OFFICIAL: Elaine Stritch has passed- Page 4

[OperaBwayLover]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 10:10pm

I never got to see her live (unless you count Sondheim! The Birthday Concert), but I loved her interview in an issue of Opera News a few years ago. Her humor, candid nature, and overall bluntness just struck a chord with me. There is a wonderful quote from the article, where she was asked about the 'death' of the Broadway musical:

"I don't see anything. I want the theater to go on. Nothing is ever going to be the same. Oscar Hammerstein lyrics are not gonna be brought back. "Later in the second act, when she begins to peel/ She proves that every single thing she's got is absolutely real." Is there anything as sweet and funny and dear as that?"




Here's to the lady who lunched.

[lovebwy]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 10:33pm

Has Steve Sondheim released a statement yet?

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 10:36pm

Surprised that no one has mentioned her stint in Love Letters -- with no less than Jason Robards. It was fabulous-- her line deliveries were not to be believed. Luv u, Elaine!

[jv92]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 10:41pm

I don't think Sondheim is the type of guy to release "statements." It must be a rough summer for him-- Mary Rodgers, and now Stritch.

All I know is, she was...IS an original. She may be imitated, but she was one of those personalities and performers that won't be duplicated. We're seeing less and less of them. Maybe they ought to learn a thing or two from watching her in AT LIBERTY.

[After Eight]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 10:54pm

A very sad day, and a tremendous loss for us all.

I remember how thrilled I was when I saw her in Sail Away. Her rendition of "Why Do the Wrong People Travel" was spectacular. And she performed the contemplative "Something Very Strange" equally effectively.

Whenever I saw her in the ensuing years, the same thrill was there.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 11:07pm

"We're seeing less and less of them. Maybe they ought to learn a thing or two from watching her in AT LIBERTY."

I always thought that one of the women in Sex & the City should have been a younger Elaine Stritch type. While Cynthia Nixon was ok, I think her role should have been cast with someone more like Stritch, a wise-cracking, chain smoking, hard drinker. (ETA: yeah, I know Sandra Bernhard says she auditioned, but she's not really right for the Stritch type).

Updated On: 7/17/14 at 11:07 PM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 11:09pm

RARE STRITCH:


Elaine Stritch, Millicent MArtin and David Kernan do the "Uncle Sam Rag" from Redhead, music by Albert Hague, Lyrics by Dorothy Fields:

http://youtu.be/-5odBISvqX0

[lovebwy]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 11:37pm

I actually cried at work today when I heard the news. I don't think I've ever cried over a celebrity before.

Why? Maybe due to At Liberty and Shoot Me I felt like I knew her. Or maybe I was crying for the end of an era where people sang fabulously witty lyrics like Noel Coward's Why Do the Wrong People Travel?. Maybe Martha Plimpton had a point. "I never thought it could happen. I never thought it could happen" she tweeted today. Maybe it was because we lost something utterly irreplaceable. The portion of our lives where we could see Elaine doing a new wonderfully funny part on television, or maybe see her live when she toured into our town or on Broadway is over forever.

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 7/17/14 at 11:55pm

I echo Martha Plimpton's sentiments. I cannot cannot cannot believe she's gone.

[larrystyles]

Posted: 7/18/14 at 12:46am

Elaine has been the #1 or #2 trending topic WORLDWIDE on Twitter all day. Thank you Elaine.

[LightsOut90]

Posted: 7/18/14 at 1:15am

Hoping they have some sort of memorial service for her in new york for the public to attend, i did a double take at work when i saw someone post the news on facebook. Very glad I got to see her in Night Music and her last opening night at the Carlyle.

[rclocalz]

Posted: 7/18/14 at 1:16am

Before Elaine left New York, she donated over six decades of personal memorabilia to the Stella Adler Studio of Acting (she studied with Stella) to create the "Elaine Stritch Rehearsal Studio". This is talked about in the Shoot Me Doc. Her legacy will continue to live on and inspire many young actors for years to come. Here are photos of the finished room at Adler:
Elaine Stritch Rehearsal Studio

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/18/14 at 1:18am

Patti LuPone has released a lovely extensive statement.

http://time.com/3002903/elaine-stritch-patti-lupone/

[SNAFU]

Posted: 7/18/14 at 1:22am

Such comedic timing!
http://uproxx.com/tv/2014/07/relive-the-time-elaine-stritch-mistook-david-letterman-for-her-pool-boy/

[adamgreer]

Posted: 7/18/14 at 1:41am

I wish Elaine had come to visit MY first grade class!
Elaine visits with first graders

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 7/18/14 at 2:23am

So sad that she's gone. She certainly left her marvelous mark on the world

"Give the little lady a great big wonderful hand..."

Updated On: 7/18/14 at 02:23 AM

[BobbyBubbi]

Posted: 7/18/14 at 2:33am

Rest in Peace Elaine.

[VeraCharles3]

Posted: 7/18/14 at 3:16am

RIP Elaine.

A Broadway Legend.

Never saw her live - my loss. Will watch an episode of Two's Company tonight with a glass of fizz or vodka. Here's to Elaine.

x

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 7/18/14 at 8:57am

This is a wonderful clip of Elaine Stritch singing and dancing to "It's Today" from a 1979 Royal Variety Performance. Amazing!
Elaine in It's Today

[hushpuppy]

Posted: 7/18/14 at 10:08am

To paraphrase William Saroyan.

'I knew everybody had to die , but in her case I thought they would make an exception'

[bekk99]

Posted: 7/18/14 at 10:22am

I've never attended a dimming of the lights... Does anyone have any advice of a best spot to go to, or is there some sort of "official" memorial spot? Thanks!

[Kad]

Posted: 7/18/14 at 10:28am

Adam Feldman from Time Out NY shares a story about his first major interview, which happened to be with the incomparable Stritch.



"And you can print that!” Then she paused. And then she added: “Well, cut the fucks.”

Updated On: 7/18/14 at 10:28 AM

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 7/18/14 at 11:44am

I so wish someone would release the superb, forgotten Alan Resnais film PROVIDENCE on DVD or VOD. She's wonderful in it, as is Ellen Burstyn, David Warner, Dirk Bogard, John Geilgud and others.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 7/18/14 at 12:04pm

I woke up today very sad. Hard to imagine a world without Stritchie.

[lovebwy]

Posted: 7/18/14 at 12:09pm

Is there anywhere on-line to see the dimming of the lights live?