"'Best Worst Thing' is more than a story about a Broadway show; its most poignant moments examine the thrill of dreams coming true, and the inevitable come down afterwards."
One of the truly legendary musicals in the history of Broadway, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG opened to enormous fanfare in 1981... and then closed abruptly after only sixteen performances.
Widely expected to be a work of genius from Broadway's two reigning masters - Stephen Sondheim and Hal Prince - the show was excoriated by critics and dismissed as an ambitious flop.
For the first time, BEST WORST THING THAT EVER COULD HAVE HAPPENED draws back the curtain on the extraordinary drama of the show's creation - and tells the stories of the hopeful young performers whose lives were transformed by it. Directed by Lonny Price, one of the leads from the original cast, the film is a bittersweet meditation on the choices we all make, and the often unexpected consequences of those choices: success, failure, and redemption. Featuring exclusive appearances by Stephen Sondheim, Hal Prince, Jason Alexander, Mandy Patinkin, Adam Guettel, Frank Rich and the original Broadway cast of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG.
