MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Documentary to Screen in Cleveland This Weekend

"Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened" the acclaimed documentary featuring Stephen Sondheim, Hal Prince, Jason Alexander and Mandy Patinkin, which premiered at the prestigious New York Film Festival, will play for this weekend only in two special screenings at Cinematheque/Cleveland Institute of Art.

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One of the truly legendary musicals in the history of Broadway, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG opened to enormous fanfare in 1981, and closed after sixteen performances. 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, a member of the original cast, the film is a bittersweet meditation on the choices we all make, and the often unexpected consequences of those choices. 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.

"Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened" is a production of Atlas Media Corp in association with AllRight Productions. Directed by Lonny Price. Produced by Bruce David Klein, Lonny Price, Kitt LaVoie, and Ted Schillinger. Executive Produced by Scott Rudin and Eli Bush.