Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski and Audra McDonald do a boozy ‘Lunch’


“I’ll drink to that!”


Theater followers had been delighted to look at Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski and Audra McDonald merrily imbibe whereas paying tribute to Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who turned 90 final month.


The divine trio — clad in coronavirus-appropriate bathrobes — luxuriated whereas crooning the traditional “The Women Who Lunch” from the 1970 present “Firm.”


The women had been prepared with props for the immortal line, “I’ll Drink to That,” with cocktails, whiskey and wine. At one level, Streep slugged Scotch straight from a bottle.


“#Meryl Streep is my #Quarantine spirit animal,” one twitter consumer wrote whereas one other commented: “Meryl Streep consuming that bottle is my temper postquarantine.”


“Meryl Streep, Audra MacDonald and Christine Baranski singing Sondheim over Zoom of their bathrobes is, and I can't stress this sufficient, the last word temper. #sondheim90live performance,” wrote one other.


The tribute live performance additionally featured Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein crooning “It Takes Two” from “Into the Woods” and Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford singing “Transfer On” from “Sunday within the Park with George.”


“Take Me To The World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration” was not solely a digital hip hip hooray for Sondheim but additionally raised funds for the group ASTEP (Artists Striving to Finish Poverty).



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