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Liza Minnelli is celebrating 50 years since Cabaret, her big break film.TV revealed of Liza's talents as well as her love of performing which was not always detected on film. Cynthia spotlights Liza sharing the stage with Mikhail Baryshnikov, The Muppets, Goldie Hawn, Robert Plant, Guns & Roses, Shirley MacLaine and Diahann Carroll in a host of formats that showcased her dramatic, dancing and singing.
Resources include:
Lorna Luft's Me and My Shadows
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1061873.Me_and_My_Shadows
The Judy Garland Show Christmas Special https://youtu.be/oOmjvgaT9-A
The Muppet Show (Nov. 1979) Copacabana clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCGSZmTsX7o
The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood, or Oh Wolf, Peter Wolf https://youtu.be/DixzC8Fur5g
UK Daily Mail interview about the early days of HIV/AIDS https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2004484/Liz-Taylor-taught-live-life-Liza-Minnelli-pays-moving-tribute-friend.html
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