Does anyone still wear a hat?
When it comes to Sondheim, there's no shortage of epic moments. Angela Lansbury singing The Worst Pies in London in Sweeney Todd; Dame Judi speak-singing her way through Send in the Clowns in A Little Night Music; and, of course, Elaine Stritch rasping that ode to lazy society bitches The Ladies Who Lunch (‘I’ll drink to that!’) from Company. And while we loved Patti Lupone when she did it in the gender-swap production in the West End last year, there’s no touching Ms. Stritch, which is why we are delighted to welcome to Criterion (the streaming service) Original Cast Album: Company, an almost-forgotten documentary by D. A. Pennebaker from 1970, which includes Elaine’s first attempt at the song, which was never used and has become one of the most famous outtakes in movie/musical history. Bring that one out at dinner parties.