Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
LIZA @ “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” opening...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-28/daniel-radcliffe-liza-minnelli-john-stamos-scene-last-night.html
By - Mar 28, 2011
For the actor who plays the window washer turned executive in “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” a corporate career holds little appeal.
“I’d be terrible at it,” Daniel Radcliffe said last night after his opening performance.
The actor better known as Harry Potter stood in the Palm Court of the Plaza Hotel, dressed in a Brooks Brothers three- button tuxedo and holding a bottle of Fiji water.
“I have literally no business acumen,” he added. “I think I’d be quite bored.”
JPMorgan Chase will have to stick to recruiting Yale hockey players.
Among those attending the opening-night festivities -- curtain at 5, then the Plaza for dinner, dessert and lots of champagne -- were Rocco Landesman, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts; playwright Neil Simon; musician Adam Duritz of Counting Crows; and actors Liza Minnelli, John Stamos and Bernadette Peters.
By - Mar 28, 2011
For the actor who plays the window washer turned executive in “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” a corporate career holds little appeal.
“I’d be terrible at it,” Daniel Radcliffe said last night after his opening performance.
The actor better known as Harry Potter stood in the Palm Court of the Plaza Hotel, dressed in a Brooks Brothers three- button tuxedo and holding a bottle of Fiji water.
“I have literally no business acumen,” he added. “I think I’d be quite bored.”
JPMorgan Chase will have to stick to recruiting Yale hockey players.
Among those attending the opening-night festivities -- curtain at 5, then the Plaza for dinner, dessert and lots of champagne -- were Rocco Landesman, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts; playwright Neil Simon; musician Adam Duritz of Counting Crows; and actors Liza Minnelli, John Stamos and Bernadette Peters.
LIZA @ “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” opening...
By - Mar 28, 2011
For the actor who plays the window washer turned executive in “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” a corporate career holds little appeal.
“I’d be terrible at it,” Daniel Radcliffe said last night after his opening performance.
The actor better known as Harry Potter stood in the Palm Court of the Plaza Hotel, dressed in a Brooks Brothers three- button tuxedo and holding a bottle of Fiji water.
“I have literally no business acumen,” he added. “I think I’d be quite bored.”
JPMorgan Chase will have to stick to recruiting Yale hockey players.
Among those attending the opening-night festivities -- curtain at 5, then the Plaza for dinner, dessert and lots of champagne -- were Rocco Landesman, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts; playwright Neil Simon; musician Adam Duritz of Counting Crows; and actors Liza Minnelli, John Stamos and Bernadette Peters.
Stella by Starlight Gala Will Honor Liza Minnelli and Annette Bening
By Andrew Gans
28 Mar 2011
The Stella Adler Studio of Acting's Sixth Annual Stella by Starlight Benefit Gala will be held May 2 at the home of songwriter and philanthropist Denise Rich.
Honorees include Liza Minnelli, Annette Bening, Muriel “Mickey” Siebert and Donald Katz.
Minnelli will receive the Marlon Brando Award, Oscar nominee Bening will receive the Stella Adler Award, and CEO of Siebert Brandford Shank and Co. Muriel Siebert, and founder and CEO of Audible, Donald Katz, will accept the Stella Adler Corporate Award.
Proceeds from the evening will be used to support the studio’s charitable programs, including the Outreach Division Program, which provides free actor training to low-income, inner-city youth.
“The Center for Arts Education reports a correlation between students who live in poverty and lack of arts exposure. Outreach addresses this injustice by serving impoverished New York City teens and makes it possible for students to have access to high quality arts training that is essential to nurturing the next generation of informed, curious, capable citizens who have the resources to reach their fullest potential,” artistic director Tom Oppenheim said in a statement. “We are thrilled that such an esteemed group of honorees will join us for Stella by Starlight, a special evening that will have a real affect for hundreds of young people who do not have access to the arts.”
