One of my most impassioned memories from the '70's is seeing the film "Cabaret" while in college, and being mesmerized by the performance of a then relatively unknown Liza Minelli as Sally Bowles. I memorized that soundtrack, and the soundtrack to her later "New York, New York" (with Robert DiNiro), and spent countless hours belting out "Mein Herr," "Lucky Star," and "Maybe This Time." Oh, and of course, "Cabaret."
It was life changing. She was a life force.
Tonight we got to spend the evening with Miss Liza Minelli at the local Barbara B. Mann Concert Hall here in Fort Myers. At 62, even when she gets breathless, she struts around the stage with more energy, and more voice, than I would ever have, in her lanky, sparkly black costumes, and we are spellbound.
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