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For Immediate Release:
"Liza's
At The Palace...."
Liza Minnelli’s
new CD
From her triumphant Palace
Theatre Show
To Be Released By
Hybrid Recordings
February 3rd
Two-CD set produced by
Phil Ramone
New
York critics and theatre audiences fell under the spell of Liza
Minnelli’s unmatchable magic when she returned to Broadway’s legendary
Palace Theatre and played a recent sell-out engagement. Now, music lovers
around the world will get the same chance when “Liza’s at the Palace….”
the new original cast recording of her incomparable show will be released
on February 3rd (Hybrid Recordings). Helmed by
veteran music producer Phil Ramone, the two-CD set captures Liza at her
inspired best—with the first CD (Act I) featuring her signature hits and
personal favorites followed by the second CD (Act II) a rousing tribute
to the groundbreaking late-1940s nightclub act of Minnelli's godmother,
Kay Thompson.
Along
with a twelve-man orchestra led by conductor/drummer Michael Berkowitz
and pianist/musical supervisor Billy Stritch, “Liza’s At The
Palace….” is highlighted with many of Liza’s showstoppers such as
“Cabaret,” “Maybe This Time,” and “New York, New York” – as well as songs
by Charles Aznavour, Roger Edens, John Kander, Johnny Rodgers, and
Billy Stritch.
For
the first time onstage and now on the recording, Liza pays an affectionate
salute to her godmother, the late Kay Thompson who was a ground-breaking
vocal arranger and musical director/vocal coach at
MGM Studios. Supported by a quartet of dynamic singer/dancers, Liza
performs musical numbers (with the original vocal arrangements) from
Thompson’s historic act with The Williams Brothers. Songs include “I Love
a Violin,” “Clap Yo’ Hands,” “Jubilee Time,” and “Hello Hello” – set to
brand new staging and choreography by Ron Lewis. Accompanying Liza onstage
is Johnny Rodgers ,Cortes Alexander, Jim Caruso and
Tiger Martina.
Starting February 3rd with a kick-off signing event at the
Lincoln Center Barnes & Noble store, “Liza’s At The Palace….” will
be available wherever fine music is sold, for the suggested retail
list price of $19.98.
The original Broadway concert was produced by John Scher/Metropolitan
Talent Presents & Jubilee Time Productions and directed and choreographed
by Ron Lewis. Gary Labriola served as Executive Producer.
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"Liza's
at the Palace ...." finds Liza with a Z fit, funny, surprisingly energetic
and in her best voice in ages. 100% fantastic entertainment!
--New
York Daily News
Minnelli’s charisma is undiminished and her vocals still
have power, warmth and a startling ability to make every song personal. --Variety
A TRIUMPH of which
Show-Business Mythology is made! A True LEGEND! --- The New York Post
LIZA MINNELLI IS A PURE ENTERTAINER and there is none PURER! ---
The New York Times
A
STERLING piece of entertainment!
---AP
It is magic.
Don’t miss Liza at the Palace, it doesn’t get any better! ---Liz
Smith”
Liza in Triumph! ---Rex Reed
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**Release date to retail: February 3, 2009
**Label: Hybrid Recordings
**Distributor: RED Distribution
Act I - Disc 1
Teach
Me Tonight / Music by Gene DePaul, Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
I
Would Never Leave You /Music by Billy Stritch, Johnny Rodgers and Brian
Lane Green
If
You Hadn't, But You Did / Music by Jule Styne, Lyrics by Betty Comden
and Adolph Green
What
Makes a Man a Man? / Music and Lyrics by Charles Aznavour
My
Own Best Friend / Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Maybe
This Time / Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb
He's Funny That Way
/ Music by Neil Moret, Lyrics by Richard Whiting
Palace Medley / David Zippel, John Kander/ Roger Edens/ N. Bayes, J. Norworth, N. Graw S.
Brooks/ M. Yvain, A. Willemetz, J. Charles/ H. Sutton, R. Grant, J.
