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Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened: Director: Lonny Price

Sun. February 5th 2017 Star Cinema $10.50

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Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened: Director: Lonny Price

Stephen Sondheim and producer-director partner Harold Prince had seemed unstoppa...
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Sun. February 5th 2017 + Add to Calendar Star Cinema (All Ages)
7:00pm $10.50

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Director: Lonny Price

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Stephen Sondheim and producer-director partner Harold Prince had seemed unstoppable before their 1981 effort Merrily We Roll Along closed after a mere 16 performances, ending both their reign over Broadway and their decade-long friendship. After individual success, Sondheim (West Side Story) and Prince (Fiddler on the Roof, Cabaret) had collaborated on a series of Tony-winning musicals in the 1970s, culminating in 1979s smash hit Sweeney Todd.

Best Worst Thing director Lonny Price idolized the pair, and auditioned among thousands for a role in Merrily We Roll Along. The story of a trio of bitter and jaded adults, Merrily moves back in time as its scenes progress, so that by its end the friends are wide-eyed, hopeful youths. With present-day interviews and recovered footage from an unaired TV feature, Best Worst Thing works as its bittersweet complement.

A reflection on the nature of youth, idealism, and disappointment, Best Worst Thing is above all a love letter to the theatre. Buoyed by Sondheim's now-beloved score and the undiminished, irrepressible passion of Merrily's cast and creators, Best Worst Thing is an unmissable treat for even a casual theatre goer. Featuring composer Adam Guettel, NYT critic Frank Rich, Jason Alexander, Mandy Patinkin, and many more.

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Star Cinema
9842 Third St
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Capacity150
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