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Liza Minnelli Joins EVERYTHING'S COMING UP BROADWAYWORLD.COM: A JULE STYNE TRIBUTE On May 11!

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👤by Pat Cerasaro

On Sunday, May 11th, 2014 at 7:00pm, BroadwayWorld.com will continue its 2014 concert series at legendary cabaret venue Joe's Pub at The Public Theater, hosting an all-star tribute concert and benefit celebrating the music of incomparable multi-award-winning composer Jule Styne, while also honoring Mother's Day and raising funds for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
Today, we are incredibly priveleged and humbled to announce that legendary four-time Tony Award-winning Broadway and Hollywood icon Liza Minnelli has agreed to join the starry roster of leading ladies and gentlemen already confirmed for the event and pay tribute to the classic composer.
Tickets are now on sale for EVERYTHING'S COMING UP BROADWAYWORLD.COM, available here.
Following the sold-out success of BROADWAYWORLD.COM VISITS OZ, and FLY: A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO DAMON INTRABARTOLO earlier this year, this next event in the ongoing series will be an evening directed by BroadwayWorld's own Pat Cerasaro, creator of the popular InDepth InterView series and a wide range of other innovative content for the site, with music direction by Broadway and cabaret veteran Phil Hall.
Performing talent currently scheduled to appear includes (in alphabetical order): David Burtka, Carolee Carmello, Jennifer Diamond, Mandy Gonzalez, Anita Gillette, Randy Graff, Debbie Gravitte, Dee Hoty, Liza Minnelli, Marissa Mulder, Kate Shindle, Christiaan Smith-Kotlarek and Leslie Uggams, with some very special guests and additional surprises to be announced at a later date. Please note that as with all benefit concerts, talent announced is subject to change, based on scheduling.
Tickets are now on sale for EVERYTHING'S COMING UP BROADWAYWORLD.COM, available here.
Jule Styne is a Tony Award- and Academy Award-winning composer known for writing over 1500 songs over the course of his career, including scores for such notable Broadway musicals as GYPSY, FUNNY GIRL, GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES, PETER PAN, BELLS ARE RINGING, DO RE MI, SUGAR and HALLELUJAH, BABY! Teaming with lyricist Sammy Cahn in the 1940s, he also created a string of Hit Parade leaders and chart-topping hits, including the Oscar-winning "Three Coins In The Fountain" besides many hits culled from his film, TV and theatre scores. In addition to Sammy Cahn, Styne's illustrious collaborators include Stephen Sondheim, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Bob Merrill, Leo Robin and E.Y. Harburg, with their combined efforts over the years having produced such unforgettable showstopping standards as "Everything's Coming Up Roses", "Don't Rain On My Parade", "Let Me Entertain You", "The Party's Over", "People", "Never Never Land", "Just In Time", and "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend", just to name a few - many of which will be performed in this sure-to-be spectacular Mother's Day fundraising event.
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation® was founded in 1993 by the late Evelyn H. Lauder as an independent, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to funding innovative clinical and translational research. The mission of the Foundation is not just cure - the eradication of existing disease - but also prevention, which implies stopping cancers before they happen by knowing how they happen. Determined to continue Evelyn Lauder's philanthropic ambition and honor her lasting impact on research, BCRF is fiercely committed to pursuing her vision.
Currently, 91 cents of every dollar spent by BCRF is directed towards breast cancer research and awareness programs. Since its inception, the Foundation has raised more than $465 million - over $71 million in fiscal year 2013 alone - to support research at medical institutions across the globe conducting the most advanced and promising breast cancer research.
For more information on the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, please call 646-497-2600 (toll-free, 1-866-FIND-A-CURE), or visit the Foundation web site: www.bcrfcure.org

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DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUE

Liza Minnelli Performs Stunning Rendition Of Her Mother’s Signature Tune “Over The Rainbow”We love us some Liza Minnelli here at Queerty. Besides being Hollywood royalty and one of the most talented entertainers on the planet, Liza has long been one of our most tirelessly devoted allies. However, there’s one thing she won’t do and that’s perform “(Somewhere) Over the Rainbow,” the hopeful Oscar-winning song that’s been associated with her beloved mother Judy Garland for 75 years. But what do you know? Someone just posted a clip of precociously-talented 13-year-old Liza delivering a gorgeous, wistful interpretation of the anthem on Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood, a TV special hosted by the famed gossip columnist. It’s worth the wait.                     Listen to this piece of vintage magic below...