Past honorees have included Whoopi Goldberg, Liz Smith, Warren Beatty, Martin Sheen, Harold Bloom, Tony Kushner, Elaine Stritch, Sidney Lumet, Ruby Dee, the late Ozzie Davis and the late Roy Scheider.
To purchase tickets, starting at $1,000 for general admission, contact The Stella Adler Studio at (212) 689-0087.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Liza Minnelli Comments on Elizabeth Taylor's Passing
Wednesday, March 23, 2011; Posted: 04:03 PM - by Jessica Lewis
Dame Elizabeth Taylor has passed away this morning at the age of 79 due to heart failure. According to ABC News, all four of her children were with her when she passed.
She was the star of more than fifty-five films, among them National Velvet, A Place in the Sun, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Butterfield 8,Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, A Little Night Music and Cleopatra.
Her Broadway credits included The Little Foxes, Private Lives and The Corn is Green. She also appeared in a 2007 reading of Love Letters at the Paramount Theatre in Hollywood, alongside James Earl Jones and other stars in honor of World AIDS Day.
Says Liza Minnelli on her passing, "She was a true star, because she not only had beauty and notoriety; Elizabeth Taylor had talent. As a friend she was always, always there for me. I'll miss her for the rest of my life, but I was so lucky to have known her."
For nearly two decades, she was been a leader in AIDS activism, including her founding role in the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR), and establishment of The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (ETAF).
She has also been a successful businesswoman with her bestselling line of fragrances, including "White Diamonds," "Passion," and "Gardenia."
The recipient of numerous honors and awards, she was made a Dame of the British Empire in the year 2000. In 1987, France bestowed upon her its most prestigious award, the Legion d'Honneur, and in 2001 President Clinton recognized her with the Presidential Citizen's Medal. She has won two Academy Awards for Best Actress, and in 1993 she received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for her work on behalf of AIDS. She also received the BAFTA Fellowship from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, as well as the Lifetime Achievement award from the American Film Institute.
Elizabeth Taylor lived in Bel Air, California. She is survived by four children, ten grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Drama League Will Honor ~ Liza Minnelli, Whoopi Goldberg, Susan Stroman
PLAYBILL.COM
By Andrew Gans
17 Mar 2011
The Drama League has announced the recipients of its 2011 Special Recognitions, which will be presented along with its five competitive production and performance awards at The 77th Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon May 20 in the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Marquis Hotel.
Whoopi Goldberg will receive the Unique Contribution to the Theatre Award, Liza Minnelli will be honored with the Distinguished Acheivement in Musical Theatre Award, and Susan Stroman will receive the Julia Hansen Award for Excellence in Directing.
As previously announced, the annual ceremony will be hosted by Academy Award nominee Kathleen Turner, who returns to Broadway this spring in Matthew Lombardo's new drama, High.
The event, which begins at noon, pays tribute to the season's best performers by including the nominees of The Distinguished Performance Award on a dais. The dais will feature more than 50 stars from the 2010-11 Broadway and Off-Broadway season.
In addition to The Distinguished Performance Award and the Special Recognitions, The Drama League's 3,000 members vote on four other annual competitive awards: Distinguished Production of a Play, Distinguished Production of a Musical, Distinguished Revival of a Play and Distinguished Revival of a Musical.
Nominations for these five awards will be announced April 25.
Tickets for The 77th Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon are now available by calling (212) 244-9494.
For more information visit www.dramaleague.org.
The Drama League was founded in 1916 as an association of theatre professionals and patrons dedicated to encouraging the finest in professional theatre and has since then developed into the theatre's premiere service organization.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Beau to present ‘Confessions’ by Liza Minnelli ~ March 18th
Business - Casinos
Thursday, Mar. 10, 2011
By PAM FIRMIN - pfirmin@sunherald.com
Liza Minnelli’s 14-song CD release, “Confessions,” will be the centerpiece of her upcoming performance at the Beau Rivage Resort Casino in Biloxi, but it will be audience response that shapes the show.
