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7/10 - very fascinating look at one of the biggest flops to ever hit the Broadway stage and the legacy that continues to this day.

Having just recently been thrilled by the successful Broadway revival of "Merrily We Roll Along", I wanted to revisit this 2016 documentary which chronicled the original 1981 production, a legendary fiasco now revered by Stephen Sondheim aficionados. Directed by Lonny Price, one of the original three leads and now one of the leading Broadway directors, the film went into fascinating specifics about the embattled mounting of the show, including the auditions of the youthful cast. It lasted only 16 performances, and the heartbreak of its closure was followed in this film by what happened to each of the cast members and how they looked back on their involvement. Needless to say, Sondheim and Hal Prince recovered from this stumble, but they never worked together again.