Liza: 'The Character, The Woman Is Mama Rose. The Show Is Gypsy'

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/8/08 at 10:11pm

"Some People," New Orleans, 1982.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXR_4vqq_3Y


"Rose's Turn" Miami, 1981.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9_8Av7OCVw

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 4/8/08 at 10:23pm

It is really too bad she never got the chance to do it for real.

[luvcaroline]

Posted: 4/8/08 at 10:34pm

Thanks for the post. She is truly grand! And it just so happens that today I snagged great tickets for Liza's show in Ft. Worth. Life is good!

[DG]

Posted: 4/8/08 at 10:37pm

I'd rather see Lorna's Mama Rose.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/8/08 at 10:41pm

Supposedly Arthur Laurents saw the New Orleans video back in the 80s, and when she turned upstage before "But not Rose" and did that gesture with her hands, he turned off the VCR and said "That's exactly why she will NEVER play Rose."

Updated On: 4/9/08 at 10:41 PM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/8/08 at 10:52pm

A bonus for Liza fans: A very young, very sweet Liza sings "Together" on an Ed Sullivan show--and she sings it as a ballad!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXfPlaujUq4

[courtnyj]

Posted: 4/8/08 at 10:52pm

Yeah....I loves me some Liza but that didn't do it for me.

Her Rose's Turn wasn't bad though.

Loved the shiny muppet dress in the first video.


Updated On: 4/8/08 at 10:52 PM

[zooxanthellae]

Posted: 4/8/08 at 10:59pm

Liza always has the definitive "Losing my Mind!"

If you search "Liza Minelli Losing my Mind" on that site its the third one down.

haha
Updated On: 4/8/08 at 10:59 PM

[courtnyj]

Posted: 4/8/08 at 11:04pm

Oh god. That was atrocious. And kinda awesome.
Click at your own risk.

[zooxanthellae]

Posted: 4/8/08 at 11:12pm

courtnyj, I like this one better:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=IXz03GLVdVg

Got to love the cape and the "choreography!"

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/8/08 at 11:13pm

Liza. The Pet Shop Boys. Sondheim. It was of its time.

I guess you had to be there.

On Quaaludes.

[courtnyj]

Posted: 4/8/08 at 11:14pm

Wow.

How have I not seen this before?

So funny.

[nmartin]

Posted: 4/8/08 at 11:33pm

I saw the Stepping Out tour. Some People was great. Losing My Mind was awful. During the number, the smoke machine was working overtime, and Liza disappeared in all the mist.

[Yawper]

Posted: 4/8/08 at 11:39pm

"Some People" from her Radio City show is the better version.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 4/8/08 at 11:57pm

All her Some People(s) stink, imo. Of course, nothing tops the one she did at the Ladies of Broadway thingy, that she went back and dubbed (badly), after.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 4/9/08 at 1:06am

She would have made a much better Louise than a Rose, IMO.
I still can't believe that version with Garland as Rose opposite her as Louise never panned out.

[jeniferrenepatricia]

Posted: 4/9/08 at 5:17am

My favorite Liza album is with Judy. I love their versions of Hello, Dolly! and Wherever We Go. It's my favorite- Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli Live at the London Palladium !!!! I also love the way she sings "Some People." I have that version on "My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies" CD.

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 4/9/08 at 8:30am

Very... interesting...

She could have done great things with the role.

[BkCollector]

Posted: 4/9/08 at 12:04pm

"Supposedly Arthur Laurents saw the New Orleans video back in the 80s, and when she turned upstage before "But not Rose" and did her the gesture with her hands, he turned off the VCR and said "That's exactly why she will NEVER play Rose."

This is one of those stories that makes me not like Laurents at all. Like it belongs to him and no one else. Such an ego, it's ridiculous. You can't make a work like Gypsy, which has become so famous and micromanage it to death.

I can't wait until he dies and someone can direct it the way they want to, then I'll start going to see productions of it again.

[Jane2]

Posted: 4/9/08 at 12:09pm

"I can't wait until he dies"

oh dear.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/9/08 at 12:15pm

Arthur Laurents can never die unless someone puts a stake through his heart.

[BkCollector]

Posted: 4/9/08 at 12:24pm

I didn't mean that I wanted him to die, but if he's going to keep such a tight hold on his work like that, he will have to die before we can see a new interpretation of the work.

Ideally, I'd like Mr. Laurents to relax and look and listen to other people reinterpreting his work(s) and maybe start to see how many people have been touched by his work in so many different ways, but I guess that's just wishful thinking.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 4/9/08 at 12:28pm

I do want him to die.

[FranklinShepard-Inc.]

Posted: 4/9/08 at 1:33pm

Well, Laurents is the living proof that vampires on Broadway CAN be successful!

[BkCollector]

Posted: 4/9/08 at 1:38pm

FSinc, you just made my day, coffee came out of my nose.

Thank you.