Liza meets Judy ... at the Palace.AS A PERFORMER, LIZA Li´za n. 1. (Zool.) The American white mullet (Mugil curema). Noun 1. liza - similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region Mugil liza MINNELLI is in a league of her own, and she's she's 1. Contraction of she is: She's going away for the weekend. 2. Contraction of she has: She's been to the symphony twice this month. got the awards to prove it (Oscar, Grammy Grammy award for musical achievement. [Am. Cult.: Misc.] See : Music Grammy awarded by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for the best in the recording field. [Am. Hist.: Misc.] See : Prize , Emmy Emmy awarded annually for best achievements in television programing and performance. [TV: Misc.] See : Prize , three Tonys), Yet comparisons to her mother, Judy Garland Garland, city (1990 pop. 180,650), Dallas co., N Tex., a suburb of Dallas; inc. 1891. Since World War II, Garland has grown from an agricultural community into an important center for electronics research and for the production of electronic equipment. , persist--especially since Liza is premiering her new show, Minnelli on Minnelli at Broadway's Palace Theatre, The show (which runs through January 2) is a musical tribute to Liza's movie-director dad, Vincente Minnelli Vincente Minnelli (February 28, 1903 – July 25, 1986) was a famous Hollywood director and accomplished stage director, often considered by critics to be the father of the modern musical. , But Liza plays it on the stage where her mother made theatrical history with an unprecedented 21-week run in 1951-1952 (and smash-hit returns in 1956'and 1967). That's just one reason why it's so fitting that the initials of Minnelli on Minnelli spell out M-O-M, Our chart shows a few more mother-daughter parallels.
JUDY LIZA
DEBUT Age: 2 1/2, father's Age: 2 1/2, mama's movie
stage
VENUES Carnegie Hall, London Carnegie Hall, London
PLAYED Palladium, Olympia in Palladium, Olympia in
Paris, the Palace Paris, the Palace
FEELINGS "Your staying with me is "You're just wonderful:
FOR FANS what's kept me alive." I'll remember this my
whole life,"
--New York City, "live"
recording session for --New Orleans, HBO
Capitol, April 1962 concert, November 1979
DRIVING "Their [the audience's] "The thing I like most is
MOTIVATION approval." to work hard and when
someone says, `You did a
--Interview in Sydney, good job,'"
May 1964
--Accepting her third
Tony award, June 1978
STRONGEST Humor, heart, a potent Ditto, As she sang in
TRAITS mix of vulnerability and 1984's The Rink, "The
strength, and the ability Apple Doesn't Fall (Very
to bounce back after Far From the Tree)"
hitting rock bottom
--Compiled by Scott Schechter, coproducer of the Judy boxed CD set and consultant on two New DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. collections of The Judy garland Show3 |
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