Eliminated Strictly Come Dancing star James Cracknell has set the record straight over claims he "launched into a furious rant" after being sent home. While Fosse honed his glitter-and-doom aesthetic on Broadway (Pippin, Chicago) and on film (Cabaret, All That Jazz)an incredible run punctuated by nervous breakdowns and heart attacksVerdon raised their daughter, Nicole, played artistic swami when Fosse was blocked, and tried to revive her own thwarted career. (written by) Cast (in credits order) Produced by Cinematography by Owen Roizman Film Editing by Alan Heim Production Design by Robert Randolph Art Direction by Sabina Daley Costume Design by Could they pull it off? MM: Were there any particular moments during rehearsals that stood out for you? If it did change me, it changed me inside, in that it gave me more self-esteem. Liza Minnelli stars in a television concert directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. I directed a production ofPippinin St. Louis, which was exciting. [6] In the 1980s, the original negatives were lost and feared destroyed. The late, great composer-conductor Marvin Hamlisch oversaw the musical direction, and Halston conceived Minnelli's slinky . Its not just that she knows what shes doing, but that she couldnt be any other way. It became a funny lineas a way to show respect for someone. It was bad. The show, which is based on Sam Wassons fizzy biography, charts the couple through the turbulent nineteen-seventies, when their marriage broke up even as their legendary collaboration persisted. I watched him like a hawk; even when we were filming, I could see him near the camera, with a very intent expression. His pieces exude that unmistakable air of 1970s louche that Fosse the man and the artist deployed so well. She performs such songs as the title number, "Liza with a Z and Son of a Preacher Man" The concert conclu Liza Minnelli stars in a television concert directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse. She's front and center at the beginning of Bye Bye Blackbird. Steps on Broadway, NYC October 5, 2014 By Mary Callahan of Dance Informa. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. And it spilled over. In 2006, Liza was presented on Showtime, and ever since, this nearly lost piece of art has been available for the watching even on YouTube. And I'd say, "Thank you very much, but my name is Liza, and that's my hair.". Presented by Singer (as in sewing machines), directed by Bob Fosse, with clothes by Halston, hair styled by Simon Scudera, and makeup designed by Christina, Liza With a "Z" was filmed"live" as the press release puts itafter five weeks of grueling (and, hot on the heels of the premiere of the Fosse-directed Cabaret, coke-fueled?) Can I tell you something? she asks the audience early on. And, that moment where I was trying to look into my gorilla purse: Couldnt see a thing! MM: How much preparation did you do for Cabaret before you left to shoot in Germany? Its a special skill to be able to perform choreography so effortlessly that it has the casual look of being tossed off. A Broadway take on the state and place of art during German warmongering, Cabaret can just as easily be read as an allegory for American contemporaneity (Vietnam, Watergate, Roe v. Wade), claiming a political stake in an erotics beyond the regimes of heteronormativity and coupledom. I trusted Gwen. At six oclock at night when the whistle would go off, none of the stagehands would stop working until Bob excused them. All four had recently completed the successful film adaptation of Cabaret. Subscribe for free to keep informed. Rather than endure silent prison in order to be quit, as Jack Twist bellows, homosexuality was her parole. Its so hard to put into words. Living proof is not only vital evidence, but also a strength of spirit addictive and inebriating, dependent on public knowledge and on recognizable, repeated, and repeatable gestures, tics and tones; living proof involves impersonation. And Im sorry to get it mixed up. She performs such songs as the title number, "Liza with a Z and Son of a Preacher Man" The concert concludes with a medley of songs from the film Cabaret. LQ: Oh, absolutely. All Rights Reserved. In Liza, she always seems to be riding on a groove so that even when she executes a jerky, broken-doll view of Fosses signature moves bending at the waist with a flat back or standing in profile with a quick contraction and release of the hips her articulation is uncannily decisive. Gwen and Bob had been legally separated for close to three years, and they had both gone on with their lives with other people, so I wasnt an intruder, Reinking said. Wrong! Miss Minnelli asked if the four dancersthe only performers who will appear with herhad arrived from the West Coast. [His second dance assistant, a German, was Uta Beil.]