Mandatory Credit: Photo by FLAVIO LO SCALZO/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (9320108j) Meryl Streep Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks attend 'Che tempo che fa' TV Show, Milan, Italy - 14 Jan 2018 US actress Meryl Streep attends the 'Che tempo che fa" TV Show in Milan, Italy, 14 January 2018.
Quarantine just keeps getting more fantastical. I mean, who would have thought we’d get Donna, one of her Dynamos and a Tony Award-winning Ruth Younger all drinking together?
Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski and Audra McDonald all hopped into the virtual party — in their bathrobes, of course — to celebrate musical theater king, Stephen Sondheim’s 90th birthday. As for their drinks of choice (the most important part of any party), Streep was sipping on a martini, Baranski had a classic glass of red wine and McDonald went all in and drank straight from the bottle. We also may have witnessed the most iconic moment in modern history when Streep looked as if she was going to pour herself some scotch, but took a swig straight from the bottle instead. Queen.
Good morning world!
If knowing that Christine Baranski, Meryl Streep, and Andrea McDonald sang “Ladies Who Lunch” together while in their bathrobes isn’t enough to IMMEDIATELY make you stop scrolling and watch this video, I don’t know what to tell you. pic.twitter.com/wMZBxekkNt
— Carmen Phillips (@carmencitaloves) April 27, 2020
The trio sang “The Ladies Who Lunch” from Sondheim’s musical Company, which is turning 50 this year. Not only was it truly amazing, but it also made me want nothing more than a zoom call of these three hanging out and eating lunch (or even brunch, because mimosas) together.
They also sang the line “I’ll drink to that” in honor of Sondheim, who’s best known for Broadway musicals like Sweeney Todd, Follies and Into the Woods, and for writing the lyrics to West Side Story. As expected, Twitter had a lot to say about all of this.
#Lockdown2020 pic.twitter.com/aQLqapDcL0
— John Cohen (@JohnCohen1) April 27, 2020
The way Christine Baranski, Meryl Streep and Audra McDonald singlehandedly sum up the mood for 2020 in one song.#Sondheim90Concert pic.twitter.com/QISkjZfinN
— Rike ✨ 24/7 thinking of Olivia Colman (@THEFAVOURITE_) April 27, 2020
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who lunch"— Rike ✨ 24/7 thinking of Olivia Colman (@THEFAVOURITE_) April 27, 2020
audra mcdonald, christine baranski and meryl streep…..truly the greatest crossover event in history pic.twitter.com/QP8Os2LMD7
— ellie (@ryderskravitz) April 27, 2020
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone, Donna Murphy, Kristin Chenoweth, Mandy Patinkin, Sutton Foster, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kelli O’Hara, Aaron Tveit, Stephen Schwartz and more were also a part of the two and a half hour stream. Proceeds will benefit Artists Striving to End Poverty (ASTEP) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kill some quaran-time and watch the full Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration stream here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A92wZIvEUAw&feature=emb_title
