'Sweating out the notes': the stunning portrait of Sondheim's Company by DA Pennebaker
A newly rereleased documentary captures tense scenes in the studio for the 1970 musical's original cast recording " and reveals much about the songs and their singers After a six-week tryout in Boston and a week of previews, Stephen Sondheim's Company opened on Broadway in April 1970. But after the nerves of opening night, another hurdle came the following weekend: the original cast recording of the musical. Rather t…