I truly miss those unmatched days walking along Broadway in the early 80's - looking left or right, you were seeing theater history in prime form. I am so lucky to have been there and experienced those magical, talent-packed times. Looking back is a mixture of relived raw excitement, aching nostalgia and the warmth only those memories can resurrect. I am smiling through my tears...
Such a wonderful memory for me. First Broadway show. Fourth row center. And the entire cast was made up of excellent professionals. I’m feeling tears well up.
This is a wonderful companion piece to the D.A. Pennebaker documentary that exposes the enormous talent and heart of Sondheim as well as the ditch-digger sweaty effort to get the take for eternity. That movie is a must see for Company fans. What a grand time it must have been for that band of creative merrymakers turning out all those shows in the 70's; talents of the 1st order, generously giving their time and efforts to try to live up to Sondheim's exacting directions.
so good to hear elaine stritch read some of these lines! of course her original performance lives through the cast recording, and we have an idea of the lines from that, but there's just nobody like her :)
Why didn't PBS tape the performance like they have with other concert versions? I saw it on my senior class trip to NY in 1971. My first Broadway musical.
I see Hal Prince doing some blocking in the scenes, but can anybody say with certainty if the musical staging is authentic or did they put new steps in?
Barry Brown. The original reunion was in Long Beach, California about 6 months before New York. It was such a successful event and fundraiser in L.A, he decided to do it a 2nd time at Lincoln Center.
Watch the guy in a yellow shirt yawning at 14:40. Too funny! Elaine Stritch is still something to behold in "The Ladies Who Lunch" even though, let's face it, she can't sing it anymore-the higher notes anyway.
I truly miss those unmatched days walking along Broadway in the early 80's - looking left or right, you were seeing theater history in prime form. I am so lucky to have been there and experienced those magical, talent-packed times. Looking back is a mixture of relived raw excitement, aching nostalgia and the warmth only those memories can resurrect. I am smiling through my tears...
INCREDIBLE! This is too amazing! And this really is "how it is" in a rehearsal. People come and go while others are rehearsing. I LOVE THIS!
What a gem this video is. Thank you!
Gogo Beth Howland! She still could do the tongue twisters!@ Just awesome ...and that long flowing hair
Such a wonderful memory for me. First Broadway show. Fourth row center. And the entire cast was made up of excellent professionals. I’m feeling tears well up.
This is a gem!!!
This is a wonderful companion piece to the D.A. Pennebaker documentary that exposes the enormous talent and heart of Sondheim as well as the ditch-digger sweaty effort to get the take for eternity. That movie is a must see for Company fans. What a grand time it must have been for that band of creative merrymakers turning out all those shows in the 70's; talents of the 1st order, generously giving their time and efforts to try to live up to Sondheim's exacting directions.
Wow -- I absolutely adore this! Thanks for posting
YEah - Elaine Stritch is just marking and saving her screechy parts for performance. No point in straining her voice unnecessarily
Omg......Heaven for musical theatre lovers!! Thanks so much!! WTF....where did you get this?/
so good to hear elaine stritch read some of these lines! of course her original performance lives through the cast recording, and we have an idea of the lines from that, but there's just nobody like her :)
Why didn't PBS tape the performance like they have with other concert versions? I saw it on my senior class trip to NY in 1971. My first Broadway musical.
Then you saw my father in law, Steve Elmore, who played Paul. What a voice!
I see Hal Prince doing some blocking in the scenes, but can anybody say with certainty if the musical staging is authentic or did they put new steps in?
WOW DONNA! AGE 53!!!!
Ahaha "Mahler's, plural" YES Elaine! (If you know, you know) 😅
Geez...why did the stage manger allow Dean Jones to stand on a stinkin' folding chair for the title song (at :55) ??? So dangerous.
Beth Howland aged well.
How fun! Seeing Susan Browning is sad though, what was wrong with her?
She broke her ankle during rehearsal.
I wondered if that was her. So Browning, Myers, and Mackachnie were all there?
Anybody know who staged this reunion?
Barry Brown. The original reunion was in Long Beach, California about 6 months before New York. It was such a successful event and fundraiser in L.A, he decided to do it a 2nd time at Lincoln Center.
1:08:18 An important recording of American theater history, certainly. But it's 1993, and I am stunned how incredibly white the theater crowd was.
Don't time-travel back to Opening Night in 1970, your head might explode.
So what?
Look up the demographics of 1970 (or 1993) America. It might surprise you.
Watch the guy in a yellow shirt yawning at 14:40. Too funny! Elaine Stritch is still something to behold in "The Ladies Who Lunch" even though, let's face it, she can't sing it anymore-the higher notes anyway.
I believe she was just saving her voice. She still had it.
@@bridget2492 Yes; I think there's a video of the actual show where Elaine gives her all.
There is and it's on here.
This is Rehearsal... ELAINE was just "walking" through it. She was saving the Full Out performance for the actual event.
The actors are desperately trying to pick up the tempos. 😢