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.
Cast
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
Crew
D. A. Pennebaker
Director, Director of Photography
Richard Leacock
Director of Photography
Daniel Melnick
Executive Producer
Peter Hansen
Producer
Chester Feldman
Producer
Delia Doherty
Producer
Christopher Dalrymple
Producer
Judy Crichton
Associate Producer
Robert Van Dyke
Sound
Robert Leacock
Sound
Kate Taylor
Sound
Mark Woodcock
Sound
Harold Hastings
Music Director
Stephen Sondheim
Music, Songs, Lyricist
Mary Rodgers
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