Stephen Sondheim (born March 22, 1930 in New York City) Died November 26th… Read Full Bio ↴Stephen Sondheim (born March 22, 1930 in New York City) Died November 26th 2021 was a composer and lyricist for stage and screen. He is one of the few people to win an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards, multiple Grammy Awards, and a Pulitzer Prize.
Sondheim has been writing for the American Musical Theatre for the past four decades. His breakthrough musical Company revolutionized the art form. He is considered by many to be the finest living composer of our time.
His scores include Passion, Assassins, Bounce, Into The Woods, Sunday In The Park With George, Merrily We Roll Along, Sweeney Todd, Pacific Overtures, A Little Night Music, Follies, Company, The Frogs, Anyone Can Whistle, and A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to The Forum, as well as the lyrics for Gypsy and West Side Story.
He studied composition with the legendary avant-garde composer Milton Babbitt. Sondheim says that when he asked Babbitt if he could study atonality, Babbitt replied "You haven’t exhausted tonal resources for yourself yet, so I’m not going to teach you atonal." Sondheim agreed, and despite frequent dissonance and a highly chromatic style, his music remains resolutely tonal.
A notable aspect of Sondheim's songwriting is the use of complex and innovative rhyme patterns that "delight the ear."
Sondheim has been writing for the American Musical Theatre for the past four decades. His breakthrough musical Company revolutionized the art form. He is considered by many to be the finest living composer of our time.
His scores include Passion, Assassins, Bounce, Into The Woods, Sunday In The Park With George, Merrily We Roll Along, Sweeney Todd, Pacific Overtures, A Little Night Music, Follies, Company, The Frogs, Anyone Can Whistle, and A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to The Forum, as well as the lyrics for Gypsy and West Side Story.
He studied composition with the legendary avant-garde composer Milton Babbitt. Sondheim says that when he asked Babbitt if he could study atonality, Babbitt replied "You haven’t exhausted tonal resources for yourself yet, so I’m not going to teach you atonal." Sondheim agreed, and despite frequent dissonance and a highly chromatic style, his music remains resolutely tonal.
A notable aspect of Sondheim's songwriting is the use of complex and innovative rhyme patterns that "delight the ear."
Ladies Who Lunch
Stephen Sondheim Lyrics
I'd like to propose a toast
Here's to the ladies who lunch...
Everybody laugh
Lounging in their caftans and planning a brunch
On their own behalf
Off to the gym
Then to a fitting
Claiming they're fat
And looking grim
'Cause they've been sitting
Choosing a hat-
Does anyone still wear a hat?
I'll drink to that
And here's to the girls who play smart-
Aren't they a gas?
Rushing to their classes in optical art
Wishing it would pass
Another long exhausting day
Another thousand dollars
A matinee, a Pinter play
Perhaps a piece of Mahler's-
I'll drink to that
And one for Mahler
Here's to the girls who play wife-
Aren't they too much?
Keeping house but clutching a copy of LIFE
Just to keep in touch
The ones who follow the rules
And meet themselves at the schools
Too busy to know that they're fools-
Aren't they a gem?
I'll drink to them
Let's all drink to them!
And here's to the girls who just watch-
Aren't they the best?
When they get depressed, it's a bottle of Scotch
Plus a little jest
Another chance to disapprove
Another brilliant zinger
Another reason not to move
Another vodka stinger-
Aaaahh-I'll drink to that
So here's to the girls on the go-
Everybody tries
Look into their eyes and you'll see what they know:
Everybody dies
A toast to that invincible bunch
The dinosaurs surviving the crunch-
Let's hear it for the ladies who lunch!
Everybody rise! Rise!
Rise! Rise! Rise! Rise! Rise! Rise!
Rise!
Larry, I would like a cigarette
Here's to the ladies who lunch...
Everybody laugh
Lounging in their caftans and planning a brunch
On their own behalf
Off to the gym
Then to a fitting
Claiming they're fat
And looking grim
Choosing a hat-
Does anyone still wear a hat?
I'll drink to that
And here's to the girls who play smart-
Aren't they a gas?
Rushing to their classes in optical art
Wishing it would pass
Another long exhausting day
Another thousand dollars
A matinee, a Pinter play
Perhaps a piece of Mahler's-
I'll drink to that
And one for Mahler
Here's to the girls who play wife-
Aren't they too much?
Keeping house but clutching a copy of LIFE
Just to keep in touch
The ones who follow the rules
And meet themselves at the schools
Too busy to know that they're fools-
Aren't they a gem?
I'll drink to them
Let's all drink to them!
And here's to the girls who just watch-
Aren't they the best?
When they get depressed, it's a bottle of Scotch
Plus a little jest
Another chance to disapprove
Another brilliant zinger
Another reason not to move
Another vodka stinger-
Aaaahh-I'll drink to that
So here's to the girls on the go-
Everybody tries
Look into their eyes and you'll see what they know:
Everybody dies
A toast to that invincible bunch
The dinosaurs surviving the crunch-
Let's hear it for the ladies who lunch!
Everybody rise! Rise!
Rise! Rise! Rise! Rise! Rise! Rise!
Rise!
Larry, I would like a cigarette
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Stephen Sondheim
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@someoneelsewhere9519
Here's to the ladies who lunch—
Everybody laugh.
Lounging in their caftans
And planning a brunch
On their own behalf.
Off to the gym,
Then to a fitting,
Claiming they're fat.
And looking grim,
'Cause they've been sitting
Choosing a hat.
Does anyone still wear a hat?
I'll drink to that.
And here's to the girls who stay smart—
Aren't they a gas?
Rushing to their classes
In optical art,
Wishing it would pass.
Another long exhausting day,
Another thousand dollars,
A matinee, a Pinter play,
Perhaps a piece of Mahler's.
I'll drink to that.
And one for Mahler!
And here's to the girls who play wife—
Aren't they too much?
Keeping house but clutching
A copy of LIFE,
Just to keep in touch.
The ones who follow the rules,
And meet themselves at the schools,
Too busy to know that they're fools.
Aren't they a gem?
I'll drink to them!
Let's all drink to them!
And here's to the girls who just watch—
Aren't they the best?
When they get depressed,
It's a bottle of Scotch,
Plus a little jest.
Another chance to disapprove,
Another brilliant zinger,
Another reason not to move,
Another vodka stinger.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!
I'll drink to that.
So here's to the girls on the go—
Everybody tries.
Look into their eyes,
And you'll see what they know:
Everybody dies.
A toast to that invincible bunch,
The dinosaurs surviving the crunch.
Let's hear it for the ladies who lunch--
Everybody rise!
Rise!
Rise! Rise! Rise! Rise! Rise! Rise!
Rise!
@Tytytytyty1776
Patti said in an interview that this was the only time she was ever nervous performing. And when Elaine embraced her at the end, she nearly was brought to tears.
@s_tomlin
the fact that you genuinely can't tell at all is mindblowing
@fedejr93
She doesn't seem nervous at all. When she steps to the front of the stage with that little grin saying "I'd like to propose a toast" it seems more like she knows she's going to slay that performance. Wonderful
@GaryMorin
@@fedejr93 and she does indeed slay it !
@Gamalielslay
Damn I wanna be nervous like her
@ar_t_lo
Elaine seemed more emotional than she was
@tracyroweauthor
career goals: singing Elaine Stritch's signature song in front of her and having her jump up at the end, grab you and tell you she's so proud of you.
@leslieivarson
agreed! full circle and pure magic.
@Saxshoe
"You've always been a disappointment, Jackie"
@holdyourhats
If Patti keeps a diary what do you think she wrote about that moment??