Glamour puss Aug 31, 2008
And thus, as the song says, that's cabaret ... Gray is semiotically suspicious even of the category "cabaret" ... "Because 'cabaret' suggests a New-York style I don't like, a sort of musical theatre that is not my thing at all.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Chronicling A Romance Jul 19, 2008
Isherwood wasn't all that happy with the film musical made from his "Berlin Stories." Before Bob Fosse got his hands on it, the property was used by playwright John Van Druten for his "I Am a Camera," which, in turn, became a film, then the basis for a Broadway musical and, inevitably, the Fosse film "Cabaret." Liza Minnelli shrugs as she concedes that Isherwood wasn't a fan of her portrayal of Sally Bowles, and Bachardy gleefully tells us that, at the film's premier, Isherwood leaned close to... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
London audience give Liza Minnelli six ovations May 27, 2008
She was in retrospective mood for much of the evening, paying homage to her muses, Kander & Ebb, creators of Cabaret , and devoting most of the second half to a long tribute to her godmother, that larger than life performer and vocal arranger Kay Thompson. This part of the show was obviously a labour of love. (Times Online)
Secrets and Liza May 4, 2008
She looks like no picture of Minnelli I've ever seen - neither Minnelli in her gorgeous young Cabaret bloom, nor the bloated Minnelli of recent years, nor anything in between ... I saw her in Cabaret and that's about it ... But by the time she was 19, she had won a Tony award for her first musical, Flora the Red Menace and at 26 she won an Oscar for Cabaret. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
A LIttle Knight Music ... And Other Melodic Quests Mar 20, 2008
For a cabaret singer trying to make it in the Big Apple, there's nothing quite like having a captive audience ... For a cabaret singer trying to make it in the Big Apple, there's nothing quite like having a captive audience ... And Other Melodic Quests, a cabaret show that takes a Don Quixote-esque journey through Parke's childhood, showbiz career, aspirations and passion for music. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Liza Minnelli steals Red Dress show at Fashion Week Feb 3, 2008
The Oscar winner, who wore a Halston Original spangled red tunic over black velvet pants, turned the runway into a cabaret stage and was rewarded with a standing ovation. "That was our surprise finale for the audience," said Jennifer Hudman James, who handled media relations for the event. (Reuters)
Music: Liza Minnelli's 'Most Faithful Friend' Jan 22, 2008
She soon moved into the world of film, appearing in movies like "Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon" and winning a best actress Oscar for her role as the eccentric Sally Bowles in the movie version of "Cabaret.". Full Coverage. (ABC News)
Legendary Liza Minnelli headlines PPAC gala Jan 5, 2008
In 1972, she played Sally Bowles in Kander and Ebb s "Cabaret," winning an Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1977, she co-starred with Robert De Niro and famously sang the title song in Martin Scorsese s "New York, New York." She has also appeared in a wide range of television shows, recorded and appeared on dozens of albums, and continues to play to packed houses around the world. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Liza Minnelli collapses in Sweden Dec 14, 2007
She has appeared in numerous films and stage shows and won the best actress Academy Award for her performance in the 1972 film Cabaret. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Europe)
Liza Minnelli rushed to US after collapsing on stage in Sweden Dec 14, 2007
Minnelli won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Sally Bowles in the 1972 film "Cabaret." She won an Emmy for the 1972 TV special "Liza with a Z." She also won Tony Awards in 1974 and 1978. . (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Our Snowbird's last songs? Nov 10, 2007
They'd made her into a kind of cabaret act, with a cane and top hat, heavily choreographed, he says. No. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Liza Minnelli Oct 4, 2007