. I never had an altercation with Gwen. Each number was highly stylized and vocalized. This was made possible due to a new mix being created from reels of sound recordings Minnelli had personally archived after the original production in 1972. I said, Dont you think its not a good idea? I [did] a production ofSweet Charityand a production ofPippinand a couple of other original shows. I knew exactly what I was getting into, and I just wanted to get married. I know he has a reputation for being abusive, but hes not. rehearsals, with eight 16-mm cameras, at the Lyceum Theater in New York City on May 31, 1972. He almost died. See production, box office & company info, Lyceum Theatre - 149 W 45th St, New York City, New York, USA. He was smoking and looking, and I could tell when he liked it. Not interested in Liza-like blurs, Brokeback Mountains stars offer neither living proof of nor live homosexuality, only their own insistent heteronormativity. ), into disarray. And [there was] another incident with a friend of the still photographer, who was a former junkie and quite effeminate. So, Im the only living person who worked with Bob on all three of his triple-crown projects. The audience is present it was, Ms. Minnelli said, by invitation only, and everyone wore black tie yet this is a performance that isnt in service to a crowd. If her life is a cabaret, then all she is is a lounge act. Thats the thing that bothers me, is that I fear that they might make him abusive. The series, which reunites the Hamilton collaborators Thomas Kail (who developed the show with Steven Levenson), Lin-Manuel Miranda (as an executive producer), and the choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler, undercuts the Fosse myth, casting him as a self-destructive auteur who recklessly blurs work and pleasure, while Verdon is left to pick up the pieces of their broken home life, her artistry obscured. MM: What was it like being in that gorilla costume for so long? She had been in Europe, she explained, and then briefly in New York, to co-host the Chita Rivera Awards with her Pippin castmate Ben Vereen. In the film, she is introduced by the Master of Ceremonies (played by Joel Grey) as Helga in the lineup of dancers during the first number,Willkommen. In "Fosse/Verdon," which airs its final episode Tuesday night, Reinking. All rights reserved. It has a "z" in it. He just wanted you to be good, and if you got the part it was because you were right for it. Months later, when Pippin was up and running, she changed her mind about dating him. It left me homeless; on top of that, I had cancer. He checked himself into the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic. And the castle was in [the lake district of Eutin; it belonged to the Duke of Oldenberg.] And then the film went on location and I went along with the crew where I stood in for Liza. Director Bob Fosse Writer Fred Ebb Stars Liza Minnelli Tony Bennett Marisa Berenson The Slate Group LLC. So I think that we in a tacit way understood that in each other, that we cared about Bob. How can I explain how it was to work with him? All the interior scenes [like Sallys apartment] were shot in a studio in Munich, with the street scenes filmed in various locations in Berlin. So he did it but he landed smack on his face. Six months later they were auditioning for replacements and I auditioned and I got it. Cosmetics presented the first-ever theatrical broadcast of Minnellis landmark 1972 television variety special, Liza With A Z, benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. I cannot bear one more night of this butter talk they go on with. He preferred what might be called the Crisco Disco of it allwhere there was possibility of fluid explorations of the unknownand led Liza that way. Michael Arick and Minnelli eventually tracked down the original negatives in 1999 in Los Angeles and New York. And thats where Im at right now. In "Liza," humor, not smut, defines sexy,. Filmmaker Moze Mossanen conducted an interview with Quick on December 24, 2012. and "Son Of A Preacher Man" is incredible, with Fosse's sensual style of choreography bringing down the house. I was there. Liza Minnelli was only 25 years old when she won an Oscar for her work as Sally Bowles in Bob Fosse 's . But he called me up and I did the Sweet Charity. Compatibility Mechanical: 64 Bit (x64) It was a great thing to watch. As Emily Nussbaum wrote in her review, Its a #MeToo-era take, poking holes in the notion of the dysfunctional male geniusand, crucially, devoting equal time to Gwen Verdon., In the fourth episode, Fosse sleeps his way through the female chorus of Pippin, the musical he directed in 1972. There was only one chance to pull it off. IBDB (Internet Broadway Database) archive is the official database for Broadway theatre . By evenings end, $43,000 had been raised for BC/EFA. Friday at 7 p.m. at Damrosch Park, 62nd Street, Manhattan; lincolncenter.org. The