Elaine Stritch at Liberty
Elaine Stritch at Liberty, the Broadway legend's one-woman show, triumphed in New York and won a 2002 Tony Award. This double-Emmy-winning recording was made when she later took London by storm. Stritch's comic timing is impeccable and her anecdotes priceless as she talks and sings her way through fifty years in American theatre.
The pinnacle of Elaine Stritch's Broadway career, which began in the 1940s, was this solo show she co-wrote with John Lahr in 2001. Stritch had sort of always been a grumpy old showbiz lady. She was her own best character role, and her curmudgeonly, whiskey-drenched style exploded with honesty, rue and mordant wit. Filmed at the Old Vic in London and first shown by HBO in 2004, this version captures a woman ready, willing and eager to strip show business glamour down to its weary bones.
From a disastrous date with Marlon Brando to blowing her chance of starring in The Golden Girls, she is uncompromisingly honest in telling her own story and pulls no punches in recounting her struggle with drink. Sensational, poignant and incredibly funny, Stritch can still knock an audience dead.
- First Published: 2001
- Directors: Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, Rick McKay
- Author: Elaine Stritch, John Lahr
- Awards: Tony Award for Special Stage Event,...
- IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