Minnelli began on secure ground, dotting her repertoire with songs she belted out in her acclaimed Winter Garden run a quarter of a century ago: "I Can See Clearly Now," "Maybe This Time" and the signature tune from her Oscar-winning "Cabaret.". She still commands the powerhouse drive that has long marked her career, but sat down midway through her act. (Variety)
Kander and Ebb musical takes stage at college Sep 12, 2007
Kay Cole, famous for creating the role of "Maggie" in the original Broadway company of "A Chorus Line," has been signed to direct, and in cooperation with co-producing artistic directors of The Theatre Project, Andrea Slominski and Mark Salyer, Cole recently completed auditioning professional performers to star in the acclaimed musical revue that celebrates the composing team that brought the world "Chicago," "Cabaret" and many more legendary Broadway productions ... This glittering revue... (Los Angeles Daily News)
Liza Minnelli throws tantrum Aug 8, 2007
The 'Cabaret' star was shopping in an East Manhattan branch of Gap when a young sales assistant mistook her for the deceased Hollywood legend. A fellow shopper told the New York Daily News newspaper, "The employee asked her, 'Has anyone ever said you look like Judy Garland?' "She coldly answered, 'No. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Berlin Welcomes Home Cabaret Jul 3, 2007
Cabaret, the world-renowned musical that introduced thousands to pre-World War II Berlin, returns home with a run starting at the Bar jeder Vernunft beginning in October. At the end of October, the famed musical Cabaret will return to the city of its origin with Berlin s Bar jeder Vernunft being transformed into the dodgy yet flamboyant Kit Kat Klub of the 1920s ... Set on the eve of the Nazi uprising, Cabaret is the story of Sally Bowles, an English nightclub singer. (Suite101.com)
A gloriously over-the-top romp with Rufus Jun 13, 2007
When others look to the sixties and seventies for inspiration, Wainwright wobbles happily through the past 150 years, mining Viennese opera, prewar German cabaret and Gilbert and Sullivan musicals, and mixing them all together in a sort of head-scratching musical bouillabaisse ... Tiergarten, a cabaret number that would have done Liza Minnelli proud, the Leonard Cohen-ish Leaving For Paris No. 2 and the rocking Between My Legs closed out the first half. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Comprehensive event listings May 20, 2007
Cabaret seating at Symphony Hall ... Lawn tickets $18 per person (lawn free for children), preferred seating at cabaret table for four $80 ... "Anthology of American Theater and Cabaret Song" in tribute to poet laureate Donald Hall. (Boston Globe)
Actor's latest quest is Arthur in Camelot May 14, 2007
"While movie audiences recall his starring in "Logan's Run," with Liza Minnelli in "Cabaret" and as D'Artagnan in "The Three Musketeers," York starred on Broadway in shows such as "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me," "Bent," "The Crucible" and "The Little Prince. "His television credits include "The Forsyte Saga," "Great Expectations" and "Space," during the filming of which he visited Brevard County. Most recently, he appeared as a restaurant investor in the HBO comedy "Curb Your Enthusiasm. (Florida Today)
Call us a cabaret, please-- fun meter is running Apr 30, 2007
It's cabaret time again at Mad Cow Theatre, where the fifth annual Orlando Cabaret Festival is under way through May 13 ... How would you describe your cabaret show ... How would you describe your cabaret show. (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
Cruise project gets go-ahead Mar 29, 2007
Judy Garland's two most famous are "Over the Rainbow" ("Why, oh why can't I?") and "The Man That Got Away." ("The night is bitter, the stars have lost their glitter.") Liza has "Cabaret" ("What good is sitting alone in your room?') and "New York, New York. " ("Those little town blues are melting away. (Variety)
Liza Minnelli celebrates her birthday with performances at the Luxor Mar 4, 2007
She will perform her well-known hits "Bye Bye Blackbird," "Cabaret," "Losing My Mind," "Some People" and her signature song "Theme from New York, New York.". Minnelli has won every major entertainment accolade including an Oscar, a Tony, an Emmy and a Grammy, making her part of a select group of performers who have won entertainment's top four awards. (North County Times)