New Yorker may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. Still in all, it's Liza's singing that is the show's centerpiece, and she's in fine, clear voice throughout. She said shes good for eight bars and then she gets tired., When I asked what Fosse numbers still stick in her mind, Reinking mentioned I Wanna Be a Dancin Man, the Act II opener from Dancin. Even though it was a tribute to Fred Astaire, the lyrics are very Bob, she said. Ms. Minnelli doesnt merely sing and dance: She turns herself inside out. . Lets just say that the experience starts at the moment you know youre going to work with him. LQ: In 1957 I auditioned for him for Redhead on Broadway but I was eliminated immediately. And we started working right away with the dancers and Bobs two assistants and with Fred Werner, the rehearsal pianist. Its that important that it existed at all.. 2023. LQ: Six weeks to rehearse all the dance and song numbers; six weeks to shoot them, including Lizas Cabaret number and then six weeks to shoot all of the studio, exterior and on-location scenes. Louise Brooks haircut and spiky false eyelashes, Minnelli, then 26, vaulted from famous daughter and The thing I remember most is that grotesque, machinelike and bitter anger that comes from the choreography, especially the choreography given to the dancers behind Sally. Its one voice, one body. Bob Fosses 1972 film of Liza Minnelli at the Lyceum Theater remains a spellbinding document of the art of performance. The love of the audience will never be enough. Liza Minnelli on Australian Television!This is an excerpt from Liza's 1967 appearance on the Australian Nine Network's variety program, "Brian Henderson's Ba. See, the chorus is behind Sally Bowles but we are doing something entirely different than what she was doing. Kay Gardella of the New York Daily News reviewed the film as being "sensational with an S."[4] After the initial broadcast, NBC re-ran the concert only twice more and did not screen it again after 1973. I couldnt believe it because I heard you had to audition for Fosse for anything, even if he knew you. So it was easy to see why the dancers in Germany fell in love with him. She performs such songs as the title number, 'Liza with a Z and Son of a Preacher Man'. YES IS LIZAS first word in Liza With a Z: A Concert for Television. Watch: Liza Minnelli Performs 'Cabaret's' 'Mein Herr' on 'Liza With a Z'. But Ms. Minnelli dances big. The original film soundtrack was recorded to 1/4" tape, and mixed down into a mono track for the 16mm film. She didnt consult on the series (unlike Nicole Fosse), but she had seen the first two episodes at a screening at the Museum of Modern Art. "Louise Quick" is credited as "Assistant Choreographer". Highlights from the week in culture, every Saturday. For one thing, I couldnt see through the mask. Then there were other details to be discussed. A tingling. "Hugh Jackman Opening Number" Music by John Kimbrough, "Justin Timberlake Monologue" Music by Katreese Barnes; Lyrics by, "It's Not Just for Gays Anymore" Music by, "Come Back Barack" Music by Eli Brueggemann; Lyrics by, "Antidepressants Are So Not a Big Deal" Music by, This page was last edited on 10 April 2023, at 15:04. The telecast, directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse, originated innovatively from the Lyceum Theatre. During "Money, Money, Money" Liza's silver necklace disappears and re-appears a few times. If my vision serves me right, she is the dancer with long black hair. My name is Liza. It remains a spellbinding example of the art of performance, where endurance and skill braid with courage and grace. You work hard, you do this, but people are going to think thats who you are, and youre not that person. In the four songs of the opening sequence, she sketches her tactical attributes. "Yes," said Miss Wenble. It took three days to shoot Mein Herr but on the second day one of the girls didnt show up for shooting. [6] A CD of the stereo soundtrack was simultaneously released alongside the film's 2006 DVD release. It emphasizes how different Fosse was from the man portrayed in All That Jazz, his 1979 semi-autobiographical film. Liza With a Z was shot barely three years after her mothers death and Stonewallwhich occurred, as James McCourt suggests, not late in the month of June 1969, but at the end of the month of Judy in the year of The Man That Got Awayand like Liza, homosexuality was going live: Pre-AIDS, 1970s homosexuality could be figured as possibility and permission, the promise of a future when relationality, from autoeroticism to backroom gang bang, could be radicalized for an identity or practice based on pride and/or the liberatory self-shattering of the anonymous fuck. She was one of the Kit Kat Dancers in "Cabaret" ("Inge"). https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/arts/dance/liza-with-a-z-lincoln-center-out-of-doors.html, Ms. Minnelli