“The audience is your partner in your performance,” the Academy Award-winning entertainer said during a phone interview with the Sun Herald. “I don’t want them to get bored. You know if the audience is tuned in to you. It’s just like any conversation with somebody: you find out what they are interested in.”
She will give a 90-minute performance at 8 p.m. Friday, March 18.
Minnelli intends for her music to create the kind of cozy warmth in the Beau’s 1,500-seat theater that she found in the living room setting where “Confessions” originated.
“I used to have these evenings at my house,” Minnelli said in a press release, “usually on a weekend, and people like Tony Bennett or … Janet Jackson would come by, and we would end up singing around the piano.”
Inspired by those sessions, Minnelli compiled “Confessions” as a collection of American classics culled from the catalogues of great writers. She strived to omit over-familiar selections.
Included on the CD are ”All the Way, “You Fascinate Me So,” “I Got Lost in His Arms” and “Moments Like This,” written by such greats as Sammy Cahn, Cy Coleman, Irving Berlin and Burton Lane.
Don’t miss the title track, “Confessions” by Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz, whether at the concert or on the CD. While it’s the shortest of them all at 1:46 minutes, Minnelli renders the quirky punch lines of its three stanzas with clear elegance.
Billy Stritch, who is her piano accompanist for the CD, will also perform at the live concert. Instruments also include bass, drums and more by other troupe members.
The daughter of actress/singer Judy Garland and film director Vincente Minnelli, Liza Minnelli has been performing since she was 16 and will celebrate her 65th birthday on March 12.
She belongs to an elite group of entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and Tony award. Her Academy Award for best actress was presented for her 1972 role of Sally Bowles in “Cabaret,” one of eight Oscars won by the movie.
As her scheduled permits, she works with students at The Actor’s Studio teaching master classes in acting and singing. Her most important instruction to them, she said, is: “Your have to emotionally invest in the song.”
As for her audience, she said, “I can’t think about my audience until I get on stage when I can see them. I look at my audience. I like the audience. I think we’re in it together. They are giving me their time, which is the most valuable thing you have. So I respect that.
“I listen,” Minnelli said, “and you can’t react until you’ve heard something.”
Read more: http://www.sunherald.com/2011/03/10/2933368/beau-to-present-confessions-by.html#ixzz1GIF0l3Jm
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Liza Minnelli Honored in Gray Line New York’s "Ride of Fame (VIDEO)
photo's by Sam Miro
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Why Liza Minnelli Can Still Make It Anywhere
She made it in New York. And true to the lyrics in her fan favorite song at The Long Center Thursday night, Liza Minnelli can make it anywhere. Minnelli ambushed the stage and immediately added her iconic voice to the fast paced cacophony already being produced by an able entourage on strings, ivories, horns, and drums.
After the opener, the famously breathless chanteuse was panting hard. I wondered how she would make it through an entire show. But as the next song gave way to the next and the next, interspersed with anecdotes that can only come from someone who has occupied a lifelong spot in the bright lights, it was clear that the initial huffing and puffing must’ve been excitement.
I never considered that. I mistakenly assumed this woman who has lived most of her years on stages and screens would by now be numb to the butterflies and adrenaline rushes that come with the territory. But at one point, Minnelli even commented she was nervous. Normally, an audience might look down on a performer who would utter such a thing…but the admission actually endeared me to this performer more. It struck me that after all these years…after all those gigs…in all those cities…this woman still gets a buzz off what she’s doing. And she’s not alone in that. The crowd adored her high and low notes, her moves, her innuendo, her wit, even those giggly-hiccupy noises she made as her mouth struggled to keep up with her thoughts while she delivered her asides between songs. Over and again Minnelli was interrupted by people in the peanut gallery screaming out WE LOVE YOU LIZA!
