Elaine Stritch : movin over and out (aka her last Cafe Carlyle show ever!)- Page 3

[broadwaybabytn]

Posted: 6/12/13 at 7:07pm

I'm sorry to hear it.
On some level, I hope she doesn't take that Kirstie Alley show she mentioned in the interview. It just seems like she really went out on top as best as she could in 30 Rock, A Little Night Music, and her concerts. It would be a shame for her to tarnish that, especially with the mixed feelings she expressed in the interview.

[Will42]

Posted: 6/13/13 at 6:46am

This is just very, very sad to hear.
I guess Ms. Stritch is the kind of person who always has to work and do something and her health just doesn't permit her to do it anymore, so that must have been very frustrating.
Also at her age moving to a completely different place so far away from home is also a huge adjustment.
Maybe she should take that Kirstie Alley's gig after all. From what I understand it's just a guest starring role.

Anyway, wishing her best of luck!

[After Eight]

Posted: 6/13/13 at 7:10am

A sad piece.

The "golden" years: talk about a euphemism.

I wish her all the happiness she can find.

[AC126748]

Posted: 6/13/13 at 10:43am

To trot out the old cliche: "You can't go home again."

Ms. Stritch hasn't lived in Michigan in over seventy years. I can't imagine she would return, after a lifetime in New York, and expect the world in which she grew up. It also seems like she's maybe realizing that while she's Elaine Stritch, Legend in New York, in Michigan she's a retired old woman. Her comment about "nothing's comped in Birmingham" could be read as "no one cares who I am here."

Updated On: 6/13/13 at 10:43 AM

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 6/13/13 at 12:00pm

One has to feel for her. Who knows if she'll ever feel settled.

I lived in NYC/Brooklyn for 13 years before moving to DC. It literally took 11 years for DC to finally feel like home. I always toyed with the idea about returning to NYC/Brooklyn, but two years ago I finally realized I was romanticizing about my past there. It was at that point I was truly able to embrace DC and what I really liked about living here.

[vf]

Posted: 6/13/13 at 2:21pm

This must be the worst part:

"Well, I’ve injured my eye, so my sight is very, very slight these days. It’s really taking the **** out of me. I wish I had better news for you, but I don’t."

That would be so depressing, if it's affected her ability to read, watch tv, navigate. Especially since she's someplace new and she has to start from scratch making a new life for herself. Hope the vision problem is temporary.

[lovebwy]

Posted: 6/13/13 at 6:36pm

Poor thing. She's very obviously hitting the sauce again. I hope she gets the help she needs.

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 6/13/13 at 8:58pm

^ Really, lovebwy, really? That's your takeaway?

[lovebwy]

Posted: 6/14/13 at 2:26am

Well she admitted to the New York Times that she was allowing herself "one drink a day". If you've ever dealt with someone who has the disease of alcoholism, you'd know how absurd that notion is.

I would be willing to bet that she is drinking again, and more than one per day. Having read that.

[hushpuppy]

Posted: 6/14/13 at 7:56am

Well, that article was a depressing way to start the day. I never understood why she left New York for Michigan in the first place, it certainly wasn't for the weather.

I think she should move to Palm Springs and move in with Kaye Ballard. Just let the cameras roll on those two old troupers and it would make a great reality show.

[Will42]

Posted: 6/14/13 at 8:15am

I'd watch that!
Elaine Stritch: from Broadway legend to reality show superstar (take that Betty White!)

[Will42]

Posted: 7/8/13 at 3:22pm

Looks like Ms. Stritch has decided not to do that Kirstie Alley's sitcom after all and Cloris Leachman was cast instead. Alley has twitter a photo of her and Leachman from the set last night.

[morosco]

Posted: 7/8/13 at 3:28pm

Okay time for a little levity.
Stritch on Letterman Show