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Liza With a "Z"

* Starring Liza Minnelli

* Premiering April 1 on Showtime (8 P.M. Eastern; check local listings)

Mama may have and Papa may have, but God bless Liza. First aired in 1972 soon after her turn in Cabaret, which would win her an Oscar, but never seen since the early '70s, this "concert for television" was a harmonic convergence |

The Harmonic Convergence was a loosely organized new age spiritual event which occurred on August 16 and August 17, 1987, when groups of people gathered in various sacred sites and "mystical" places all over the world to usher in a new era, a date based primarily on the
 of Bob Fosse, John Kander, Fred Ebb Fred Ebb (born April 8 1933 in Manhattan [1] — died September 11 2004 in New York City) was a musical theatre lyricist who had many successful collaborations with composer John Kander. , Halston, and quadruple threat Liza Minnelli. (She's one of the few talents to win an Oscar, a Tony, an Emmy, and a Grammy. And some of these in multiples.)

If Liza is mainly familiar now for her hilarious work on Arrested Development and her rollercoaster life of pills, booze, broken bones This article or section has multiple issues:
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, and broken marriages, it's time to get reacquainted with her showstopping gifts.

Minimal sets, signature Fosse attire (bowlers and white gloves), and seamless visuals from Fosse's eight cameras let Liza shine with a minimum of fuss. True, there are special effects: Halston's shorter-than-mini-dress, Elsa Peretti's silver cuffs, and 7.5 pounds of false eyelash eyelash /eye·lash/ (-lash) cilium; one of the hairs growing on the edge of an eyelid.

eye·lash
n.
1. Any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid. Also called cilium.
 glamorize glam·or·ize also glam·our·ize  
tr.v. glam·or·ized, glam·or·iz·ing, glam·or·iz·es
1. To make glamorous: tried to glamorize the bathroom with expensive fixtures.

2.
 Liza's plush but athletic body with showbiz chic.
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Title Annotation:Liza With a "Z"
Author:Harrity, Christopher
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:Brief article
Date:Apr 11, 2006
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