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#26

Fred Ebb , Lyricist

Posted: 9/12/04 at 2:33pm

A true legend of the musical theater has passed away. I have had the pleasure of seeing the original broadway productions of Chicago, Woman Of The Year, The Rink, Zorba, The Act, Kiss Of The Spiderwoman, Steel Pier, as well as all the past decades revivals. I have also had the pleasure of seeing alll the wonderful work they had created for Liza Minnelli first hand. I think I also owe all the albums and cd of all the shows he has participated in .

I am truly saddened and I think we have lost a talent that is absolutely irreplacable. I can't remeber the last time I cried like this.

HUSSY POWER! ------ HUSSY POWER!

Updated On: 9/12/04 at 02:33 PM

#27

Fred Ebb , Lyricist

Posted: 9/12/04 at 2:38pm

I saw this and DID cry. Fred Ebb is one of my favorite people that has ever been involved in the musical theater world. He will be missed. RIP Fred.

#28

Fred Ebb , Lyricist

Posted: 9/12/04 at 2:42pm

It had to happen eventually, but it's still a shock.

*puts on Cabaret*

#29

Fred Ebb , Lyricist

Posted: 9/12/04 at 4:11pm

I fell in love with his and Kander's music when I first saw the movie "Caberet" and I haven't been the same since. This man has done so much for musical theater and entertainment, and I will miss him.

OT: I just think that using his death as another opportunity to spew hatred towards Wicked fans is tacky. Not just on this thread but on another thread with the same subject.

"I've got to get me out of here This place is full of dirty old men And the navigators and their mappy maps And moldy heads and pissing on sugar cubes While you stare at your books."

#30

Fred Ebb , Lyricist

Posted: 9/12/04 at 4:21pm

It is a shame we do not have talents like him today...may he rest in peace.

CCM '10!

Updated On: 9/12/04 at 04:21 PM

#31

Fred Ebb , Lyricist

Posted: 9/12/04 at 4:37pm

rest in piece??? one or several? :) ahem... sorry...

It is sad to realize that all our Broadway legends are slowly leaving us... Fred Ebb will be missed greatly... rest in peace...

#32

Fred Ebb , Lyricist

Posted: 9/12/04 at 4:38pm

It was announced this morning before Broadway on Broadway began. I was tremendously upset - this is a huge loss. You all know Cabaret is special to me...

A work of art is an invitation to love.

#33

Fred Ebb , Lyricist

Posted: 9/12/04 at 4:39pm

Woah...thanks, Joey. That ruined the whole mood...

CCM '10!

#34

Fred Ebb , Lyricist

Posted: 9/12/04 at 4:40pm

Is he 71 or 72. Different sites are saying different things.

CCM '10!

#35

Fred Ebb , Lyricist

Posted: 9/12/04 at 4:41pm

this really makes me upset. my sympathy goes out to his family. rest in peace!

"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions." ~The one and only John Lennon

#36

Fred Ebb , Lyricist

Posted: 9/12/04 at 5:46pm

Rest in peace Fred. You will truely be missed.

Though scattered and divided we are still its heart...AIDA SEPTEMBER 5th, 2004...one more longing backward glance... I AM NOW "TGIF!"

#37

Fred Ebb , Lyricist

Posted: 9/12/04 at 6:29pm

As some of you know, Chicago and Cabaret are my two favorite musicals of all time, so this news is indeed deeply saddening. So many of us will miss him greatly.

This is one of my favorite lyrics of his, so beautiful:

When it all comes true
Just the way you planned,
It's funny but the bells don't ring.
It's a quiet thing.
When you hold the world
In your trembling hand,
You'd think you'd hear a choir sing,
It's a quiet thing.

There are no exploding fireworks.
Where's the roaring of the crowds?
Maybe it's this strange new atmosphere
Way up here among the clouds,

But I don't hear the drums,
I don't hear the band,
The sounds I'm told such moments bring.
Happiness come in on tiptoe,
Well, whatd'ya know?
It's a quiet thing.
A very quiet thing.

