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Mediaite Editor-at-Large and onetime certified Sondheim fanatic picks a few classics from the Internets.

West Side Story- Tonight Quintet (Sondheim 75th Birthday, 2005)
“Tonight Quintet” from West Side Story, for which Sondheim wrote the lyrics. Feat. Audra McDonald and Vanessa Williams.

Elaine Stritch – “Broadway Baby” (Sondheim 75th Birthday, 2005)

A classic, from a classic. She has and will always own this song. With or without another vodka stinger.

“Everybody Ought to Have a Maid” – A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum

Carol Burnett and Bronson Pinchot sing from what Sondheim called “the cleanest dirty show ever written.”

Sondheim teaches ‘Not Getting Married’ from Company
Thank you all for the gifts and the flowers! Sondheim at the height of his powers. Marriage, too, sort of.

Madeleine Kahn Does “Not Getting Married”
Just so you can see how it’s done.

Agony – Into The Woods, London Cast

Into The Woods is one of my top five favorite musicals of all time, and “Agony” is a highlight as two vain Prince Charmings sing about their fairytale maidens of choice, Cinderella and Rapunzel. Anything can happen in the woods…

Judi Dench – “Send In The Clowns”

Bad picture but what do you want, it’s JUDI DENCH. You’ll still get chills.

” Finishing the Hat” – Sunday in the Park with George
The quintessential song about artistic need, drive and obsession. Look, I made a hat – where there never was a hat…

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