OFFICIAL: Elaine Stritch has passed

[ACL2006]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 1:03pm

for some reason I can't post in the other thread, but the NY Times just released an official press release.
Elaine Stritch, Tart-Tongued Broadway Actress and Singer, Is Dead at 89

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 1:03pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=virv-1o2KjE

Updated On: 7/17/14 at 01:03 PM

[adamgreer]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 1:04pm

A truly one of a kind talent. I'm sad that I wasn't around to seeing her in her prime, but thrilled I got to see her onstage in Night Music and in concert twice. A true original. There will never be another Elaine Stritch.
Updated On: 7/17/14 at 01:04 PM

[Roscoe]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 1:05pm

RIP to a very great artist. I'll never forget her work in A DELICATE BALANCE or in her one-woman show. A marvel.

Updated On: 7/17/14 at 01:05 PM

[Gorlois]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 1:06pm

I couldn't post in the other thread either.

May she rest in peace.

"Everybody rise..."

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 1:06pm

This was sudden, right?

So sad, either way. RIP Elaine!

[bekk99]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 1:08pm

I'm devastated. Was holding out hope to get to see this legend perform. Rest in peace, our forever Broadway Baby!

[devonian.t]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 1:08pm

Dim the lights for a WEEK!

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 1:08pm

She's been declining for a couple of years. This very subject is discussed in her documentary that was just released last month on DVD/online. What timing.
There will never be another like her.
Updated On: 7/17/14 at 01:08 PM

[dreaming]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 1:08pm

So lucky to have seen her live in several shows. RIP dear lady.

[haterobics]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 1:16pm

So glad I was able to catch her during her last run at the Carlyle... RIP

[PianoMann]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 1:16pm

She's truly an icon and trailblazer, and will very much be missed!

[Gothampc]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 1:17pm

The year was 19--. The ink was barely dry on my college diploma. I got my first paying theater job and was excited (and scared) that the show I was working on was starring Elaine Stritch. I knew her from the OBCR of Company.

On that first morning, the cast and crew were standing around waiting for rehearsals to begin. We all heard her long before we saw her. "You scared the sh-t out of me when you turned that corner." She was yelling at the company manager who had the misfortune of having picked her up.

She strode into the rehearsal hall and announced to nobody in particular, "I'm diabetic. In this paper bag is my insulin. It needs to be put in the closest refrigerator because I will need to inject myself at 12:00 noon."

She was exacting and tough, disciplined and focused. During rehearsals, she never gave anything short of a full performance. There was no "marking it" with Elaine Stritch. Every actor was given 100% of what Elaine Stritch was doing on that day.

From deep inside, she pulled out a performance that was interesting and layered. Funny, scary, and always nuanced.

She was a force to be reckoned with.

[Queen of the Night]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 1:19pm

Now I need to go home and listen to "the ladies who lunch". Her version of that is iconic. No one else could sing that like she did. She was truly one of a kind, in that special pantheon with people like Carol Channing and Ethel Merman. She will be missed but she left us souvenirs of her artistry and unique acerbic humor. So she will live on. "Everybody rise!"

[BroadwayNYC2]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 1:20pm

Just watched one of her episodes of 30 Rock last night. Weird how things work out.

A Delicate Balance is still one of my favorite theatrical experiences.

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 1:22pm

Talk about your Broadway legends! How lucky we are to have her last few years of performances documented so well on 30 Rock, AT LIBERTY, and especially ELAINE STRITCH: SHOOT ME. She so richly deserves her rest.

[sabrelady]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 1:24pm

I'll drink to that!

Hayell yea everybody rise!

[mamaleh]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 1:25pm

An original. So glad I saw her in NIGHT MUSIC. Here's Variety's report:

http://variety.com/2014/legit/news/elaine-stritch-dead-1201264068/

[HorseTears]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 1:28pm

Sad news. Glad I got to see on her on stage at Sondheim's 75th b'day celebration at the Hollywood Bowl. No one even comes close. Goth, may I ask what show you worked on with Elaine?

After actress and singer, my favorite role of Elaine's was talk show guest. I love this story she told on Ellen (and else where):

[Mike3]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 1:34pm

Eternal rest grant unto her O Lord
and let perpetual light shine upon her.

[GilmoreGirlO2]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 1:34pm

Thanks to all for the links and stories. What a career! Sad I never got to see her perform. RIP, Ms. Stritch.

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 1:35pm

Elaine is the second USA trend on Twitter, wow.

[Brian07663NJ]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 1:37pm

A true legend.
So lucky to have seen her in Show Boat and At Liberty.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 1:37pm

Sad news, but what a life! Incredible how she kind of broke through to the mainstream in her golden years. R.I.P.

[emo_geek]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 1:40pm

HorseTears- I was at the rehearsals (and at the actual performance) for the 75th at the bowl. Elaine was one of the last people to rehearse that day. The Philharmonic had a STRICT contract to not rehearse past a certain time. Of course everyone was running late. Elaine started rehearsing Broadway Baby with the Philharmonic as they started packing up (literally packing their bags). She didn't care. She continued to sing until there were only a few instruments left. I'll never forget that.