

53 minutes
10/28/1970
In 1970, right after the triumphant premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s groundbreaking concept musical Company, the renowned composer and lyricist, his director Harold Prince, the show’s stars, and a large pit orchestra all went into a Manhattan recording studio as part of a time-honored Broadway tradition: the making of the original cast album. What ensued was a marathon session in which, with the pressures of posterity and the coolly exacting Sondheim’s perfectionism hanging over them, all involved pushed themselves to the limit.

Stephen Sondheim
as Self

Hal Prince
as Self

Elaine Stritch
as Self / Joanne

Dean Jones
as Self / Bobby

Pamela Myers
as Self / Marta

Beth Howland
as Self / Amy

Barbara Barrie
as Self / Sarah

Charles Braswell
as Self / Larry

Susan Browning
as Self / April

George Coe
as Self / David

John Cunningham
as Self / Peter
Steve Elmore
as Self / Paul

George Furth
as Self
Harold Hastings
as Self

Charles Kimbrough
as Self / Harry
Merle Louise
as Self / Susan

Donna McKechnie
as Self / Kathy
Teri Ralston
as Self
Thomas Z. Shepard
as Self