Saturday, May 31, 2008

Sunday Sondheim - Ladies Who Lunch

It's been awhile, so I give you the cross-pond sensation Elaine Stritch!!
1st a full version done when she is in her late 70's maybe even 80 in 1999:

Go to YouTube and see part one of this next version, from 1970. She had to record the definitive version. And she had to sweat, cry, and cuss until she got it right. This is from a documentary called "Original Cast Recording: Company". I saw this in a film class and fell in love with Elaine, Stephen and "Company":

I am lucky enough to have seen her one woman show "At Liberty". What fun, What a Life. I was also one of the people who called to complain to CBS when they cut short her acceptance speech for this show. For gawdsakes, let the woman speak!

1 comment:

val said...

Cross-pond sensation?