LIZA IN LONDON (TV)
Summary
This concert program, from the London Palladium, showcases a performance by Liza Minnelli in the venue where she performed with her mother, Judy Garland, twenty-two years earlier. The program begins with Minnelli singing “New York, New York” as an encore number to her show, then reflecting back ninety minutes to when she began the performance. Upon taking the stage, Minnelli opens with a medley of “Pick Yourself Up,” “Blue Skies.” and “I’m So Excited.” Next, Minnelli sings “Old Friends,” followed by “Wherever He Ain’t,” “Sad Songs (Say So Much),” “I Don’t Care Much,” “When the Sun Comes Out,” “I Couldn’t Be Happier (for You),” “London Town,” “I Don’t Want to Know,” “Some People,” and “Here’s to the Band.” After a costume change, Minnelli returns to introduce conductor Bill LaVorgna, then singing/dancing group The Foot Lockers. After telling of how she recently turned forty, Minnelli – backed by the Foot Lockers – sings “The Saga of Emma Finch.” Next, dragging a chair on stage, she sits to perform “You’ve Let Yourself Go” and “He’s Funny That Way.” Minnelli finishes singing “You’ve Let Yourself Go,” then launches into “He’s Funny That Way,” ’“I Love a Piano,” and “New York, New York.” Following a standing ovation, Minnelli is greeted backstage by her sister, Lorna Luft. Minnelli then encores with “Cabaret.” After thanking the audience for its support, Minnelli returns to the stage for a final song: “The World Goes ‘Round.”
Details
- NETWORK: HBO
- DATE: May 17, 1986 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:00:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:14317
- GENRE: Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Music, popular (songs, etc.)
- SERIES RUN: HBO - TV, 1986
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Eliot H. Weisman … Executive Producer
- Don Mischer … Producer, Director
- David J. Goldberg … Co-Producer
- Fred Ebb … Writer
- Bill LaVorgna … Conductor
- Wayne Cilento … Choreographer
- Liza Minnelli … Performer
- The Foot Lockers … Performers
- Judy Garland
- Lorna Luft