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Stephen Sondheim, Company Pit Orchestra, Barbara Barrie, Beth Howland, Charles Braswell, Charles Kimbrough, Dean Jones, Donna McKechnie, Elaine Stritch, George Coe - Company

Stephen Sondheim, Company Pit Orchestra, Barbara Barrie, Beth Howland, Charles Braswell, Charles Kimbrough, Dean Jones, Donna McKechnie, Elaine Stritch, George Coe - Company

Band: Stephen Sondheim, Company Pit Orchestra, Barbara Barrie, Beth Howland, Charles Braswell, Charles Kimbrough, Dean Jones, Donna McKechnie, Elaine Stritch, George Coe Title: Company Rating: Release Date: 25 October, 1990 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Company [Reprise II] - Dean Jones 2: Little Things You Do Together - Steve Elmore, Beth Howland, Teri Ralston 3: Sorry-Grateful - Barbara Barrie, George Coe, Beth Howland, Charles Kimbrough, Merle Louise, Teri Ralston, Elaine Stritch 4: You Could Drive a Person Crazy 5: Have I Got a Girl for You/Someone Is Waiting 6: Another Hundred People [Reprise I] 7: Getting Married Today 8: Side by Side by Side/What Would We Do Without You 9: Poor Baby/Tick Tock 10: Barcelona - Susan Browning, Dean Jones 11: Ladies Who Lunch - Elaine Stritch 12: Being Alive - Dean Jones 13: Finale 14: Poor Baby - Barbara Barrie, Charles Kimbrough, Elaine Stritch 15: Tick Tock 16: Barcelona - Charles Braswell, George Coe, Dean Jones, Charles Kimbrough 17: Ladies Who Lunch - Susan Browning, Donna McKechnie, Pamela Myers 18: Company [Reprise II] - Charles Braswell, George Coe, Cathy Corkill, , Steve Elmore, Carol Gelfand, Dean Jones, 19: Being Alive - Pamela Myers 20: Bows - Dean Jones

Customer Review Stephen Sondheim's take on both sides of marriage While there are other cast albums of "Company" available with guys who can sing in the role of Robert, this Original Cast recording offers Elaine Stritch as Joanne singing "The Ladies Who Lunch" and Beth Howland as Amy zipping through "Getting Married Today" at warp speed, both of which provide independent justification for having this one in your musical library. Not even the earnest but mediocre singing talent of lead Dean Jones can detract from your appreciation of this 1970 musical comedy from Stephen Sondheim. Other notables featured in the cast are Barbara Barrie (from "Barney Miller"), Charles Kimbrough (from "Sunday in the Park With George" and "Murphy Brown") and dancer extraordinaire Donna McKechnie (from "Chorus Line"). The subject matter of "Company" is marriage, although our perspective is mainly from the vantage point of Robert (Jones), a 35-year-old single man with five married couples for friends who are all interested in getting the poor guy hitched. Sondheim's songs cover pretty much the entire musical spectrum, from the powerfully wistful "Sorry-Grateful" to cute do-wop of "You Could Drive a Person Crazy," and from the chorus line anthem "Side By Side By Side" to pointed commentary of "The Little Things You Do Together. " Warning: If you have not been married at least ten years you are probably not going to be in a position to appreciate these songs or this musical. As Robert discovers in "Being Alive," the key part of marriage, and of live, if commitment; you can never really appreciate that from the outside looking in. . You can see a complete list of all Stephen Sondheim, Company Pit Orchestra, Barbara Barrie, Beth Howland, Charles Braswell, Charles Kimbrough, Dean Jones, Donna McKechnie, Elaine Stritch, George Coe discography, or go back to the Stephen Sondheim, Company Pit Orchestra, Barbara Barrie, Beth Howland, Charles Braswell, Charles Kimbrough, Dean Jones, Donna McKechnie, Elaine Stritch, George Coe tabs