Liza with a 'Z' Receives Benefit Screening at the Ziegfeld, March 13

Prior to its highly anticipated re-airing on Showtime, the Ziegfeld Theatre (141 W. 54th St.) will host a screening of "Liza with a 'Z'" to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS on March 13th at 7:30 PM.

Minnelli herself, as well as the restored film's executive producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, are scheduled to appear at the screening.

Showtime will air the star's Emmy Award-winning concert on April 1st.  Fully restored and digitally remastered, the 1972 concert will feature Minnelli performing trademark numbers such as "Ring Them Bells," the title song and several songs from Cabaret as well as standards like "Bye, Bye Blackbird," "Mammy," and "Son of a Preacher Man." "Liza with a 'Z'" netted Emmy Awards for Minnelli (for Best Performance), Bob Fosse (Best Direction and Best Choreography), John Kander and Fred Ebb (Best Music, Lyrics and Special Material) and Outstanding Single Program--Variety and Popular Music. The concert, which was filmed live at the Lyceum Theatre, also won the coveted Peabody Award.

"Liza with a 'Z'" has not been seen on TV since a re-airing in September of 1973; the concert premiered on September 10th, 1972. Producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan (the Chicago film, TV musicals of "Annie," "The Music Man"), as well as Minnelli herself, are responsible for the Showtime deal.

In addition, the "Liza with a 'Z'" soundtrack, released on the Columbia/Legarcy label, will hit stores on March 7th.
 
In addition to her Emmy for "Liza with a 'Z,'" Minnelli has won three Tony Awards, an Oscar, and two Golden Globes. She won a Theatre World Award for Best Foot Forward, Tony Awards for Flora, the Red Menace and The Act, and a Special Tony Award in 1974. She was nominated for an Oscar for The Sterile Cuckoo, and won the Oscar (as well as the Golden Globe Award) for the film version of Cabaret, directed by Bob Fosse. The daughter of Judy Garland, her other Broadway credits include The Rink, Chicago and Victor/Victoria, and she has also been seen on film in New York, New York, Arthur and others.

Tickets are available for $100 (reserved seating and "Liza with a 'Z'" DVD), and $500 (reserved seating, post-screening party at The Supper Club, and "Liza with a 'Z'" DVD signed by Minnelli); call (212) 840-0770, ext. 268.