Confessions of a burlesque ingenue Mar 4, 2007
She's an accomplished dancer, entertainer and cabaret performer ... "It's all about performers sharing the energy with the audience. It's very grassroots. It all becomes a party. Burlesque can be pretty, it can be funny, it's an umbrella form. It can incorporate cabaret, rock, Broadway. And tits and arse. They are a big part of it." Beattie says rawness is part of that special burlesque energy ... Liza Minnelli in Cabaret. (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
'Cabin' its own reward (Gary Arnold) Jan 25, 2007
Dorothy Dandridge and Diana Ross made the finals in widely scattered years; the latter might have won in 1972 if Liza Minnelli hadn't been the front-runner for "Cabaret." It seemed a major lost opportunity to deny Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne in 1993. Their realization of the Ike Turner mismatch in "What's Love Got To Do With It" remains the model for updated, unflinching musical biography. (Washington Times, DC)
Liza Minnelli'supcoming appearance Jan 22, 2007
The Kravis Center's 15th anniversary gala features performances by and , two of the Oscar-winning stars of Kander 1972 Broadway musical musical Cabaret. Performing in a salute to the Great White Way titled "Back to Back to Broadway," this will be one of the rare times that Minelli and Grey have starred on the same stage in concert. (The Palm Beach Post)
'Cabaret' (****) Jan 14, 2007
And what else could I be speaking of besides "Cabaret," Bob Fosse's 1972 adaptation of the blockbuster Broadway play set against the backdrop of the Nazis' rise to power in 1930s Germany ... Liza Minelli stars in the 1972 musical film, "Cabaret." () ... Credit its staying power not only to Fosse's Oscar-winning direction, but also to the film's phenomenal cast headed by Liza Minnelli (also an Oscar winner) as Sally Bowles, an ostensibly carefree American girl working in Berlin as a cabaret... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
It's About Time Nov 24, 2006
IT'S ABOUT TIME - New York Post Online Edition: Seven. Friday, November 24, 2006 Last Update: 07:45 AM EST. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Chemical Romance takes a big stride in 'The Black Parade' Oct 24, 2006
"A Clockwork Orange" meets T. Rex in the stiff, vintage riffs of "Teenagers," a deliciously twisted explication of adolescence, and the grotesque is given loving, piano-ballad treatment on "Cancer," where frontman Gerard Way nestles contentedly into lines like "I'm soggy from the chemo." Just when it dawns on you that ominous, frantically feel-good "Mama" is the rock generation's answer to "Cabaret," Liza Minnelli starts to sing. It's an incredibly weird and impossibly perfect moment ; the first... (Boston Globe -- Living)
The comeback of cabaret Oct 22, 2006
Alyssa Cwanger, Post-GazetteChris Laitta performs "Chris Laitta's TV Tunes" during a late night show at CLO Cabaret at Theater Square, Downtown, on a recent Friday night ... There's no place to hide in cabaret ... Maybe that's part of the reason cabaret was virtually absent from Pittsburgh for decades. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
'Shortbus' sex inspiring to some Oct 20, 2006
Mitchell wrote "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," a rock musical about the victim of a botched sex change operation that was born in a gay cabaret in Manhattan ... Bond's character might be described as a merger of the Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey characters in "Cabaret.". (State College Centre Daily, PA -- Entertainment)
NORM: Minnelli chooses Sammy highlight Oct 12, 2006
The "Cabaret" icon, who opens a three-night engagement tonight at the Luxor, hinted that something special could be in the works during her Thanksgiving engagement. "I'll do it again. But I'm not going to say I'm going to do it because I haven't talked to anyone about it yet.". (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Nevada News)
Liza Minnelli to Guest on 'Law & Order' Oct 1, 2006
