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I really loved watching the documentary about the making of the cast recording of the original production of Sondheim's Company, but I can't imagine anyone else getting much out of it. I found it amazing, though. Having been obsessed with the songs for months now, and wishing I could have been around in 1970, it's the closest thing I'll get to ever actually seeing the original production. And Elaine Stritch is simply amazing. She's acting throughout every note. If you watch her face while other people are singing, while she's waiting for her cue, or while she's actually singing, it's just amazing. She's living every moment of it in a way none of the other people are. It's pretty awesome. My favourite part is when she can't get "The Ladies Who Lunch" right and they're doing take after take after take at 4 in the morning, and she's listening to a playback and she suddenly screams at herself, "SHUT UP!!!!!"

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