Liza with a Z
Liza with a 'Z'. A Concert for Television (often just Liza with a 'Z' ) is a special from the US television station NBC from 1972. The focus of this show is the US singer and actress Liza Minnelli , who starred in the same year her leading role in the musical film Cabaret celebrated her international breakthrough. The show was conceived on the music of the cabaret creators John Kander and Fred Ebb . Direction and choreography was carried out by Bob Fosse , who was responsible for the Broadway musical Cabaret (1966/67) and its filming. The broadcast can be assigned to the genres of personality show and concert film .
Television broadcast
Liza Minnelli's performance was filmed on May 31, 1972 at the Lyceum Theater in New York and broadcast on NBC on September 10, 1972 under the slogan as "the first concert ever filmed on television".
Liza with a 'Z' differed from other TV specials in that it was actually just a live concert. Its staging, which was unusual at the time, made it into the history of US television.
Liza Minnelli, who presented herself in various creations by the fashion designer Halston during the concert , advanced to become a pop culture media icon with this show. She was the first person to appear on the covers of Time and Newsweek magazines simultaneously on the same day . During her performances she was accompanied by several background singers, dancers, two guitarists, a keyboard player and a drummer. The musical coordinator was Marvin Hamlisch .
The show received unanimous rave reviews, but only aired twice on US television after 1973.
Awards
- Outstanding Achievement in Choreography (Bob Fosse)
- Outstanding achievement in music, lyrics and special material (Fred Ebb, John Kander)
- Outstanding performance as a director in comedy, variety or music (Bob Fosse)
- Outstanding Single Show - Variety and Popular Music (Bob Fosse, Fred Ebb, Liza Minnelli)
- Cinematography, composition and script were also nominated for an Emmy.
- further awards
- The film won the 1972 Peabody Award and the Directors Guild of America Award.
Soundtrack
| Liza with a 'Z'. A Concert for Television | ||||
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| Soundtrack by Liza Minnelli | ||||
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| Label (s) | Columbia Records | |||
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LP |
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Musical, pop, R&B, traditional pop |
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12 |
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running time |
47m: 3s |
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| occupation | Liza Minnelli | |||
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Liza with a 'Z' was conceived on songs by the musical duo Kander & Ebb, and the soundtrack can be attributed to traditional pop. However, the R&B songs I Gotcha and Son of a Preacher Man also found their way into the program.
Parallel to the show broadcast on television, Columbia Records released the album Liza with a 'Z' on September 10, 1972 , which brought Liza Minnelli a comeback to the Billboard 200 and was awarded a gold record . To this day it is their most commercially successful album and also the highest-placed album in the charts (US # 19, UK # 9).
Tracks
- Yes (Kander, Ebb) - 3:15
- God Bless the Child (Herzog, Holiday ) - 3:07
- Say Liza (Liza with a 'Z') (Kander, Ebb) - 3:06
- It Was a Good Time (Curb, David, Jarre ) - 4:58
- I Gotcha ( Tex ) - 3:44
- Son of a Preacher Man (Hurley, Wilkins) - 3:25
- Ring Them Bells (Kander, Ebb) - 5:41
- Bye Bye Blackbird ( Dixon , Henderson) - 3:57
- You've Let Yourself Go ( Aznavour ) - 3:56
- My Mammy ( Donaldson , Lewis, Young ) - 3:03
- Cabaret Medley (Kander, Ebb) - 10:21
- Bows ( Gershwin , Gershwin , Kahn ) - 0:30
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zadan, C., "1972", Liza with a 'Z' DVD inlay, 2006, Anchor Bay Entertainment
- ↑ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/lizawithz/index.html
- ↑ Shillinger, Liesl (February 26, 2006). "Suddenly Liza". New York Magazine.
- ↑ http://nymag.com/movies/features/16105/
- ↑ "Liza with a Z". PBS.
- ↑ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/lizawithz/index.html
- ↑ Shillinger, Liesl (February 26, 2006). "Suddenly Liza". New York Magazine.
- ↑ http://nymag.com/movies/features/16105/