Admittedly, I haven’t closely followed the career of Liza Minnelli, and I don’t have any of her songs on my i-Pod, but seeing her perform was amazing. In this age when we’re all YouTube famous, here before me was this storied specimen…this dynamo…this famous-for-life talent who made it long ago and is still making it. By the time she was done with the 90 minute set, Minnelli had turned the tables. She looked like she still had some show left in her. But there were plenty of people who had been sitting and watching who looked as though their breath had been taken away.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Liza will be honored on Tuesday, March 8 with a "Gray Line New York/Broadway Day"
Liza will be honored on Tuesday, March 8 with a "Gray Line New York/Broadway Day" (part of their "Ride of Fame" campaign for the city)
This is open to the public, so be sure to attend to lend support and wish Liza a Happy 65th Birthday!
Please be sure to pass along to other fans - it would be great to have a large crowd.
LINK : http://www.newyorksightseeing.com/page.php?id=148
Legend and New York Icon, Liza Minnelli,
Honored in Gray Line New York’s "Ride of Fame™;” Campaign
Leading NYC Tourism Company Celebrates Exemplary New Yorkers with its Bus Dedication Series
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
New York, NY – March 2, 2011: Gray Line New York, New York City’s premier double-decker bus and motorcoach tourism company, has announced that entertainment legend and icon, Liza Minnelli, will be honored as a Ride of Fame™; dedicatee. A ribbon-cutting ceremony where Minnelli unveils her own Gray Line New York double-decker bus decal with her likeness on the front of the vehicle will take place on Tuesday, March 8th in Times Square (at 47th and 7th) at 12 pm EST. In conjunction with Gray Line’s Ride of Fame™ campaign, the City of New York will also commemorate the announcement of the immortalization of Ms. Minnelli for her theatrical, professional and personal contributions to the spirit of New York City by declaring her birthday, March 12th, Gray Line New York/ Broadway Day starring Liza Minnelli moving forward.
Since 1926, Gray Line New York has been a proud staple of the New York City tourism industry, bringing visitors to all the must-see stops in New York City on its signature red double-decker tour buses. Now with its Ride of Fame™; campaign, Gray Line New York is recognizing and honoring leading New Yorkers, whom they identify as exemplary community figures by bestowing a bus in their fleet to each dedicatee.
"Welcome to New York, New York,” Liza exclaims in regards to her Ride of Fame dedication and the announcement of the Gray Line New York/ Broadway Day starring Liza Minnelli. “If you made it here, you can make it anywhere. My beloved city welcomes you and yours. Get ready, here we go!"
“Liza Minnelli is New York, plain and simple,” says David Chien, Director of Marketing for Gray Line New York. “She embodies the attitude, talent, style and pizzazz of this great city and shows the rest of the world what real New Yorkers are made of.”;
The dedication will include the revealing of Minnelli’s signature, open-top, red double-decker bus that millions of sightseers will be able to “ride” each day moving forward and the proclamation of Gray Line New York/Broadway Day starring Liza Minnelli. Gray Line New York’s Ride of Fame™; campaign unveils a monthly dedication with future commendable New Yorkers to follow. Hollywood may have its ‘Walk of Fame,” but now New York has its own mobile monument to immortalize New Yorkers honored by Gray Line New York for their contributions to making New York a great city.
Past honorees include: Cyndi Lauper, Donald Trump, Whoopi Goldberg, Richard Dreyfuss, Rachael Ray, New York Ranger, Henrik Lundqvist and legendary New York Yankee, Reggie Jackson. For more information, please visit, www.newyorksightseeing.com.
Scott Gorenstein
201-855-3329
This is open to the public, so be sure to attend to lend support and wish Liza a Happy 65th Birthday!
LINK : http://www.newyorksightseeing.com/page.php?id=148
Legend and New York Icon, Liza Minnelli,
Honored in Gray Line New York’s "Ride of Fame™;” Campaign
Leading NYC Tourism Company Celebrates Exemplary New Yorkers with its Bus Dedication Series
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
New York, NY – March 2, 2011: Gray Line New York, New York City’s premier double-decker bus and motorcoach tourism company, has announced that entertainment legend and icon, Liza Minnelli, will be honored as a Ride of Fame™; dedicatee. A ribbon-cutting ceremony where Minnelli unveils her own Gray Line New York double-decker bus decal with her likeness on the front of the vehicle will take place on Tuesday, March 8th in Times Square (at 47th and 7th) at 12 pm EST. In conjunction with Gray Line’s Ride of Fame™ campaign, the City of New York will also commemorate the announcement of the immortalization of Ms. Minnelli for her theatrical, professional and personal contributions to the spirit of New York City by declaring her birthday, March 12th, Gray Line New York/ Broadway Day starring Liza Minnelli moving forward.
