Liza's at The Palace ....
Liza's at The Palace .... is the title of a stage program by the American singer and actress Liza Minnelli . The variety show ran from December 3, 2008 to January 4, 2009 at the Palace Theater on New York's Broadway . Even before it began, Minnelli recorded a double show-cast album of the same name, which was released on February 3, 2009. In November 2009, Liza Minnelli's performance of the show in Las Vegas was broadcast on several regional channels.
The stage show
Liza's at The Palace .... was performed in two acts. Ron Lewis was responsible for the staging and choreography; Liza Minnelli was accompanied singing and dancing by four young men: Cortes Alexander, Jim Caruso, Tiger Martina and Johnny Rodgers. Parts of the concert program were dedicated to her godmother Kay Thompson , who died in 1998 and who had emerged as a versatile author, composer, musician and actress during her time. Great importance was also attached to Minnelli's favorite musical duo John Kander and Fred Ebb , whose several well-known songs were also included in the show. Was created Liza's at The Palace .... old as a kind of recovery and at the same time honoring vaudeville traditions within the meaning Kay Thompson.
Awards
- Drama Desk Special Award for Liza Minnelli as a “popular American music theater icon”, for her “consistently excellent career” and for her “brilliant performance” in this stage show
- Independent Theater Reviewers Association Award for "Best Female Stage Performance"
- Tony Award for " Best Theater Event "
Liza's at The Palace .... was also nominated for the Drama League Award and in the category “Outstanding Musical” for a regular Drama Desk Award.
The album
| Liza's at The Palace .... Original Cast Recording | ||||
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| Music album by Liza Minnelli | ||||
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| Label (s) | Hybrid recordings | |||
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CD |
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Jazz, musical, traditional pop |
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Title (number) |
18th |
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| occupation | Liza Minnelli, Johnny Rodgers, Cortés Alexander, Jim Caruso, Tiger Martina | |||
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John Scher |
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Studio (s) |
Legacy Recording Studios, New York City |
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Track list
Disc 1 (corresponds to Act 1)
- Teach Me Tonight ( Sammy Cahn , Gene de Paul )
- I Would Never Leave You ( Billy Stritch , Johnny Rodgers, Brian Lane Green)
- If You Hadn't, But You Did ( Betty Comden , Adolph Green , Jule Styne )
- What Makes a Man a Man? ( Charles Aznavour )
- My Own Best Friend (Fred Ebb, John Kander)
- Maybe This Time (Fred Ebb, John Kander)
- He's Funny That Way (Richard Whiting, Neil Moret)
- Palace Medley ( David Zippel , John Kander, Billy Stritch, Roger Edens)
- Cabaret (Fred Ebb, John Kander)
Disc 2 (corresponding to Act 2)
- But the World Goes' Round (Fred Ebb, John Kander)
- Hello, Hello (Kay Thompson)
- Jubilee Time (Kay Thompson)
- Basin Street Blues ( Spencer Williams , Kay Thompson)
- Clap Yo 'Hands ( Ira Gershwin , George Gershwin )
- Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) (Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn , George Gershwin)
- I Love a Violin (Kay Thompson)
- Mammy (Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young , Walter Donaldson )
- Theme from New York, New York (Fred Ebb, John Kander)
The song I'll Be Seing You , written by Irving Kahal and Sammy Fain , was not recorded for the album, but it was later included in the concert.
Liza's at The Palace .... debuted at number 42 on the Billboard Independent Albums Chart and reached number 3 on the Top Cast Album Charts, but stayed away from mass commercial success and failed to make it onto the Billboard Albums Chart.
reception
William Ruhlmann, a prominent music critic, says that the title Liza's at The Palace .... sounds like it was a live album, in fact the comment "recorded in Legacy Recording Studios, NYC" surprised him pleasantly. Liza Minnelli, who is over 62 years old, would have done well: Certainly she still shows energy as an entertainer and dancer on stage, but the way to first record the album in a quiet - her somewhat fragile voice controlling - way was better .
