SHIRLEY MACLAINE {A.K.A. SHIRLEY MACLAINE SHOW, THE} (TV)
Summary
A televised presentation of a stage show starring actress Shirley MacLaine, filmed at the Wilshire Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Highlights include: MacLaine opening with the song "Now," "Gee, but it's Good to be Here," and "Lord Help Me, I Love It"; a medley of Harold Arlen music interrupted by orchestrations of George Gershwin tunes, including "If I Only Had a Brain," "Get Happy," and "I've Got the World on a String"; a monologue about her numerous film roles as a "hooker," accompanied by a medley of songs from the film "Sweet Charity," including "Big Spender" and "If They Could See Me Now"; a series of soliloquies based on some of her film roles; a dance segment demonstrating how different choreographers interpret the same piece of music, setting the choreography styles of Bob Fosse, Michael Kidd, the new wave of African-American choreographers, and the show's own choreographer Alan Johnson to the song "Sweet Georgia Brown"; a story about MacLaine's excursion to the Himalayas accompanied by the song "Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries"; MacLaine singing the song "Nobody Does it Like Me"; an interlude about "doublespeak" in society; and finally MacLaine singing a version of "Imagine." This program contains some visual imperfections; it represents the best quality available at this time.
Details
- NETWORK: Showtime
- DATE: November 30, 1984
- RUNNING TIME: 1:29:36
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:00352
- GENRE: Music/Variety
- SUBJECT HEADING: Music/Variety
- SERIES RUN: Showtime - TV special, 1985
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Don Mischer … Producer, Director
- Michael Flowers … Producer
- Alan Johnson … Director, Choreographer
- Marvin Hamlisch … Music by, Lyrics
- Christopher Adler … Music by, Lyrics
- Larry Grossman … Music by
- Buz Kohan … Music by
- Mark Reina … Dancer
- Larry Vickers … Dancer
- Gerri Reddick … Dancer
- Toni Yuskis … Dancer
- Shirley MacLaine … Host, Performer