Minnelli won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Sally Bowles in the 1972 film "Cabaret." She won an Emmy for the 1972 TV special "Liza with a Z." She also won Tony Awards in 1965, 1974 and 1978. (Corrects spelling of Minnelli throughout; ADDS that she also won Tony in 1965; ADDS photo number). (ABC 7 News, DC)
Judge Tosses Liza Hubby's Abuse Suit Sep 26, 2006
Secondary Navigation. By Natalie Finn Mon Sep 25, 8:38 PM ET. (E! Online)
Confusing 'Cabaret' act (Jayne Blanchard) Sep 16, 2006
Confusing 'Cabaret' act - Entertainment - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper ... Confusing 'Cabaret' act ... For starters, you won't have to sit through Arena Stage's lugubrious production of "Cabaret," which takes an already politically charged musical and lards it over with contemporary references to anti-Semitism, homophobia, Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, and the erosion of American civil liberties after September 11. (Washington Times, DC)
Going for a songWill this autumn's West End musicals strike a chord with audiences? Sep 15, 2006
" 'Doomed' The producers of Daddy Cool, a tribute musical featuring the songs of disco group Boney M, will be hoping a similar recognition factor applies. The Romeo and Juliet-inspired show stars former EastEnders actress Michelle Collins, Harvey from rap troupe So Solid Crew and one-time Eurovision hopeful Javine Anna Maxwell Martin plays Sally Bowles in Cabaret Mr Wolf is scathing about its chances. "I think it's doomed," he says. "It all sounds too hilarious for words. " More promising is a... (BBC News -- Entertainment)
MINNELLI DIVORCE TURNS NASTY... Sep 5, 2006
The extraordinarily bitter divorce battle between Liza Minnelli and David Gest has sunk to a sordid new low, with Gest accusing the Cabaret star of carrying a sexually transmitted disease. In turn, the 60-year-old singer has claimed that her estranged husband tried to "poison" her. (The Drudge Report)
That's Amore Aug 17, 2006
Because of the flood in late June, the restaurant and cabaret is still undergoing repairs ... An award-winning cabaret artist, Mr. Lessack has just completed a 300-city national tour of An Enchanted Evening: The Music of Broadway. (Bordentwo Register News, NJ)
Oh boy, what a night watching the stars Aug 4, 2006
Last night the NSW Premier, Morris Iemma, the American cabaret singer Barbara Cook and Jackman's wife, Deborra-Lee Furness, were among those who arrived at the opening. "I think I'm more nervous than he is," Furness said just before curtain up. (Sydney Morning Herald)
On stage, local comic parodies TV Jul 3, 2006
That made me happy," the Woburn-born entertainer said.Now 24, the Emerson College graduate no longer dreams of becoming a magician, but he still aspires to stardom.This fall, he will head to Hollywood to try to launch a career in show business. But before leaving Massachusetts, he will perform ``My Obsession with TV," a musical cabaret show he wrote and produced, at the Improv Asylum in Boston. On the show's web site, DePaoli, who has been likened by friends to a cross between Liza Minnelli and... (Boston Globe -- Local)
'The Rink' rolls into Cape Playhouse Jun 30, 2006
John Kander , along with partner Fred Ebb , has created such Broadway hits as ``Cabaret," ``Chicago," and ``Zorba ... We started off planning to do a version of `Peer Gynt,' set in Wisconsin," he says.After a long process, it became the story of an estranged Italian mother and daughter who learn to forgive each other.``It's quite an emotional piece, more overtly emotional than `Cabaret' or `Chicago,' " says Kander, who wrote the score. (Boston Globe -- Living)
'Vice' of Their Own Making Jun 21, 2006
Robinson, whom I adore, and Russell, who still does a cabaret act in her hometown of Los Olivos, Calif. (near Neverland), should be wary of Gest s interest in promoting them. (Fox News -- Life)
AH: 60 years Of Tony winners say Cheese Jun 2, 2006
Ralph Fiennes (a 1995 winner for Hamlet) hung out with Natasha Richardson (the 1998 winner for Cabaret). Glenn Close (a 1995 winner for Sunset Boulevard) chatted with Swoosie Kurtz (a two-time winner). (MSNBC -- News)
Cy Feuer, Broadway producer, dies at 95 May 18, 2006
