Hot on the heels of the release of their hit movie Cabaret, acting and singing star Liza Minnelli and director Bob Fosse reteamed to produce this legendary TV special, Liza with a Z.
Recorded live at the Lyceum Theater in the heart of the Theater District (Broadway & 45th Street), Minnelli and Fosse staged this brilliant, one-night only concert where Minnelli sang, danced, rapped with the audience, and displayed the full range of her incredible talents. Some of the songs that Liza sang and danced to include "God Bless the Child", "Son of a Preacher Man", "Bye Bye Blackbird" and several songs from Cabaret.
This event was recorded live and broadcast on television on September 10, 1972. Subsequently, in 1973, Minnelli and Fosse won Oscars for their work on Cabaret and Emmys for this special -- and Fosse also won a Tony for his direction of the musical Pippin, making him the only person to ever win an Oscar, Tony, and Emmy in the same year.
When you watch this, you're looking at major talents performing at the top of their game -- a moment in time, a moment in cultural history, that's nothing less than lightening in a bottle.
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