Liza Minnelli To Sing At San Antonio's Majestic Theatre 7/18
By: Charlie Piane May. 03, 2010
The legendary Liza Minnelli will grace the Majestic Theatre stage Sunday, July 18 at 7:30 PM for an evening of sensational American standards. The glamorous and intimate concert will feature some of the greatest songs of all time performed in their purest, most intimate form with Minnelli and her quartet. Billy Stritch will accompany. This one-night-only performance showcases Minnelli at her best - singing classic American standards as only she can. Tickets ($55 - $95) go on sale Friday, May 7 at noon. Charge tickets by phone at 800.745.3000, order online at www.ticketmaster.com, or purchase in person at all Ticketmaster outlets, including the Majestic Theatre Box Office.
Minnelli was born in Los Angeles, CA in 1946 to the actress/singer Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli, the film director responsible for such classics as “Meet Me in St. Louis” and “An American in Paris.” By the time she was 19, Minnelli had landed the lead role in the Broadway musical "Flora, the Red Menace," a performance that won her a Tony® Award for Best Actress in a Musical. In 1972, having won acclaim for several film performances, her movie career peaked when she played Sally Bowles in "Cabaret." The film won eight Oscars, including Best Actress for Minnelli. The huge success of “Cabaret” put Minnelli on the covers of Time and Newsweek in the same week. That same year, Minnelli also starred in the first concert ever filmed live for television. The special, "Liza with a Z," produced a Top 20 album and won the Emmy® for Outstanding Single Program. In 2008, Minnelli returned to Broadway with "Liza's at the Palace ..." which went on to win the Tony® Award for Best Special Theatrical Event. She recreated the show at the MGM Grand where her performance was filmed for a public television special and a DVD. The show's cast recording was nominated for a Grammy Award®.Minnelli continues her extraordinary music career with ongoing concert tours in the U.S. and Europe. On April 20, an historic recording of Garland and Minnelli’s November 8, 1964 performance to a standing room only house at London’s Palladium Theater was released for the first time on CD. This month Minnelli will return to the big screen appearing in Sex and the City 2.
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