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 Self
Hal Prince Self
Elaine Stritch Self / Joanne
Dean Jones Self / Bobby
Pamela Myers Self / Marta
Beth Howland Self / Amy
Barbara Barrie Self / Sarah
Charles Braswell Self / Larry
Susan Browning Self / April
George Coe Self / David
John Cunningham Self / Peter
Steve Elmore Self / Paul
George Furth Self
Harold Hastings Self
Charles Kimbrough Self / Harry
Merle Louise Self / Susan
Donna McKechnie Self / Kathy
Teri Ralston Self
Thomas Z. Shepard Self