The musical "Company," which was written by Stephen Sondheim and premiered on Broadway in the spring of1970, adhered to the time-honored custom of recording the cast album on the first Sunday after the show's opening night. The now-iconic documentarian D.A. Pennebaker documented the making of the original cast recording, including the back and forth between Stephen Sondheim and the performers as well as the dynamic of attempting to record live performance. The performance of "The Ladies Who Lunch" by Elaine Stritch serves as the film's climactic moment. The production was nominated for six Tony Awards and took home three of them, including "Best Musical." It also played for two years on Broadway. The "Original Cast Album" film series that had been planned but never made never happened.
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The musical "Company," which was written by Stephen Sondheim and premiered on Broadway in the spring of1970, adhered to the time-honored custom of recording the cast album on the first Sunday after the show's opening night. The now-iconic documentarian D.A. Pennebaker documented the making of the original cast recording, including the back and forth between Stephen Sondheim and the performers as well as the dynamic of attempting to record live performance. The performance of "The Ladies Who Lunch" by Elaine Stritch serves as the film's climactic moment. The production was nominated for six Tony Awards and took home three of them, including "Best Musical." It also played for two years on Broadway. The "Original Cast Album" film series that had been planned but never made never happened.
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