I was a great fan of her mother’s, and also Fred Ebb, who wrote the lyrics of Cabaret, and who wrote everything she ever did. She was playing the very glamorous Cocoanut Grove club in Los Angeles, which is no longer there. In 2018, Grey directed the acclaimed and award-winning Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish. Grey, 88, also appeared in The Normal Heart and Chicago.
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The Oscar, Tony, and Grammy, and Golden Globe-winning actor is a longtime close friend of Minnelli’s and appeared in the movie Cabaret with her. (Tickets, priced $30, are available at and .) Tomorrow, they will join others to appear in a star-studded online event, Love Letter to Liza: A 75th Birthday Tribute Celebration, at 8pm EST. Arrested Development fans know her as Lucille 2.īelow, her show business friends and collaborators, including Busch, Joel Grey, Chita Rivera, John Kander-and in John Cameron Mitchell’s case, a much-influenced admirer-tell The Daily Beast about knowing and loving Liza, and what they think belies her determination and stardom. But she is loved for her loopy pizzazz, indomitable spirit, and songs like “Cabaret,” “New York, New York,” “All That Jazz,” “Maybe This Time,” and her brilliant 1989 album with the Pet Shop Boys, Results. She has battled many physical ailments, such as double pneumonia, viral encephalitis, two hip replacements, three miscarriages and a knee operation. Like her mother, Minnelli has battled drug and alcohol addiction, has been much married (like her mother, to a gay man), and-like her mother-is a cherished gay icon. She has also won four Tony Awards, and has been nominated twice for Grammy Awards (a win would accord her EGOT status).
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