The Ladies Who Lunch
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"The Ladies Who Lunch" is a sardonic show tune from Stephen Sondheim’s musical Company, famously performed by Elaine Stritch and later covered by Barbra Streisand.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Ladies Who Lunch canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5713371 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ladies Who Lunch Context triple: [The Broadway Album, hasPart, The Ladies Who Lunch]
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A.
Three Tall Women
Three Tall Women is a Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Edward Albee that explores memory, aging, and identity through three characters who represent different stages of a woman's life.
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B.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1958 novella by Truman Capote that follows the enigmatic socialite Holly Golightly in mid-20th-century New York City.
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C.
The Barefoot Contessa
The Barefoot Contessa is a 1954 drama film starring Ava Gardner and Humphrey Bogart that explores the rise and tragic fate of a Spanish dancer-turned-Hollywood star.
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D.
Bright Young Things
Bright Young Things is a 2003 British period comedy-drama film, written and directed by Stephen Fry, that satirically portrays the hedonistic lives of young socialites in 1930s London.
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E.
Working Girl
Working Girl is a 1988 romantic comedy-drama film about an ambitious secretary navigating corporate New York, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, and Sigourney Weaver.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ladies Who Lunch Target entity description: "The Ladies Who Lunch" is a sardonic show tune from Stephen Sondheim’s musical Company, famously performed by Elaine Stritch and later covered by Barbra Streisand.
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A.
Three Tall Women
Three Tall Women is a Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Edward Albee that explores memory, aging, and identity through three characters who represent different stages of a woman's life.
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B.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1958 novella by Truman Capote that follows the enigmatic socialite Holly Golightly in mid-20th-century New York City.
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C.
The Barefoot Contessa
The Barefoot Contessa is a 1954 drama film starring Ava Gardner and Humphrey Bogart that explores the rise and tragic fate of a Spanish dancer-turned-Hollywood star.
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D.
Bright Young Things
Bright Young Things is a 2003 British period comedy-drama film, written and directed by Stephen Fry, that satirically portrays the hedonistic lives of young socialites in 1930s London.
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E.
Working Girl
Working Girl is a 1988 romantic comedy-drama film about an ambitious secretary navigating corporate New York, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, and Sigourney Weaver.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Barbra Streisand
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elaine Stritch NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Sondheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Stephen Sondheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| famousLine |
"Everybody laugh"
ⓘ
"Here’s to the ladies who lunch" ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCity | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceVenue | Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformer | Elaine Stritch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
musical theatre song
ⓘ
show tune ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
became an iconic Sondheim number
ⓘ
phrase "ladies who lunch" entered popular vocabulary ⓘ |
| hasRecording |
Barbra Streisand – The Broadway Album
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elaine Stritch – Company (original Broadway cast recording) NERFINISHED ⓘ Patti LuPone – Company (2011 New York Philharmonic concert recording) NERFINISHED ⓘ Raúl Esparza – Company (2006 Broadway revival cast recording) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
aging
ⓘ
bourgeois lifestyle ⓘ disillusionment ⓘ performative sophistication ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
alcohol consumption
ⓘ
hypocrisy ⓘ middle-aged wealthy women ⓘ self-awareness ⓘ socialites ⓘ |
| lyricist | Stephen Sondheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | cabaret-influenced ⓘ |
| musicalTheatreProduction | Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | character song ⓘ |
| notablePerformer |
Barbra Streisand
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elaine Stritch NERFINISHED ⓘ Patti LuPone NERFINISHED ⓘ Raúl Esparza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalProduction | Company (1970 Broadway production) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfWork | Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performanceType | solo song ⓘ |
| setting | New York City high society ⓘ |
| theatricalRole | Joanne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tone | sardonic ⓘ |
| vocalRange | mezzo-soprano ⓘ |
| workChronologyPosition | appears in Act II of Company ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Ladies Who Lunch Description of subject: "The Ladies Who Lunch" is a sardonic show tune from Stephen Sondheim’s musical Company, famously performed by Elaine Stritch and later covered by Barbra Streisand.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Broadway Album