In this image released by O&M/DKC, Lonny Price, left, Ann Morrison, and Jim Walton, right, castmembers in the Stephen Sondheim 1981 musical, “Merrily We Roll Along,” pose in New York. (Bruce David Klein/O&M/DKC via AP) (Associated Press)NEW YORK — Lonny Price had just started editing his first documentary when a bunch of boxes showed up. The director was working on a movie about the making of Stephen Sondheim’s 1981 ill-fated musical “Merrily We Roll Along,” which closed after just 16 Broadway performances. “I said, ‘I think it’s there.’”After years of filming, Price was two days deep into editing his documentary when 37 boxes of film canisters were delivered from a sprawling site in Connecticut. They contained the raw, behind-the-scenes footage from “Merrily We Roll Along” auditions and rehearsals.

Source: Washington Post November 23, 2016 15:11 UTC