lights up the stage in Halston in Liza With a Z. (Halston designed all of her clothes for the show.). I trusted Bob. Did you come across any of that? [5] Minnelli is often accompanied on stage by dancers, backup singers, and musicians. It was a mistakeI should never have gone to a place like that when I was seventeen. MM: Tell me about the time you first met Bob Fosse. Rather than a movie about the possibilities of gay luvin, Brokeback Mountain is a 1940s melodrama in Marlboro Man drag portraying a haunting, mute landscape of shame, a fact queerly, distressingly resonant with what the pictures from Abu Ghraib proved: that male homosexuality and/or its stagingtrumping gender or raceretains a hotline to shames power base. The Wilbury Theatre Group, WaterFire Arts Center, Providence, RI.March 10, 2023. Liza performs antithetically to all of that, a representation of polymorphous sexuality, cosmopolitan pleasures, and their interrelated political ramifications. But there was also a feeling that we knew that something really good was being done. [1][2] The film was not seen for over thirty years and was thought lost until 1999, when Michael Arick discovered that Minnelli owned the copyright and the two set about restoring the negatives. I said to him, Thats not you at all! Slate is published by The Slate You knew that those two things are separate. She used herself as an example. She then proceeds to cover Joe Texs R&B hit I Gotcha (you might know it from Reservoir Dogs) while, choreographically, doing an awkward caricature of a tart. Please, dont tell Gwen! [Gwen Verdon, Fosses wife at the time.]. It had to be and not just because its director was a notorious perfectionist. Yes, like Fosse said, she made it look like it was her own idea, but the singing, the dancing, the talking it was all for him. All four had recently completed the successful film adaptation of Cabaret. He wanted the authenticity of a real Jewish wedding so he asked a rabbi to help out. Moving alongside two men in tuxes, sunglasses and black hats they teeter on the good side of sleazy she cuts across the stage with her hands inverted on her hips so that her elbows jut out while she knocks her knees in and out. Showtime broadcast the restored film on April 1, 2006.[8]. On May 31, 1972, a show burst onto the stage of the Lyceum Theater rehearsed to within an inch of its life. I said, Hopefully well work together, but, if we dont, it was remarkable to meet you. I never thought he was abusive that way at all. The following is the track listing from the 2006 reissue. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. In Liza, humor, not smut, defines sexy, and the elfin Ms. Minnelli, 26 at the time, delivers that with perfection. But more the human being first., Keeping Fosse happy was no easy task. It becomes an admonition to anyone whos listening to say yes: Yes to the world of brilliance, bisexuality, and betrayal she was born intoyes to Hollywood; yes to recoiling, three-and-a-half years old, at the stench of paraldehyde that perfumed Mama; yes to watching Papa direct Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse in The Band Wagon, mimicking their moves; yes to Mamas invitation to join her onstage at the Palace to dance her little heart out while Judy sang Swanee; yes to blooming into a self-proclaimed real El Chubbo by age thirteen; yes to self-emancipation, auditions, and being the youngest person ever to win a Tony, age nineteen, for Flora the Red Menace, penned by John Kander and Fred Ebb, who will remain her most stalwart collaborators; yes to prescribed Valium to make it through Mamas funeral; yes to Cabaret and Liza-mania and gracing the covers of Time and Newsweek simultaneously; yes to being the only child of two Oscar winners to win an Oscar herself; yes to Desi Arnaz Jr. (Lucy welcomed her as a stabilizing influence), Peter Sellers, Billy Stritch, Sean Penn, and Scott Baio; yes to Halston, Studio 54, The Act, and The Rink; yes to a twist in her sobriety; yes to food, booze, and pills; yes to Betty Ford, Hazelden, and Smithers. But on location it was different. The Magic Show May 28, 1974 Dec 31, 1978 . There are 10 songs, plus a show-closing Cabaret medley, that she not so much belts as chucks out into the crowd. I also studied with a Russian ballet mistress for three years and was at the American School of Ballet as well. And I think for anybody who knew Bob and really worked with him and really knew him, that was not a dynamic at all. And then came Pippin where I assisted Bob as well. A bunch of people took him into a store and beat him up. It is our heroines frequent mission to confront the projected fantasies and demented schemes of others, such as the date who requests that she pretend to be the virginal Donna Martin she played on Beverly Hills, 90210. Join @leamichele and, No offense to our Frozen friends in