Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst and Shelly Markham is presented by special arrangement with The Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, Illinois The Musical was commissioned by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and was first produced in 1998 at the Kennedy Center.Alexander is having a bad day. A terrible day. A horrible day. To be quite honest, it’s a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. But then, everybody has bad days, sometimes. Not only does Alexander wake up with gum in his hair, but his mother forgets to pack him dessert, and his best friend decides he’s not his best friend anymore. And if that’s not bad enough, Alexander’s brothers don’t have any cavities but—he does. And just when it can’t get any worse, there are lima beans for supper and —yuck!—kissing on TV. It is enough to make anyone want to go to Australia.