BROADWAY REVIEWS ARE IN!
LIZA MINNELLI IS A PURE ENTERTAINER and there is non PURER!
- Steven Holden, The New York Times
A TRIUMPH of which Show-Business Mythology is made! A True LEGEND!
- Frank Scheck, The New York Post (read review)
Santa came early this year - with a fabulous present wrapped in shiny sequins and shimmering stardust: Liza Minnelli. Minnelli's spectacular holiday happening "Liza's at the Palace...." finds Liza with a Z fit, funny, surprisingly energetic and in her best voice in ages. Liza Minnelli is one of a kind, just like New York, New York - 100% fantastic entertainment.
- Joe Dziemianoqicz, New York Daily News
Minnelli's charisma is undiminished and her vocals still have power, warmth and a startling ability to make every song personal.
-David Rooney, Variety (read review)
She didn't let us down. Virtually every number — every number — was received with rousing applause and dotted here and there by standing ovations...
- Harry Haun, Playbill (read review)
This is the real deal, the real legend, the real old-school way of doing things, where performers forge intimate bonds in the biggest and brashest of settings.
-Matthew Murray, Talkin' Broadway (read review)
Britney who? Liza Minnelli is not having a comeback as much as an actual resurrection on Broadway in "Liza's at the Palace! - Linda Winer, New York Newsday (read review)
The woman knows how to a work a room. Even one as big and as historic as the Palace Theatre, that shrine to vaudeville on the corner of Broadway and 47th Street on the edge of Times Square. - Michael Kuchwara, AP (read review)
Why Liza Minnelli Must Go On
November 30th, 2008
By Emily Nussbaum
New York Magazine
"The show is an opportunity for her to send a message, a basic and beautiful show-business message—I’m still here. I can do it. And I’ll show you how." Click here to read full article.
See Liza's interview on "The Early Show"
November 25th
Liza performs new song on "The Early Show"
November 25th
Reviews are in from Liza’s Pre-Broadway Rhode Island performance!
It's Time For A Holiday
Thursday, November 20, 2008
BY KATHIE RALEIGH
Woonsocket Call
"The first half of the show featured signature Minnelli songs, closing with the one that forever will be hers, “Cabaret.” She may have performed it a million times, but this million-and-one performance was magical." Click here to read full review.
From Liza’s Pre-Broadway Rhode Island performance!
Liza Minnelli still tops in old-school song and dance
Thursday, November 20, 2008
BY RICK MASSIMO
Providence Rhode Island Journal
"Singing like a grande dame and jumping around like someone half her age, Liza Minnelli began a four-night stand at the Stadium Theatre Performing Arts Center last night with a preview of the show that’s coming to New York next month, and she proved that the fundamentals — her gutsy, brassy, strong voice and her irrepressible enthusiasm — were still in place." Click here to read full review.
First review from Liza's Italy tour:
THREE STANDING OVATIONS FROM THE Roman STAGE for LIZA MINNELLI
MUSICINEMARTE 30/10/2008 - 00,30 MUSIC:
Liza Minnelli (IRIS) - ROME, 30 OCT - has appeared on the stage with a full audience and immediately the crowd at the Sala S. Cecilia Auditorium of Rome has unleashed with a feast of rejoices of applause. Liza Minnelli began strong and energetic more than ever in the first stage of her tour that will carry her through Italy until November 14.
Despite her 62 years, Liza sang, danced and recited for almost 2 hours of entertainment, stopping only for the changes in dress. The first standing ovation came off to the end of the famous song 'Cabaret,' from the homonymous musical that been worth them a like best protagonist actress Oscar in 1972. Then Minnelli shows her repertory of monologues and songs to intimate chats with the public.
On the notes of 'New York New York' as the American star herself leaves and spectators are once again all on they're feet and for that Liza implores "please sit down." Then Liza grants a acapela solo to them and goes away on the arm of the companion, Jared Murillo, that for all the evening accompanied the performance at the piano. (Iris Press)
From CBS NEWS - 10/27
"Only On The Web": CBS News' Itay Hod stopped by the rehearsals for Liza Minnelli's new show, scheduled to open on Broadway at her mother's favorite theater, the Palace, for a limited run."
Review of Liza's London show this past May:
Liza Minnelli, Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow
By Marianne Gunn
The Herald - Glasglow
"...I've never seen a standing ovation for almost every song."
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Review of Liza's London show this past May:
Liza Minnelli, Coliseum, London: Queen of cabaret wows adoring fans
By Pierre Perrone
26 May 2008
The Independent - London
It might all be in the genes, but second-generation stars often struggle to live up to expectations and match their parents' success. Not so Liza Minnelli. A celebrity for all of her 62 years, the daughter of The Wizard Of Oz star Judy Garland and the director Vincente Minnelli has done a better job than most..." read more >>
Review of Liza's London show this past May:
Liza Minnelli at London Coliseum: Night of song and dance with stardust to spare
By Helen Brown
26 May 2008
Telegraph - London
..."Notice anything different about me?" she said, sucking in her cheeks as a cheeky hint. "I lost 44 pounds!" This was only the first of many personal confidences in a triumphant night of great, old school song, dance and golden era Hollywood gossip that included tales of her "momma" Judy Garland and father, director Vincente Minnelli." read more >>
By Matthew Blank
27 Oct 2008
Playbill.com
Tony, Grammy, Oscar and Emmy Award winner Liza Minnelli is currently in rehearsals for Liza's at the Palace . . .!, a two-week concert engagement that will begin performances at Broadway's Palace Theatre Dec. 3.
The production, which will run through Dec. 14, is penned by Minnelli and Tony winner David Zippel (City of Angels, The Goodbye Girl).
Directed and choreographed by Ron Lewis, the evening will feature conductor/drummer Michael Berkowitz and pianist/musical supervisor Billy Stritch leading a 12-person orchestra. read more >>
Liza Minnelli Returns to Broadway
MyFoxNY.com -- Liza Minnelli is getting ready for her return to Broadway in her new show "Liza's at the Palace...!" She's be singing some of her signature tunes, including "Cabaret" and "New York New York." The show debuts in December and Liza has been rehearsing hard to make it a great show. Toni Senecal caught up with the star. Click HERE to watch!
Watch a slide show with audio of Liza Minnelli's Open Rehearsal from New York Daily News - 10/27. Click here.
Broadway.com Interviews Liza, director/choreographer Ron Lewis, music supervisor Billy Stritch and dancers Cortes Alexander and Tiger Martina. Click here to watch.
See Liza's Appearance on The Today Show 10/20
Liz Smith
New York Post
October 19, 2008 - 'UNTIL YOU play The Palace, you haven't played the top!" sang Judy Garland ages and ages ago. ON JUNE 10, 2007, I was attending an AmFAR benefit in the Rainbow Room with the AIDS-fighting hero Kenneth Cole. Liza Minnelli joined us; she performed, she fooled around, she then sold... read more >>