Since 1926, Gray Line New York has been a proud staple of the New York City tourism industry, bringing visitors to all the must-see stops in New York City on its signature red double-decker tour buses. Now with its Ride of Fame™; campaign, Gray Line New York is recognizing and honoring leading New Yorkers, whom they identify as exemplary community figures by bestowing a bus in their fleet to each dedicatee.
"Welcome to New York, New York,” Liza exclaims in regards to her Ride of Fame dedication and the announcement of the Gray Line New York/ Broadway Day starring Liza Minnelli. “If you made it here, you can make it anywhere. My beloved city welcomes you and yours. Get ready, here we go!"
“Liza Minnelli is New York, plain and simple,” says David Chien, Director of Marketing for Gray Line New York. “She embodies the attitude, talent, style and pizzazz of this great city and shows the rest of the world what real New Yorkers are made of.”;
The dedication will include the revealing of Minnelli’s signature, open-top, red double-decker bus that millions of sightseers will be able to “ride” each day moving forward and the proclamation of Gray Line New York/Broadway Day starring Liza Minnelli. Gray Line New York’s Ride of Fame™; campaign unveils a monthly dedication with future commendable New Yorkers to follow. Hollywood may have its ‘Walk of Fame,” but now New York has its own mobile monument to immortalize New Yorkers honored by Gray Line New York for their contributions to making New York a great city.
Past honorees include: Cyndi Lauper, Donald Trump, Whoopi Goldberg, Richard Dreyfuss, Rachael Ray, New York Ranger, Henrik Lundqvist and legendary New York Yankee, Reggie Jackson. For more information, please visit, www.newyorksightseeing.com.
Scott Gorenstein
201-855-3329
Liza Minnelli, Marc Kudisch, Montego Glover, Nancy Anderson Pay Tribute to Michael Kuchwara
Photo by Chris Owyoung
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/148143-PHOTO-CALL-Liza-Minnelli-Marc-Kudisch-Montego-Glover-Nancy-Anderson-Pay-Tribute-to-Michael-Kuchwara
By Matthew Blank
01 Mar 2011
Liza Minnelli, Marc Kudisch, Montego Glover, Nancy Anderson and more took part in a musical tribute to late Associated Press theatre critic Michael Kuchwara, held Feb. 28 at Birdland.
Julie Halston hosted the evening. Proceeds will go to The Michael Kuchwara Fund benefiting Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF).
Kuchwara — a theatre reporter and critic for more than 25 years — was respected and beloved for his even-tempered reviews and thorough reporting. In May 2010, following a brief illness, Kuchwara's untimely passing was linked to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
Here is a look at the starry tribute:
"In his honor and to increase awareness of this fatal disease, his friends are putting on a show just for him," according to the organizers. "Using his writings over the last 25 years, some of his favorite stars have been invited to perform songs from some of his favorite shows."
A Benefit Evening Honoring Michael Kuchwara featured Klea Blackhurst, Kevin Chamberlin, Alison Fraser, Montego Glover, Hunter Ryan Herdlicka, Ralph Howard, Marc Kudisch, Sally Mayes, Michael McCormick, Lindsay Mendez, Noah Racey, Sherie Rene Scott, Mary Testa, Betsy Wolfe and surprise guests. The benefit was directed by Carl Andress with musical direction by Patrick Vaccariello and musical preparation by Ed Windels. The show is written by D. Michael Dvorchak and Julie Halston.
If you would like to make a donation to The Michael Kuchwara Fund, contact www.pulmonaryfibrosis.org
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