"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008

#38

Fred Ebb , Lyricist

Posted: 9/12/04 at 6:31pm

Everything, that is funny because I've been singing that song to myself all day. It is a truly beautiful song.

PEACE.

#39

Fred Ebb , Lyricist

Posted: 9/12/04 at 7:34pm

same question

71 or 72

Fred Ebb, Broadway Lyricist of Cabaret and Chicago, Dead at 71 (playbill.com)

· Tony-Winner Fred Ebb Passes Away at 72 (BroadwayWorld.com)

that was at the top of the message boards page

In the words of the great MargoChanning "Broadwayworld.com -- Your One Stop on the Internet for All Things Broadway, Nasty Political Discussions, Meltdowns, Name-Calling and General Nonsense along with being a Premiere Pick-up Joint for Hotties, Shut-ins, Rambunctuous Teenagers With Bad Grammar, and All Manner of Bitter, Jaded Theatre Queens with WAY Too Much Time on Their Hands"?

#40

Fred Ebb , Lyricist

Posted: 9/12/04 at 7:42pm

The A.P. obit said he was believed to be 76, but quoted Scott Ellis saying he was "sweetly vague" about his true age.

#41

Fred Ebb , Lyricist

Posted: 9/13/04 at 12:15am

Page two? Just had to bump this. Sorry, it makes me very sad.

PEACE.

#42

Fred Ebb , Lyricist

Posted: 9/13/04 at 9:13am

Nice tribute in the New York Times today.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#43

Fred Ebb , Lyricist

Posted: 9/13/04 at 12:50pm

I was very sad when I heard this, which for me was when it was announced at the beginning of Broadway on Broadway. A collective gasp went up from the crowd.

I did hear that they dedicated last night's performance of Chicago to Ebb.

"I cried during the Frug." - MC

#44

Fred Ebb , Lyricist

Posted: 9/13/04 at 12:56pm

"A collective gasp went up from the crowd."

That still sticks in my mind....

A work of art is an invitation to love.

#45

Fred Ebb , Lyricist

Posted: 9/13/04 at 4:22pm

omg that is so sad. devastating even. i mean he pretty much revolutionized a style of broadway that every lyricist has built on to make broadway the way it is today.

#46

Fred Ebb , Lyricist

Posted: 9/13/04 at 5:38pm

One of the greats of this last century, you will be missed, Fred.

So does this mean we will actually see THE VISIT or OVER AND OVER now????

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali

#47

Fred Ebb , Lyricist

Posted: 9/14/04 at 5:14am

"It's a shame we don't have talents like this today"

Would you have said before he was around and everyone thought there'd be nothing after R&H? I hate these ignorant kind of remarks. There is LOTS of talent out there, like him, you just haven't opened up your eyes to see it

Who can explain it, who can tell you why? Fools give you reasons, wise men never try -South Pacific

#48

Fred Ebb , Lyricist

Posted: 9/14/04 at 9:42am

rockenferis - bitterness does not become you. There is no new talent out there today to match the likes of Fred Ebb and other late composer/lyricists. there Is talent, yes - but not of his calibre. You seem to be blinded by youth and the desire to prove something. I hope you can relax a bit and see that the newer composers/lyricists learned everything they know from the people who came before them. THAT is the way of the world.

"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!" Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!

#49

Fred Ebb , Lyricist

Posted: 9/14/04 at 9:43am

Thank you, redhot. We're not just calling him a brilliant talent because it's post-mortem. We're calling him a brilliant talent because he was.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#50

Fred Ebb , Lyricist

Posted: 9/14/04 at 9:45am

Thank you, redhot. There's talent out there - wonderful talent - but nothing like Kander and Ebb. They're dimming the lights tonight.

I'm going to play Cabaret and Chicago all night long.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

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