"Reality is something you rise above."
"I'd rather be a first-rate version of myself than a second-rate version of anybody."
"Dream on it. Let your mind take you to places you would like to go, and then think about it and plan it and celebrate the possibilities. And don't listen to anyone who doesn't know how to dream."
"Audiences are the same all over the world, and if you entertain them, they'll respond."
"I'm always looking at the next thing. I'm too curious to look back..."
The incomparable, the unique, the utterly fantabulosa Miss Liza Minnelli is 75 years old today!
All hail our beloved Patron Saint of Pizzazz...
Liza May Minnelli (born 12th March 1946)
A gala tribute event A Love Letter to Liza Minnelli: 75th All-Star Birthday Tribute Celebration - featuring such luminaries as Joel Grey, Michael York, Michael Feinstein, Lily Tomlin, Billy Stritch, Chita Rivera, Dame Joan Collins, Lorna Luft, Lea DeLaria, Ute Lemper, Sandra Bernhard and many more - will be live streamed tonight, and viewings are available until Sunday - book tickets here.
15 comments:
Always fabulous. Life should be a Cabaret, with blue/green nail varnish!
Sx
"Divine decadence darling!"
Jx
How marvelous. Good for her. Such a trooper. And it has been a long, hard road for little Liza. 75? Say it isn't so! Thanks for sharing this. She's a love. A sparkler.
An inspiration! Jx
wow. 75. and her life has not been an easy one.
She's coped admirably with all that life's thrown at her, that's for sure. Jx
Got my tickets 2 weeks ago — can’t wait. Have been lucky enough to see her live 5 times, starting in 1973 when I was 14. Liza Mae has been a part of my life my whole life — a real survivor, a gypsy, brilliant performer, and the last vaudevillian.
Cheered Jon! xoN
I saw her live only once - the "By Myself" show in London's Apollo Victoria theatre in 1983. She was, of course, an utter joy.
"The Last Vaudevillian" is a very appropriate title, methinks. There are very few left who could even come close to what she did - Chita, Shirley MacLaine, Mitzi; and they're all in their late 80s now... Jx
"incomparable, the unique, the utterly fantabulosa"
and Adored you just gotta love her.
She's such a great artist
And we do, sweetie. We do! Jx
Talent and good breeding will out! Jx
There's a lot to live up to if you've brought Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli to Parents' Evening with you
That was a great tribute last night -- I wish it had been broadcast over a major network. A moving tribute to her dedication, incredible hard work, and her generosity as a person and as a performer.
I hope whoever chooses The Kennedy Center Honors honorees was listening, as well as those who bestow the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Oscars. xoN
I hope it gets a proper telly showing - I'd watch it then! Jx
PS She deserves any honours that are out there...
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