 She considers the tracks music she has great respect for, deeming it some of the best music and lyrics ever written.The lead single, "Putting It Together" from Sondheim's "Sunday in the Park with George", was rewritten to be about the dichotomy between art and commerce in the music industry.Streisand hired her previous "The Way We Were" director Sydney Pollack, as well as David Geffen, head of Geffen Records to play the parts of the antagonistic studio heads.