NEW YORK - Cy Feuer, who with Ernest H. Martin produced some of Broadways biggest hits including Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying as well as the movie version of Cabaret, died Wednesday at home ... Besides the film version of Cabaret, Feuer and Martin produced the movie version of A Chorus Line. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Jay Presson Allen, 84; Writer Adapted Novels for Movies and the Theater May 6, 2006
In 1972, Allen's film adaptation of the musical "Cabaret" was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including adapted screenplay. Minnelli, in the role of Sally Bowles, won best actress. (Los Angeles Times)
10 songs that won't upset the Germans Apr 21, 2006
Liza Minnelli belting out Wilkommen from Cabaret. Steve, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. (BBC News -- UK)
Swami of soiree knows his stuff Apr 10, 2006
Don't use the word cabaret around Jim Caruso. Caruso may be one of the headliners of Mad Cow Theatre's fourth annual Orlando Cabaret Festival ... But the word cabaret makes him itchy. (Orlando Sentinel)
The most-honored show of 1972 Apr 6, 2006
She had starred in films including "The Sterile Cuckoo" and the Fosse-directed "Cabaret" (released earlier that year), for which she would win an Oscar ... She calls "Liza with a 'Z' " part of an ongoing collaboration between herself and Fosse as well as the songwriting team Fred Ebb and John Kander (who wrote special music for that program but whose other stellar output includes "New York, New York," the Martin Scorsese-directed film in which Minnelli costarred with Robert De Niro, and... (CNN -- Showbiz)
Lizas 72 spectacular returns on Showtime Mar 30, 2006
Lizas 72 spectacular returns on Showtime - Television - MSNBC.com. Lizas 72 spectacular restored for Showtime. (MSNBC -- Television)
She's simply 'Z' best Mar 28, 2006
" But television producer Craig Zadan remembers the Academy Award-winning singer-dancer-actress in her prime.The moment was May 1972, just months after Minnelli won an Oscar for ''Cabaret." Zadan was sitting in the audience at the Lyceum Theater in New York for the filming of what would become ''Liza With a 'Z': A Concert for Television ... Liza With a 'Z' " features a medley from ''Cabaret" and a touch of Minnelli's own brand of comedy as she explains how people mispronounce her name (thus the... (Boston Globe)
Liza praises Hugh Mar 20, 2006
CABARET queen Liza Minnelli has lashed out at the producers of hit Broadway show The Boy From Oz, saying she was never consulted about the making of the musical which details her ex-husband's flamboyant career. Minnelli told US talk show host Larry King that she commended Aussie Hugh Jackman for reprising the role of Peter Allen, but said she just "couldn't go" to watch it. (NEWS.com.au)
MINNELLI SHOCKED CENSORS WITH UNDERWEAR-FREE TV SPECIAL Jan 28, 2006
The CABARET star recalls, "It was the first time that Halston clothing had been seen, and I tell you this, there's not a lot of undergarments in Liza With a Z. It's fairly naked. "There was a lady who came in who was from Standards and Practices, and she took a look at the costumes and said, `She's naked up there. We can't use that. (ContactMusic.com)
MINNELLI FINDS LOST TV SPECIAL IN STORAGE Jan 25, 2006
The cabaret show, which launched Minnelli as a major star, was a smash-hit when it aired 36 years ago and now the singer/actress is planning to air it again to coincide with her 65th birthday in March (12MAR06). The ARTHUR star admits she completely forgot she had the footage from the show until producer MICHAEL ARICK approached her about remastering the programme. (ContactMusic.com)
Life hasn't always been a cabaret for Liza, but the show goes on Jan 19, 2006
It's a trait that has guided her career from her first film role as a baby opposite her real-life mother in 1949's In the Good Old Summertime, to her first Broadway starring turn in 1965 to her career-defining, Oscar-winning role in the 1972 film Cabaret to Liza with a Z, an Emmy-winning TV special that same year. A digitally remastered Liza with a Z, incidentally, will premiere March 13 in New York's Ziegfeld Theatre, where Cabaret made its debut, before hitting Showtime and DVD in April. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
