Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened... (2016)
This film from acclaimed theater director Lonny Price charts the journey of the original cast of Stephen Sondheim's "Merrily We Roll Along" in the 30-plus years since the musical debuted on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre in 1981.
Director: Lonny Price
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Stephen Sondheim as Self |
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Hal Prince as Self |
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Terry Finn as Self |
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Jim Walton as Self |
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Ann Morrison as Self |
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Jason Alexander as Self |
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Mandy Patinkin as Self |
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Donna Marie Asbury as Self |
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Jim Bonkosky as Self |
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David Cady as Self |
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Liz Callaway as Self |
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Adam Guettel as Self |
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Steven Jacob as Self |
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Tonya Pinkins as Self |
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Abigail Pogrebin as Self |
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Lonny Price as Self |
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Daisy Prince as Self |
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Forrest Ray as Self |
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Frank Rich as Self |
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Clark Sayre as Self |
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David Shine as Self |
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James Weissenbach as Self |
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Maryrose Wood as Self |
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Valerie Gilbert as Self |
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George Furth as Self (archive footage) |
| Directing | Lonny Price | Director |
| Writing | Kitt Lavoie | Writer |
| Writing | Lonny Price | Writer |
| Writing | Ted Schillinger | Writer |
| Production | Eli Bush | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kaki Kirby | Executive Producer |
| Production | Scott Rudin | Executive Producer |
| Production | Bruce David Klein | Producer |
| Sound | Stephen Sondheim | Songs |
| Writing | Stephen Sondheim | Lyricist |
| Camera | Matthew M. Howe | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Elaine Epstein | Director of Photography |