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Original Cast Album: Company

Original Cast Album: Company (1970)

0h 53m | PG-13

⭐ 7.2 / 10

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.

Director: D. A. Pennebaker

Studio: Docurama

Genre: Documentary, Music

Video: 720p

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Cast

Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim

as Self

Hal Prince

Hal Prince

as Self

Elaine Stritch

Elaine Stritch

as Self / Joanne

Dean Jones

Dean Jones

as Self / Bobby

Pamela Myers

Pamela Myers

as Self / Marta

Beth Howland

Beth Howland

as Self / Amy