Original Cast Album: Company (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.

Crew: D. A. Pennebaker

Cast: Stephen Sondheim, Hal Prince, Elaine Stritch, Dean Jones, Pamela Myers

Format: DVD

Genre: Documentary, Music

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