Arendelle, but, The company of @andjulietbway has got the eye of t. Get ready for our weekly fundraising leaderboard! He had an epileptic fithe was an epileptic. Pippin opened on October 23 1972, and rehearsals were only about ten weeks according to the Fosse Biography, so there is no reason why that couldnt have been AnnThe only way to have a happy ending is not to tell the rest of the story. Liza Minnelli boop-boop-be-doops it up In the show's most famous image, she matches a halter-necked, red-sequined Halston micro-minidress with red stockings and red heels. Bob also had me on hand to do all of Lizas footsteps [for the films sound effects recording] in some scenes, including the Cabaret number. Anyway, the rabbi ended up doing it for the film. There are two differences between the 1972 original and the reissue the first is that "Son of a Preacher Man" and "Ring Them Bells" were placed in the correct performance order for the reissue. MM: How long was the overall rehearsal and shoot? Liza with a "Z" is a 1972 concert film made for television, starring Liza Minnelli, produced by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse. He went also later. Liza With a Z finishes with a medley from Cabarethits from Fosses film, which, unusually, doesnt end with a married couple or the girl getting the guy and living happily ever after, but with a financially precipitated gay mnage, abortion, and everyone going their separate ways. I can look at the movie, look at how great it is and what a great piece of art it is and say: I was a part of that.. The real Iron Throne may be the sort of appointment TV that the show represented. Liza Minnelli: I have found for a long time people still have been calling me "Lisa." After a four-year wa, Even in Belleville, you can find our iconic #RedBu, Dont just sit and putter! Many performers and most audiences have long been happy with living proof (the half-life of Elvis impersonators; the poetry of the has-been), but its live that lies at the heart of Liza, the markexceeding lifeshe wants to hit every time. She can sing, dance, act, and do it all. And I'd say, "Fine, but my name is Liza." It was a relatively poor neighbourhood, and there were some people there who got overtly nasty. They were jumping off a plank. Or someone would come up and say, "Oh, Lisa, what a nice hat you have on." He was the actual butler who once worked for the baron who lived in that castle. Fosse, who died in 1987, transformed musical theater with his brand of jazz choreography that celebrated a kind of sleek and sensual angularity in shows like Sweet Charity and Chicago. Fosses influence has soared in recent years Beyonc, as her music videos attest, is clearly a fan. I just blocked it out. For the song, I Gotcha, Ms. Minnelli lights up the stage in a red sequined halter micro-mini a wonder of a dress that is pure Fosse: winking at sexy in the most playful, tongue-in-cheek way. On Monday, March 13, Manhattans Ziegfeld Theater was transformed into a raucous celebration of all things Liza Minnelli when Showtime Networks, in conjunction with MAC. While unable ever to choose definitively between Old Hollywood or the thing that came to replace it in which she plays her part, Liza, between being live and being living proof, struggles to find life, which she knows (and as she sings in the closing moments of her concert for television) should be a cabaret, musical and shameless, intoxicating. 2023 And then there was also one neighbourhood street scene where it was very uncomfortable the scene where there was a cop on a horse, an SS guard. That didnt happen. All rights reserved. The girls - Bela Salazar (18), Lucia de la Garza (16), Eloise Wong (15) and Mila de la Garza (12) - were beaming as they shouted out the chorus "Summer's ready when you are" with a female-led . He got totally wrapped up in the Nazi fervour shown in the scene. then or now? MM: I can only imagine getting the gig to direct Cabaret was a big deal for him. And thats how I got through it! There was a great interaction between all of them. It is also possible to rent "Liza with a Z" on Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Apple TV online and to . Sign-up for e-current, our monthly newsletter. We had no idea what they would look like. Princess of permission and of the promise contained in promiscuity: Yes, I can / Yes, I will / Yes, Ill take a sip / Yes, Ill touch, she recitativos in the opening Kander and Ebb numberand leaves her audience dizzy. Bob Fosse cast Louise Quick as a Kit Kat Klub dancer for his movie version ofCabaretin 1971. Actress and TV presenter Bontle Modiselle is undoubtedly one of the best . Bob called each one by their name. There is one set of the longest fake eyelashes ever seen on anyone other than a type-A drag queen. And then there was [the original production of]Sweet Charity, a revival ofCancanat City Centre andPippin, of