This fabulous new documentary from Lonny Price chronicles the exciting rise and disastrous fall of the first production of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along (which closed after just 16 performances in 1981). The Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened is so much more than an account of a failed musical. This document of the artistic process examines the thrill of working with your heroes, the drama that ensues when your dreams don’t pan out exactly how you want them to, and the beauty that can rise from the ashes of a well-intentioned but doomed artistic endeavor.
Life on the Stage series is presented in partnership with The Actors Fund, a national human services organization that helps everyone—performers and those behind the scenes—who works in performing arts and entertainment. Programs include social services and emergency financial assistance, health care and insurance counseling, housing, and employment and training services www.actorsfund.org.
