“Almost made it look too easy” explains everything Madeline Kahn did in her career. She was brilliant, funny, and so damn talented and died way too early.

Have you never seen Madeline Kahn before? She was in Blazing Saddles, Young Dr. Frankenstein, Clue & History of the World part 1 just to name a few. Very talented comedic actress!

She was a Juilliard trained singer and actor. There is a vid, here on KZfaq, of her singing Irving Berlin’s You’d Be Surprised” that is just wonderful!!! Such a talent that left us way too soon!!!

The role of Amy in "Company" by the actress Beth Howland. She is known by most as Vera from 70's sitcom "Alice". There is a Documentary of the recorded of the Original Broadway Cast album of "Company" on KZfaq.

Ugh! Madeline Kahn was an absolute treasure. She was beyond talented. Hilarious. She was a once in a generation kind of person, and not enough people know about her.

I have the album of this concert after seeing it on PBS when it was first broadcast. I love it so much!! This song is perfect, the final note of “Green Finch and Linnet Bird” from Sweeney Todd is just sublime, and the finale of “Sunday” nearly brings me to my feet.

Raul Julia performed as Bobby in Company, and his videos of him singing "Being Alive" is superb. Being Alive is one of the best musical songs ever, and Julia nailed it.

Oh my! I’ve only ever seen the Glee version with Amber Riley, Matthew Morrison, and Jayma Mays, which is utterly fantastic and you should see it, but wow the lyrics are way darker then I thought.

There's a documentary on Madeline Kahn's amazing life: worth treating yourself!

So I don't actually think Madeline Kahn was ever in a full production of Company, the role was originated by Beth Howland who I am not otherwise familiar with. This performance comes from a Sondheim celebration concert at Carnegie Hall in 1993 that included other legends like Liza Minelli and Patti Lupone. Kahn is a broadway legend, both in plays and musicals, but is probably most famous for her film work. I first fell in love with her in Clue, but she was also known for her roles in a bunch of Mel Brooks Movies, most notably Blazing Saddles which got her her second Oscar Nomination (her first was for Paper Moon the year before). I have seen so many fantastic performances of this song, but she will always be my favorite. Besides her unbelievable breath control, there's something so captivating about much emotion she can convey with just subtle movements of her eyes. A lot of performers go really big with this song, but she manages to, though barely moving at all, really make you feel like you are frozen in this panic attack alongside her. She did have a bit of a leg up I think on the breath work, as she originally trained to be an Opera Singer. She sadly passed in '99, I would have loved to see her live, but she still lives on in performances like this. She was also a huge inspiration to one of my other favorites, Kristin Chenoweth, who named her dog Madeline Kahn in her memory. One of my favorite broadway experiences was seeing Kristin in a revival of a relatively unknown classic "On the Twentieth Century", in a role Madeline Kahn originated and won a Tony for (though left after 9 weeks due to the strain the show put on her vocal cords). I was actually hoping to find a video of Kahn's performance from that to send instead, but sadly could only find the audio recording and Chenoweth's version (which is also fantastic). But I am glad I went with this in the end, I love this performance so much. Sorry for the paragraphs haha, and thank you again for reacting to my suggestion!

I absolutely 100% want to see you try to sing this but also good luck if you do XD

Beth Howland, who is famous for playing Vera in television series Alice, originated the role on Broadway, and did a phenomenal job. Although I am a HUGE fan of both Darren Criss and Madeline Kahn so I tend to prefer the performances of this song, Howland's, performance really can't be beat. Her high, squeaky voice really adds to the performance, by making her sound even more nervous than other performances of this song.

I'm so excited for this! I'm pretty sure there is a behind the scenes for this song where he is teaching her how to sing the song.

If you can find the proshot of Adrian Lester in Company at the Donmar Warehouse, grab it even if it's fuzzy. it's worth it.

I would LOVE to see you do this ❤️

They did this in "Glee"', too.