The album itself is varied, nostalgic, combines its own signature songs like Maybe This Time with old jazzy, comedic songs like If You Hadn't, But You Did . All in all, it is reminiscent of the great successes of Judy Garland , Liza Minnelli's mother, who had made several guest appearances at the Palace Theater from the 1950s - combined in her song Palace Medley - and of course of old vaudeville traditions in smoky nightclub style Kay Thompson's. Liza Minnelli is in her element here and pays tribute to the "golden age" of the classic entertainment world.
Awards
Liza's at The Palace .... was nominated at the Grammy Awards 2010 in the category "Best Traditional Pop Singing Album".
Individual evidence
- ↑ Holden, Steven, "To Godmother, Old Chum," The New York Times, December 5, 2008
- ↑ Haun Harry "PLAY BILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Liza's at the Palace ... - Garlands for Minnelli," Playbill.com, December 4, 2008
- ^ Lipton, Brian S. [2] Theatermania.com, December 4, 2008
- ↑ http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Minnelli,_Liza/Discography/album/P3130/R1470027/
- ↑ http://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx#03
Studio albums: Liza! Liza! (1964) | It Amazes Me (1965) | There Is a Time (1966) | Liza Minnelli (1968) | Come Saturday Morning (1969) | New Feelin ' (1970) | The Singer (1973) | Tropical Nights (1977) | Results (1989) | Gently (1996) | Liza's at The Palace .... (2009) | Confessions (2010)
Live albums: Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli Live at the London Palladium (1965) | Liza Minnelli Live at the Olympia in Paris (1972) | Live at the Winter Garden (1974) | Liza Minnelli Live at Carnegie Hall (1981) | By Myself (1983) | Liza Minnelli: At Carnegie Hall (1987) | Liza Live from Radio City Music Hall (1992) | Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1993) | Aznavour / Minnelli: Paris-Palais des Congrès. Intégrale du Spectacle (1995) | Minnelli on Minnelli: Live at The Palace (2000) | Liza's Back (2002)
Compilations: Maybe This Time (1978) | Lovely! Lively! Liza! (1987) | Highlights from the Carnegie Hall Concerts (1988) | The Liza Minnelli Foursider (1990) | Liza (1994) | Touch of Class (1997) | Collection (1998) | Blue Moon / Maybe This Time (1998) | Pink (1999) | All That Jazz (2000) | Magic Collection: Liza Minnelli (2000) | Millennium Edition (2000) | The Capitol Years (2001) | Simply the Best (2001) | 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Liza Minnelli (2001) | Ultimate Collection (2001) | Blue Moon (2002) | Essential (2003) | The Best of Liza Minnelli (2004) | When It Comes Down to It, 1968-1977 (2004) | Say Liza (2005) | The Complete Capitol Collection (2006) | The Complete A&M Recordings, 1968–1972 (2008) | Best of Liza Minnelli (2008) | Finest (2008) | Cabaret ... and All That Jazz: The Liza Minnelli Anthology (2010)
Soundtracks: The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood. From the ABC TV Musical Comedy Special (1966) | Cabaret. Original Soundtrack Recording (1972) | Liza with a 'Z'. A Concert for Television (1972) | Lucky lady. Original Soundtrack Recording (1975) | A matter of time. Soundtrack (1976) | New York, New York. Original Motion Picture Score (1977) | Journey Back to Oz (1980) | Stepping out. Music from the Original Soundtrack (1991) | Sex and the City 2. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2010)
Show Cast Albums: Best Foot Forward. Original Off-Broadway Revival Cast Recording (1963) | Flora the Red Menace. Original Broadway Cast Recording (1965) | The Act. Original Broadway Cast Album (1977) | The rink. Original Broadway Cast Recording (1984) | The Life. World Premiere Recording (1996) | Liza's at The Palace .... Original Cast Recording (2009)