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Reissued 'Liza with a Z' Soundtrack Released March 7

By: Feb. 06, 2006
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A CD reissue of the soundtrack to "Liza with a Z" will be released in stores on March 7th.

Released on the Columbia/Legacy label, the CD will precede Showtime's airing of the classic Liza Minnelli concert by three weeks. "Liza with a Z" will be seen on TV on April 1st for the first time since a re-airing in September of 1973; the concert premiered on September 10th, 1972.

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Fully restored and digitally remastered, the concert features Minnelli performing trademark numbers such as the title song as well as standards. "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" is produced for Showtime by Neil Meron and Craig Zadan.  A song list for the CD follows:

"Yes"
"God Bless the Child"
"Say Liza"
"It Was a Good Time"
"I Gotcha"
"Son of a Preacher Man"
"Ring Them Bells"
"Bye Bye Blackbird"
"You've Let Yourself Go"
"My Mammy"
Cabaret Medley: "Wilkommen," "Married," "Money, Money," "Maybe This Time" and "Cabaret"
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 and 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.








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