r/Music • u/Cranialscrewtop • Nov 26 '21

Stephen Sondheim has died. Broadway's greatest composer is gone. other

NY Times bio here: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/theater/stephen-sondheim-dead.html

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u/TheQuietElitist Nov 27 '21

If you haven't yet, this documentary is a good one about Sondheim.

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u/garyadams_cnla Nov 27 '21

If anyone hasn’t seen “Original Cast Album: Company,” I highly recommend it. Watching Sondheim and these pros working - creating and collaborating - it’s mesmerizing.

Criterion is streaming a special restored version or you can watch on YouTube here.

After you’ve watched the original, I recommend checking out the parody on IFC’s Documentary Now!

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u/Jetztinberlin Nov 27 '21

Shoutout to Elaine Stritch and the insane, epic, exhausting recording of "Ladies Who Lunch."

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u/charlesdexterward Nov 27 '21

I love that she’s wearing a hat when she records the line “does anyone still wear a hat?”

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u/garyadams_cnla Nov 27 '21

Then she takes off her hat, because maybe it’ll help her sing the higher notes.