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"Being Alive" was first recorded by Dean Jones, who originated the role of Robert on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 1970. Jones's tenure playing the part was short lived, and a recording of his replacement [[Larry Kert]] performing "Being Alive" has been included on subsequent re-releases of the original cast album.

"Being Alive" has become popular outside its original musical setting, and although written for a male part is frequently performed by women. The song has been performed in concert, on the stage, or in the studio by [[Bernadette Peters]], [[Patti LuPone]], [[Barbra Streisand]], [[Margaret Whiting]], [[Lea Salonga]], [[Ute Lemper]], and [[Lauren Samuels]], among others. [[Raul Esparza]] was a nominee at the 2007 [[Tony Awards]] for his role in ''Company'' and performed the song on the awards show. The character [[Kurt Hummel]], played by actor [[Chris Colfer]], covered the song during the ninth episode, "[[Swan Song (Glee)|Swan Song]]", of the fourth season of the television show ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'', as his audition for the fictional school NYADA. In the British [[soap opera]] ''[[EastEnders]]'', the song is [[Linda Carter]]'s ([[Kellie Bright]]) wedding song when she marries [[Mick Carter]] ([[Danny Dyer]]) on New Year's Day 2016, and is performed by West End star Alice Fearn. The song also appears on her album "Where I've Been... Where I'm Going". The song was also sung, and played on the piano by Alex (Judd Hirsch) in the US sitcom 'Taxi" series 2 Episode 21,'Alex jumps out of a plane'