"Liza's At The Palace" REVIEWS- Page 4

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 1:15pm

Whoops...sorry. For some reason I thought he raved about SA.

[TulitaPepsi]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 2:32pm

I'm amused by the fact that Matthew Murray loving LIZA annoys the s*** out of some people.

I'm also very glad Simon didn't review her for Bloomberg.

Updated On: 12/4/08 at 02:32 PM

[BustopherPhantom]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 2:41pm

I'm also very glad Simon didn't review her for Bloomberg.

Exactly. It would have been an entire article about how the mole on Liza's face ruins the evening.

[Scripps2]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 2:53pm

This sounds very much like the show she did in Manchester six months ago, though I too think there were more than four numbers in the Kay Thompson sequence there. It was my first time seeing Liza live and I went in with low-ish expectations which she exceeded to excess.

There was a straight man sat near me as well and he appeared to understand and enjoy the show - how bizarre!

Her cockney accent is a lot better than Patti Lupone's (oops - sorry - that argument's on another thread) and her British audience loved it, even though Chelsea is nowhere near Cockney London.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 3:10pm

Scripps, I understand that Elsie's accent was a deliberate choice on Liza's part. Sally and Elsie shared a flat in Chelsea, but the latter was actually born in Cheapside.

[jv92]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 3:23pm

After his absolutely disgusting review of 'The Act' in 1977, John Simon should have been deported. And I think 'The Act' is a terrible show too.

[TulitaPepsi]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 3:38pm

jv92: That review was perhaps the low point of theater criticism, ever.

Since every Liza thread needs a bitchy comment or two, here's my contribution.

She looks fantastic in close ups, too. And better than 80% of the gals that came to her opening night party.

I will not make fun of a certain star that has had way too many nose jobs

Updated On: 12/4/08 at 03:38 PM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 3:45pm

I know, Tulita...those After Party pictures are REALLY scary.

The one of Arlene Dahl made me cry.

[Auggie27]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 3:49pm

I know what you mean about Ms. Dahl. I saw her at an event and she looked like her head was wrapped in cotton candy. I remember her having an afternoon tv show when I was in high school "Arlene Dahl's Beauty Spot." Anyone recall?

[Scripps2]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 3:49pm

I confess I've never read the source material Reginald and I also confess to never having read any Nancy Mitford either, though I did see The Mitford Girls during its brief West End run (and understand it was referred to in the family as "La Triviata").
Updated On: 12/4/08 at 03:49 PM

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 4:03pm

Ah, Scripps, that's most likely because I made it all up.

I'd love to have seen "The Mitford Girls"!

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

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

A few thoughts RE: the after-party pictures...

1) Liza looks good from far away. You can see the close-ups for yourself. Eesh.

2) Christine Ebersole's hair looks almost unreal...in a GREAT way.

3) How has Sandra Bernhardt's forehead size doubled in the last few months...? She looks terrible.

[Reginald Tresilian]

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

I think Liza looks pretty great even up close. Let's remember she is 62. (Though she could throw some Crest White Strips up in her grill.)

I saw Sandra last night, and she actually looked really good. I think she has one of those faces that's just a disaster in still photos.

I think Christine Ebersole should do a musical version of the life of Diane Sawyer.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 4:13pm

Yes to the whitestrips.

[Calvin]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 4:13pm

I heard two ladies talking:

-"Oh, wait, who is that woman?"
-"What's her name? Sarah Bernhardt, right?"

Yeah, uh, close.

[fengshuihellnyc]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 5:17pm

anyone know what the stage door situation is. Does liza come out and sign. :) I hopes so! Shes so fabulous

[Kristie-K2]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 5:25pm

How wonderful that Miss Minnelli is still performing...but I can't help but wonder if her Mother would still be singing at 62 years old(if things would of been different for her)
I wish all the best for Liza...

But those PICTURES...who takes those pictures?...I would demand screens and vaseline on the lens...

I don't want reality, I want illusion, said Miss Blanche...

[DAME]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 6:29pm

Variety is a rave.
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117939156.html?categoryid=3276&cs=1

[BroadwayBoy2]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 7:07pm

Will I be the only heterosexual in the audience when I go?

[DAME]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 7:23pm

No. I was told preview and opening night was a very mixed crowd. As it has been during the tour.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 7:40pm

Will I be the only heterosexual in the audience when I go?

More to the point, will you still be heterosexual when you leave?

[DAME]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 7:42pm

Hey PJ... who from BWW did you see?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 7:52pm

So many! Eddie Varley, WithoutATrace, WhizzerMarvin, Reginald Tresilian...we were there in droves.

Updated On: 12/4/08 at 07:52 PM

[DAME]

Posted: 12/4/08 at 7:57pm

No group shot?

[BroadwayBoy2]

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

PalJoey, haha that really made me laugh!