The Ladies Who Lunch

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"The Ladies Who Lunch" is a sardonic show tune from Stephen Sondheim’s musical Company, famously performed by Elaine Stritch and later covered by Barbra Streisand.

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The Ladies Who Lunch canonical 6
“The Ladies Who Lunch” 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song
associatedWith Barbra Streisand
Elaine Stritch
Stephen Sondheim
composer Stephen Sondheim
countryOfOrigin United States
famousLine "Everybody laugh"
"Here’s to the ladies who lunch"
firstPerformanceCity New York City
firstPerformanceVenue Broadway
firstPerformer Elaine Stritch
genre musical theatre song
show tune
hasCulturalImpact became an iconic Sondheim number
phrase "ladies who lunch" entered popular vocabulary
hasRecording Barbra Streisand – The Broadway Album
Elaine Stritch – Company (original Broadway cast recording)
Patti LuPone – Company (2011 New York Philharmonic concert recording)
Raúl Esparza – Company (2006 Broadway revival cast recording)
hasSubject aging
bourgeois lifestyle
disillusionment
performative sophistication
language English
lyricalTheme alcohol consumption
hypocrisy
middle-aged wealthy women
self-awareness
socialites
lyricist Stephen Sondheim
musicalStyle cabaret-influenced
musicalTheatreProduction Company
narrativeFunction character song
notablePerformer Barbra Streisand
Elaine Stritch
Patti LuPone
Raúl Esparza
originalProduction Company (1970 Broadway production)
partOfWork Company
performanceType solo song
setting New York City high society
theatricalRole Joanne
tone sardonic
vocalRange mezzo-soprano
workChronologyPosition appears in Act II of Company

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Broadway Album hasPart The Ladies Who Lunch
subject linked to: The Broadway Album (1985 album)
Company: Original Cast Album featuresSong The Ladies Who Lunch
Company (2018–2019 production) on Broadway hasMusic “The Ladies Who Lunch”
linked to: The Ladies Who Lunch
Joanne performsSong The Ladies Who Lunch
subject linked to: Joanne in Company
Joanne songFrom The Ladies Who Lunch
subject linked to: Joanne in Company
Joanne hasSignatureNumber The Ladies Who Lunch
subject linked to: Joanne in Company
Company (1970 stage musical) notableSong The Ladies Who Lunch