TV: Bernadette Peters, Nathan Lane, Hal Prince and More 'RISE!' in Celebration of Elaine Stritch
By: BroadwayWorld TV Nov. 17, 2014
The Elaine Stritch Memorial Tribute "Everybody, Rise! A Celebration of Elaine Stritch" was held today, November 17, at 4 p.m. at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, featuring Bernadette Peters, Nathan Lane, Lena Hall, Hal Prince, Betty Buckley, Christine Ebersole, Laura Benanti, Michael Feinstein and more, all on hand to share songs and stories of the theatre legend's life. BroadwayWorld was there and brings you footage from the tribute below!
Rob Bowman, Ms. Stritch's longtime musical director, served as musical director for the event, with Tony-winning director George C. Wolfe at the helm.
With a Tony and Emmy Award-winning career that stretched from her stage debut in 1944 -- through career triumphs in Sail Away, Company, and Elaine Stritch: At Liberty -- to her final role on the boards in A Little Night Music in 2010, Elaine Stritch's whiskey-soaked voice, wry comic timing, and reputation as a sharp-tongued, unapologetically audacious personality cemented her as a bona fide legend of stage and screen.
Ms. Stritch passed away on July 17th, 2014 at the age of 89.
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