale of this infamous production.

Average 8.5
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Fresh 20
Rotten 1

Information

Studio: Abramorama
Released: 2016
Run Time: 1 hr 37 min
Rated: NR
Region of Origin: United States

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio and Subtitles: English (United States) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC, CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.