“I’ll drink to that!”
Theater fans were delighted to watch Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski and Audra McDonald merrily imbibe while paying tribute to Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who turned 90 last month.
The divine trio — clad in coronavirus-appropriate bathrobes — luxuriated while crooning the classic “The Ladies Who Lunch” from the 1970 show “Company.”
The ladies were ready with props for the immortal line, “I’ll Drink to That,” with cocktails, whiskey and wine. At one point, Streep slugged Scotch straight from a bottle.
“#Meryl Streep is my #Quarantine spirit animal,” one twitter user wrote while another commented: “Meryl Streep drinking that bottle is my mood postquarantine.”
“Meryl Streep, Audra MacDonald and Christine Baranski singing Sondheim over Zoom in their bathrobes is, and I can not stress this enough, the ultimate mood. #sondheim90concert,” wrote another.
The tribute concert also featured Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein crooning “It Takes Two” from “Into the Woods” and Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford singing “Move On” from “Sunday in the Park with George.”
“Take Me To The World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration” was not only a virtual hip hip hooray for Sondheim but also raised funds for the organization ASTEP (Artists Striving to End Poverty).