Original Cast Album: Company (1970)

Name: Original Cast Album: Company
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1970-10-28
Duration: 53 min
Cast: Stephen Sondheim, Hal Prince, Elaine Stritch, Dean Jones, Pamela Myers

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 all involved pushed themselves to the limit.

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Released 1970-10-28 · 53 min · Documentary, Music

Directed by D. A. Pennebaker

Cast

Stephen Sondheim as Self
Hal Prince as Self
Elaine Stritch as Self / Joanne
Dean Jones as Self / Bobby
Pamela Myers as Self / Marta
Beth Howland as Self / Amy
Barbara Barrie as Self / Sarah
Charles Braswell as Self / Larry
Susan Browning as Self / April
George Coe as Self / David
John Cunningham as Self / Peter
Steve Elmore as Self / Paul
George Furth as Self
Harold Hastings as Self
Charles Kimbrough as Self / Harry