1970
7.2 (20 votes)
0h 53m
Genres
Documentary
Music
Production Companies
Docurama
Original Cast Album: Company
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: D. A. Pennebaker
Producer: Peter Hansen, Chester Feldman, Delia Doherty, Christopher Dalrymple
Director of Photography: D. A. Pennebaker, Richard Leacock
