Celebrities including Meryl Streep got together to sing in their bathrobes and drink cocktails and people say it's better than the famous 'Imagine' video
- Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, and Audra McDonald performed "The Ladies Who Lunch" from Stephen Sondheim's 1970 musical "Company" during a livestream commemorating the composer's 90th birthday on Sunday.
- The trio donned white bathrobes and sipped on their alcoholic beverages while singing the popular number on the Broadway show's 50th anniversary.
- After viewing their rendition of the song, fans took to Twitter to applaud them and called the video "the best thing to happen to me in quarantine."
- Fans also said it was better than a video that circulated online in March of celebrities like Gal Gadot and Kristen Wiig singing John Lennon's "Imagine."
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Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, and Audra McDonald sipped on alcoholic beverages and wore white bathrobes while performing Stephen Sondheim's song "The Ladies Who Lunch" during a livestream honoring the composer's 90th birthday on Sunday.
"The Ladies Who Lunch" is one of the most well-known numbers from Sondheim's 1970 musical "Company," which premiered on Broadway exactly 50 years ago from Sunday.
Baranski opened the song while enjoying a glass of red wine before Streep took over, demonstrating how to properly shake a martini while holding a note. McDonald, the final member of the trio to show up on the screen, opted for a bottle of liquor while closing out the number with strong vocals.
Their at-home performance was part of "Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration," a two-hour tribute that aired on Broadway.com and YouTube.
Sondheim's 90th birthday was actually on March 22, however the event was moved to a later date and adjusted to an online format due to the coronavirus pandemic.
"Take Me to the World" was hosted by Raúl Esparza and also featured performances by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Kelli O'Hara, Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, and many more artists. The tribute fundraised money for Artists Striving to End Poverty.
After viewing the three women collaborate on the number, people took to Twitter to applaud the performance.
Some called it "iconic" and said that it was "the best thing to happen to me in quarantine."
Others pointed out that the trio's video brought them optimism and positivity during a difficult time. One person referred to the performance as "the cultural reset that we needed."
Others compared it to the now-famous video of Gal Gadot and more than 20 other celebrities singing John Lennon's "Imagine." While Gadot's video was endlessly mocked, fans reacted much more favorably to the performance of "The Ladies Who Lunch."