"Liza's At The Palace" REVIEWS

And for those that missed it.... the recent out of town tryout review.
http://www.projo.com/music/content/LIZAREV_11-20-08_T4CBKQ5_v7.3fe0240.html

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Critics are seeing tonight's performance correct? So I imagine we won't get many reviews until tomorrow.

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Talkin' Broadway is pretty much a rave:

http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/16431

"For reasons I can't surmise, Liza Minnelli begins her highly energetic and occasionally extraordinary new Broadway show Liza's at the Palace...! with the Gene DePaul-Sammy Cahn classic "Teach Me Tonight." But whatever the 62-year-old superstar still has to learn has nothing to do with how to keep an audience completely captivated.

True, there are moments during this 2-hour-and-15-minute show in which you might focus on a minor distraction -- like will she sustain that last note (possibly not) or who designed those sparkly costumes (there's no program credit; and I'm guessing they're vintage Halston) or, more than once, will she absolutely collapse from lack of breath (luckily, no). However, you'll mostly be kept rapt by the sheer charisma and showmanship that Minnelli brings to the stage.

To get the big questions out of the way, Minnelli's voice isn't what it was many years ago, but it's strong and powerful and mostly gets the job done, and she moves rather than really dances. But her skills as a performer, honed over five decades, and her genuineness and vulnerability make these shortcomings seem relatively unimportant."

She was great. During the "New York, New York" you could almost be back in her glory days.

It starts slow with a couple of throw-away songs. And if I never have to hear that Aznavour song about what makes a man a man ever again, it would be too soon.

But then the show really picks up with "My Own Best Friend" and her mother's Palace medley. The first half ends with Cabaret, which is ter-RRRRRRIF-ic, really ter-RRRRRRIF-ic.

Then there are the Kay Thompson numbers, which I was dreading, but it wasn't so bad because there were only four, and then we're back to Liza standards, which is what we came there for.

All in all, it was much, MUCH better than her recent NY appearances, and a thrill for first-time Liza fans.

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Pretty sure Cheyenne Jackson was.

WAT, I'm going on Friday, too. Cannot wait. Only two more days. Yay!

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...just got back. I enjoyed it very much. "Cabaret" was a highlight, and the "too much pills and liquer" line got a big laugh. So did some of her comments about her past love life.
In "New York, NY", Liza belts it all out in her own so very distinctive style, however there gaps because it seems she can't hold a note for very long.
I don't know how the critics will handle this show, with no previews. It's more than just a concert, yet it's not really a musical. All in all, it's a very special event.

(it would be her fourth)

I hope I'll see you there, WAT.

My kids are excited because they're getting to see "Judy Garland's daughter." But once they see Liza, they'll know who SHE is!

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I'll be there on Friday too. :)

Anyone fun in the audience?

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What was the set like? Was it just the band and a scrim? I guess they probably didn't shell out a ton of money knowing the draw would be Liza alone.