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 | Title : Elaine Stritch: At Liberty (Original Broadway Production)
Author : Stritch, Elaine
Release Date : 20020402
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $28.98
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Editorial Reviews :
Elaine Stritch is a legend and she knows it. And so she came up with a whole one-woman show about the best topic she could think of: her life in the theater. And what a trip it's been. From Ethel Merman to Noel Coward, Stritch has worked with some of the greatest names to grace the American stage, and she has anecdotes about all of them (most are included on this recording). In this show, she hits all the marks with the acuity of a seasoned pro who's seen it all and whose love for the theater remains undiluted. Stritch is not a traditionally pretty singer (those gravelly pipes!), but she absolutely knows how to give life to a song, extracting the last drop of meaning, dropping pauses for effect with deadly accuracy. Sondheim's 'Ladies Who Lunch' and 'Broadway Baby' will be hers forever, and a case could be made for the hilarious 'Zip' (from Pal Joey) and the obscure, spectacularly politically incorrect 'Civilization' (from the revue Angel in the Wings) as well. Fittingly, this two-CD set includes 'I'm Still Here,' which may well be Stritch's motto. If you're looking for a concise yet bewitching history of the musical, this is it.
Buyer Reviews :
Elaine Stritch is an actress who should be seen on stage to be fully appreciated. I have not been fortunate enough to see 'Elaine Stritch At Large', but I did see her in Sondheim's 'Company'. It is impossible to define her talent. It is so vast and her energy and drive are mesmerizing.
With this said I can highly recommend the cast album (and she is the only cast member) of her latest Broadway venture. What you hear is a fascinating life story told with complete candor.
Elaine Stritch has always been a 'Broadway Baby.' Her career was primarily in the theatre with a few forays into motion pictures and an aborted TV series. Most of her Broadway musicals were sub standard in quality and usually not big hits. However Stritch, as most friends and colleagues call her, always dominated the stage and held the audience and critics in her hand.
If you listen to this CD you will understand why. She tells the story of her life with songs from some of the shows she was in. Some are absolutely hilarious. Her relationship with Ben Gazzara, dealing with Ethel Merman in 'Call Me Madam', her adoration for Rock Hudson. She left Ben Gazzara for Hudson not knowing, of course, that he was gay. 'And we all know what a lousy mistake that was', she says.
She tells us of her 10 year marriage to John Bay and the happiness he brought her. Her years of drinking while on stage are truly heart breaking. But Stritch doesn't play for tears. She's a gutsy lady who lays it on the line. And it truly takes guts to do the show she is doing.
You'll laugh, you'll cry and you will cheer. Elaine Stritch is the kind of legend Broadway no longer has. Long may she rule
(by Dennis Clancy)
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