Lennox
Cabaret / Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Act II - Disc 2
And
the World Goes 'Round / Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Hello, Hello / Music and Lyrics by Kay Thompson
Jubilee Time / Music and
Lyrics by Kay Thompson
Basin Street Blues / Music and Lyrics by Spencer
Williams w/ special verse by Kay Thompson
Clap Yo' Hands / Music by
George Gershwin, Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
/ Music by George Gershwin, Lyrics by Ira Gershwin/Gus Kahn
I Love a
Violin / Music and Lyrics by Kay Thompson
Mammy / Music by Walter
Donaldson, Lyrics by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young
Theme from New York, New
York / Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Liza Minnelli
As a
recording artist, Liza has received a Grammy Award / Living Legend Award;
sold millions of records all over the world; made the Billboard
charts; scored a Number One single; and three of her albums and one of her
videos have been certified Gold by the RIAA. Liza
has also recorded every genre of music, from Broadway to Pop, Rock, Blues,
Country, Bluegrass,
Disco, Dance, and Jazz. Her very first single, “You Are For Loving,” sold
a reported half million copies in 1963, leading to her signing with
Capitol Records. Minnelli’s first solo album, Capitol’s
Liza!Liza!, spent eight
weeks on the Billboard charts in 1964. Along with Capitol, Liza
has recorded for A&M,
Columbia, Epic, Angel, and J Records.
Highlights of Minnelli’s recording career include: It Amazes Me;
Flora, The Red Menace Original Broadway Cast (eight weeks on the
Billboard Top 200 chart); Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli
‘Live’ at the London Palladium (14 weeks on the Billboard
charts); There Is a Time (Stereo Review Album of
the Year); Liza Minnelli; Come Saturday Morning; New Feelin’
(three weeks on Billboard’s Top 200 Charts); Cabaret
soundtrack (Gold Record certification, 72 weeks on Billboard’s
Top 200 album chart, reaching Number 25); Live at the Olympia in
Paris; Liza With a ‘Z soundtrack
(Gold Record certification; 23 weeks on Billboard’s charts,
reaching Number 19); Live at the Olympia in Paris; The Singer
(20 weeks on Billboard, reaching Number 38); Live at the
Winter Garden (four weeks on Billboard’s
Top 200 chart, reaching Number 150); Lucky Lady
soundtrack; New York, New York soundtrack (14 weeks on the
Billboard Top 200 chart, reaching Number 50); Tropical
Nights; The Act original Broadway cast; Live at Carnegie
Hall; The Rink original Broadway cast; At Carnegie Hall
(eight weeks on Billboard’s Top 200 chart, reaching Number 156);
Results (Gold Record certified; 10 weeks on the
Billboard Top 200 chart, reaching Number 128); Losing My Mind
(single; Number One on the British charts; 15 weeks on the Billboard
Top 100 Dance Tracks chart, reaching Number 11); Love Pains
(single; two weeks on the Billboard Top 100 Dance Tracks chart,
reaching Number 40); Stepping Out
soundtrack; Aznavour-Minnelli :
Paris; Live From Radio City Music Hall (video version
Certified Gold, and spent nine weeks on the Billboard video chart,
reaching Number 23); The Day After That (single, for which
she directed the music video); Gently (Grammy Award
nomination, Best Traditional Pop Vocal; one week on Billboard’s Top
200 chart, at Number 156 ); Minnelli on Minnelli : Live at
the Palace; and Liza’s Back! Compilations include
The Complete Capitol Collection; The Best of Liza Minnelli;
and The Complete A&M Recordings.
Liza Minnelli
was born in Los Angeles and made
her screen debut as a toddler in the musical
In the Good Old Summertime in
1949. One of the world’s best-loved entertainers, she won Tony awards for
Flora, the Red Menace in
1965 and The Act in 1978, along with a third for Best Personal
Achievement, resulting from her 1974 engagement at the Winter Garden
Theatre. Nominated for an Academy Award® for The Sterile Cuckoo
(1969), she won the best actress prize for her best-known film,
Cabaret (1972), which also won her a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA.
She won an Emmy for Liza with a 'Z'
(1972) and was also the recipient of a Grammy Legend Award in 1989, making
her one of the few artists who have won entertainment's top six awards.
Liza has also been the recipient of three David di Donatello Awards – for
The Sterile Cuckoo (1969), Cabaret (1972) and
Lifetime Achievement (2002). Film credits include Charlie Bubbles
(1968), Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970), Lucky
Lady (1975), A Matter of Time (1976),
New York, New York
(1977), Arthur (1981) Stepping Out (1991), and The
Oh In Ohio (2006). Liza recently attracted an entirely new
generation of fans with her acclaimed turn as "Lucille 2" on the
Emmy-winning Best Comedy Arrested Development, and for her
appearance on the chart-topping album The Black Parade by My
Chemical Romance. For the latest on Liza, visit her website
www.OfficialLizaMinnelli.com
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