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Legendary Hollywood Star Mickey Rooney Dies At 93

Stage legend Liza Minnelli posted the following statement on her Official Facebook page regarding the loss of the Hollywood star:

Mickey was somebody that everybody loved, but to me he was part of the family. He was one of a kind, and will be admired and respected always -- Liza Minnelli

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Mickey Rooney, the pint-size, precocious actor and all-around talent whose more than 90-year career spanned silent comedies, Shakespeare, Judy Garland musicals, Andy Hardy stardom, television and the Broadway theater, died Sunday at age 93.
Los Angeles Police Commander Andrew Smith said that Rooney was with his family when he died at his North Hollywood home.

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Liza Minnelli's wonderful life

The Sunday Conversation: Liza Minnelli is taking her new stage show, 'Simply Liza,' on the road, including her Disney Hall debut. She dishes the new show, her love of Broadway, being a fan of Lady Gaga and that Oscar dig.

By Deborah Vankin

March 22, 2014, 8:00 a.m.

In the next few months, Liza Minnelli will bring her new musical show, "Simply Liza," to Vienna, London, Paris and Amsterdam, among other places. There's one stage, however, on which this Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, Golden Globe and Tony winner has never set foot: Walt Disney Concert Hall. That'll change on Tuesday night, when "Liza With a Z" heads to downtown L.A. for a one-night-only performance of some of her favorite songs. Minnelli recently chatted about the show from her home in New York, on the eve of her 68th birthday.
You're a performing icon in so many different arenas — the Broadway stage, Hollywood films, intimate cabarets. Where do you feel most at home performing?
Oh, I think the stage. Because it's what I always wanted to do. I wanted to be an ice skater at first. And then I saw a Broadway show, "Bye Bye Birdie," when I was 12 or 13. I thought: "Noooo, I'd rather do that!" All these kids were in it. Everyone looked like they were having such a good time. It was exciting and immediate. I just became a Broadway baby after that. I started to study about it, I went to summer stock, I was a stage hand.
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You've appeared opposite Robert De Niro and Dudley Moore, been directed by Martin Scorsese. Who would you most like to work with that you haven't yet — sky's the limit?
All of the people you just said — I'd work with them forever, they're just wonderful. OK, let me see. Matthew McConaughey. Tom Hanks. Jared Leto. I admire them so much. I'm a big fan of movies.
What music do you listen to that might surprise us?
I listen to everything, because I love to move. Brazilian music. I love Ella Fitzgerald and Sinatra because of the words. But surprise? Lady Gaga, I love. She's a good singer; she plays the piano. She's a good musician, and she sat down and thought about how to get people's attention.
Speaking of which — what inspired the electric blue streaks in your hair at the Oscars? And were you offended by the joke Ellen DeGeneres made at your expense?
You know, I always loved that color, and I thought, "Well, why not?" So I copied a classic Halston in that color and I put the streaks in my hair and I said, "OK, here we go."
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Ellen — I got my feelings hurt a little bit, but not a lot. And I got over it really quickly. Ellen is terrific, she's really sweet. I don't think she would have necessarily gone out of her way to hurt my feelings — I mean, we know each other. I just think maybe she was advised badly.
What did you think about the Twitter storm the joke caused, with viewers calling Ellen "transphobic"?
In a funny kind of way, you're flattered when people are on your side so much. But Ellen is wonderful, and I'm so sorry that all of this caused [stress] for her. But I had a great time.
You were diagnosed with encephalitis in 2000. Doctors said you'd never perform again. Now you're touring worldwide. How did you will your health back?
They told me I'd never walk or talk again. I thought, "Nah! No, they're wrong!" But I was very, very frightened. I thought, "Wait a minute, wait a minute. My father always told me if you think about it, there's always a way — think!" So I thought, "What do I know how to do? I know how to rehearse." So that's what I did. I started with the alphabet until it was right.
Then the doctor came in, and I said, "I'd really like to try and walk." He said, "Liza, are you kidding? There's no [way]." I said, "I have to just try, one step." I put my hands on his shoulders, and he picked me up and I ended up on my.... But the next day, I did it again until I could take two steps. I channeled faith and determination and joy. I made up my mind that it wouldn't be true.
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What can we expect on Tuesday night?
I put together all the songs everybody always requests, and songs my musician friends really like, and songs that I like. I'll do "Liza With a Z" and "Ring Them Bells." It'll be intimate — sometimes I even ask them to turn off the house lights so I can see everybody. There are only six musicians and me. Think that'll be OK? I'm very excited about it.
You've been married four times. Would you ever go there again?
Are you nuts? Are you bananas, woman? Nay!
What do you do for fun when you're not stretched across a piano?
I date and I go out with my friends. Tomorrow is my 68th birthday, and my friends are taking me out to dinner; I'm going on the "Today" show in the morning, then to dinner at Gallaghers. I have three dogs who are divine, schnauzers, they're all related. I have a wonderful life.
deborah.vankin@latimes.com