In Sondheim's immortal "The Ladies Who Lunch" from Company, Joanne famously sings of a certain type of women's desperate attempts to fill their days: Another long exhausting day, Another thousand dollars, A matinee, a Pinter play, Perhaps a piece of Mahler's. I'll drink to that. And one for Mahler! Notwithstanding Elaine Stritch's hilarious admission that when she first sang the song, she thought Mahler's was a type …
SOURCE: The Stage at 02:00AM on September 19, 2012