course. I never perceived him as using a part as being manipulative. [11] For the reissue, this track was mixed into the end of the previous track. Critics want to compare the show to Larry Davids Curb Your Enthusiasm and Kirstie Alleys Fat Actress, but its narrative strategy really has more in common with Philip Roths Operation Shylock. rehearsals, Sucks they didn't get credit for their work. Some singers are disconnected from their bodies, but Ms. Minnelli uses hers as a supple instrument, or an extension of her voice. She performs such songs as the title number, "Liza with a Z and Son of a Preacher Man" The concert concludes with a medley of songs from the film Cabaret. Just to watch the three of them work was such a treat. He never played favorites. [6] The DVD also includes a commentary track recorded by Minnelli, a performance of "Mein Herr" cut from the original film, an interview with Kander recorded by Minnelli, a recording of Minnelli and the restoration producers discussing the film at the Toronto Film Festival, and a separate performance by Minnelli at the GLAAD Awards in 2005. MM: Tell me about your arrival in Germany to shoot the movie and your meeting with the other cast members and how rehearsals began. Artforum is a registered trademark of Artforum Media, LLC, New York, NY. She was speaking from Phoenix, where she lives with her husband and cares for her adult son, Chris, who has Marfan syndrome. I have felt more uncomfortable with other people on a more sinister level, but there was nothing sinister with Bob. Like a Washing Machine Drum on Spin Cycle. ET), which, as the promotional materials maintain, is so not a reality show. Rather, it is a fiction starring Tori Spelling as a version of herselfa Hollywood brat dogged by the reputation of her producer father, an aspiring actor fated to be a perpetual starlet. Happy birthday, Hadestown! There was always this excitement in the air. Equally jubilant were the hundreds of Liza legions who had waited 34 years to once again see Bob Fosses masterwork filmed live on-stage at the Lyceum and using 8 cameras to capture the exuberant star in her freshly minted, post Oscar-winning Cabaret coup. She began as an anachronism, stayed that way throughout her career and remains so even at 60, in uncertain health and, as the . Learn more >> For an in-depth and excellent look at the making of the movie, read Cabaret by Stephen Tropiano, published by Limelight Editions, 2011. It was not good! They were very much into their parts. Minnelli's Emmy award-winning 1972 special "Liza With a 'Z'" . Its an odd feeling to give someone a spoiler alert for her own life story, but I didnt want to ruin Fosse/Verdon for Ann Reinking. My dance teacher took me to New York when I was eleven. But he quickly turns to us and says: Dont tell Gwen! ET) into a concert film at once boring Liza With a Zzzand bizarre. He was worried that it had compromised his virility. In Fosse/Verdon, the Ann character worries about the effect that the stress would have on his healthand is proved correct when he winds up in the hospital with a heart attack. "Z" is a spotlight for Minnelli as a singer, dancer, actor, and personality. Spelling, working with executive producers Chris Alberghini and Mike Chessler, seems to be compiling a document reflecting the times. Its intimate. Bruce Hainley is a contributing editor of Artforum. Remember that Fosse was not a sought-after movie director at that time. And it goes back to Bob treating them so well as human beings. He had one German film assistant director in Germany [Wolfgang Glattes] but it was very possible that he did a lot of preparation with his American dance assistant, John Sharpe, most likely at the Broadway Arts studio in New York. Her shoulder rolls are from heaven. She had never seen him cry before. But that was later on, she clarified. Software Full Name: Adobe Premiere Pro 2023. But my first job was in a nightclub in Pittsburgh. I mean, not completely. That was the kind of respect they had for him. Bob wanted someone to do a flip but he would always do it himself to make sure it was safe. My last Broadway show wasThe Best Little Whorehouse In Texas. The full-house of over 1,100 friends and fans, included long-time Broadway Cares supporters Rosie ODonnell, Bebe Neuwirth, John Kander, David Hyde Pierce, Christine Ebersole, Jane Krakowski and Alan Cumming- who surprised Liza by appearing at the podium to usher in a giant birthday cake following the screening- as well as such bold-face names as Joan Collins, John Waters, Linda Lavin, Tony Danza, Parker Posey, Peter Boyle, Isabella Rossellini, Rufus Wainwright and Lili Taylor. By signing up, you agree to our User Agreement and Privacy Policy & Cookie Statement. I told him that I had worked so hard as a performer [and wanted to stay a performer]; so, no. Ad Choices. 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