The One Elaine Stritch Performance You Need To Watch Right Now



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Broadway legend Elaine Stritch, who died Thursday at 89, was known for many iconic performances, none of them more indelible than "Ladies Who Lunch" from Stephen Sondheim's Company. But Stritch, never a "great" singer, sometimes struggled with the song.



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In director D.A. Pennebaker's 1970 documentary about the making of the original Broadway cast recording of Company, Stritch famously struggled through take after take.



The sequence is an uncommonly revealing look into Stritch’s hard-knuckle process, and how she was often her own fiercest critic.


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After the very first take, in fact, Sondheim thought Stritch's voice was already hurting, and decided the song's key should be lowered to compensate.


After the very first take, in fact, Sondheim thought Stritch's voice was already hurting, and decided the song's key should be lowered to compensate.


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Stritch's reaction was amazing.


Stritch's reaction was amazing.


The hat!


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