Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, and Audra McDonald toast to Steven Sondheim while singing in their bathrobes
Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski and Audra McDonald enjoyed some liquid lunch while paying tribute to musical theater legend Stephen Sondheim on Sunday night.
The famous trio sipped on cocktails, whiskey and wine during a performance of Ladies Who Lunch from the musical Company.
Lounging around in their robes, they looked like they were living the quarantine dream.
I’ll drink to that! Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski and Audra McDonald threw back some drinks while paying tribute to Stephen Sondheim on the occasion of his 90th birthday
The ladies were ready for the ‘I’ll drink to that’ lyric as they threw back their drinks.
Meryl was even seen slugging some Scotch straight from the bottle.
At the end of their number the ladies toasted to Sondheim, who is known for Broadway favorites like Into The Woods, Sweeney Todd, Follies and more.
People truly enjoyed the crooners quarantine vibes.
Easy-going: The famous trio performed Ladies Who Lunch from the musical Company while lounging around in their robes
Enjoying the moment: Audra looked comfy as she crooned and drank some whiskey
Cheers! The ladies weren’t afraid to have a few drinks, with Meryl even seen slugging some Scotch straight from the bottle
To you! At the end of their number the ladies toasted to Sondheim, who is known for Broadway favorites like Into The Woods, Sweeney Todd, Follies and more
‘”The Four Stages of Quarantine Drinking'”by Dame Meryl Streep,’ one Twitter user wrote along with pictures of the star.
‘Meryl Streep, Audra MacDonald and Christine Barnaski singing Sondheim over Zoom in their bathrobes is, and I can not stress this enough, the ultimate mood. #sondheim90concert,’ shared another.
Another funny fan wondered about Streep’s interior decorating, writing: ‘Meryl streep: maybe i should install a whole a** wall of shelves for all these god damn awards.
‘Meryl streep: nvm these will be for my solitary seagull figurine and nothing else.’
Meme time: People had plenty of funny things to say about the video
In addition to Meryl and company there were A-list performances.
Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein joined forces to sing It Takes Two from Into The Woods.
Jake Gyllenhaal surprised many with a performance of Move On from Sunday In The Park With George. He was accompanied by Broadway star Annaleigh Ashford.
Secret singer: Jake Gyllenhaal surprised many with a performance of Move On from Sunday In The Park With George. He was accompanied by Broadway star Annaleigh Ashford
Also sending their love to Sondheim was Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone, Mandy Patinkin, Donna Murphy, Kristin Chenoweth, Sutton Foster, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Kelli O’Hara, Aaron Tveit, Maria Friedman, Iain Armitage, Katrina Lenk, Michael Cerveris, Brandon Uranowitz, Stephen Schwartz, Elizabeth Stanley, Chip Zien, and Alexander Gemignani, among others.
Take Me To The World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration helped raise funds for the organization ASTEP (Artists Striving to End Poverty).
The two-and-a-half hour tribute is available to stream for free online courtesy of Broadway.com.
Man of the moment: Take Me To The World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration helped raise funds for the organization ASTEP (Artists Striving to End Poverty). The two-and-a-half hour tribute is available to stream for free online courtey of Broadway.com