Niche/offbeat but high quality Sondheim performances - what are your fav? - Page 2

[SKOC211]

Posted: 11/16/25 at 4:57pm

Judi Dench's "Send in the Clowns" is definitive for me.

Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett's "A Boy Like That/I Have a Love" at Carnegie Hall starts as sort of a comedy bit and then transforms into a stunningly sung performance.

Judy Kuhn's "I Wish I Could Forget You." Forever mad that I completely missed that revival and didn't find out about it until after it closed.

[wsondheim94]

Posted: 11/16/25 at 7:08pm

Here are some of mine that get repeats:

Marin singing Old Friends/Like it Was

Emily Skinner singing (tied for) my favorite version of Could I Leave You (tied with Donna's and Jan Maxwell's perhaps more well-known versions of course)

Shoshana's Finishing the Hat (the first time I ever actually understood this song. It made me weep.)

@ 3:35, Beth Leavel's (somewhat schticky but nevertheless) heartbreaking version of Not While I'm Around

Elaine singing Anyone Can Whistle

Liza's Rose's Turn ('get off of my runway' sends shivers down my spine every time)

Linda Lavin singing The Boy From...

 

And a handful of random other favorites

[MezzA101]

Posted: 11/16/25 at 8:04pm

Live at "Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall"

Boys Choir of Harlem/Betty Buckley

"Our Time" / "Children Will Listen"

https://youtu.be/Y5xyWGo5Sak?si=DpSf5ZUodusBgY4i