City Lights from THE ACT

Liza's got nothing on Kristina... and performed on a church alter!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOp4KfIh9sI

Updated On: 10/5/09 at 11:06 PM

Marty? Is that you Marty?

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then of course, there's the original at the Tony Awards that year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPfZKFbpcmQ

Robinycus2, that is an absolute masterclass in what makwes a star. I remember seeing The Act (at Christmas of 1977) and being the seemingly the one straight man in a sea of gay men screaming with applause at the end of that number. Boy does that bring back memories - both great and sad. Liza and I were so young and it was so long before AIDS. Studio 54 was the rage and Bruce Willis was still a bartender. Interestingly enough, I looked up the cast a few years ago and with the exception of Wayne Cilento and my old friend the late Arnold Soboloff, hardy anyone did more Broadway. It was a unique and talented cast.

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I didn't realise there were gay men in 1977.

I was only 14 years old at the time and living far upstate NY (didn't see my 1st Broadway show until a few years later) but I remember listening to this cast album and LOVING it. Wrinkles and gray hair aside, it's for reasons like this that I wish I could have been born earlier. It's also why I love YouTube.

Maybe we should start a thread about how mean the English posters are.