{"id":2334441,"date":"2026-03-18T06:03:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T06:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2334441"},"modified":"2026-03-18T06:03:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T06:03:56","slug":"at-liza-minnelli-book-event-the-story-onstage-didnt-match-the-one-in-the-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/at-liza-minnelli-book-event-the-story-onstage-didnt-match-the-one-in-the-book\/","title":{"rendered":"At Liza Minnelli Book Event, the Story Onstage Didn\u2019t Match the One in the Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At a Los Angeles event celebrating the release of her memoir Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!, Liza Minnelli<\/a> was introduced, repeatedly and reverently, as a living legend. Which she is. But what unfolded onstage was something far more complicated.<\/p>\n

The evening began with a level of theatricality that felt almost defiant. It was set inside the Million Dollar Theater, an historic downtown venue where Minnelli\u2019s mother, Judy Garland<\/a>, once performed in a vaudeville review as part of The Gumm Sisters.<\/p>\n

The 2,000-seat theater was at capacity; each $90 ticket included a copy of the memoir.<\/p>\n

A full production number \u2014 male and female dancers moving through Fosse-esque choreography \u2014 gave way to a sequined majorette performing flaming baton tricks in front of a curtain. When it finally parted, Minnelli was revealed seated in a director\u2019s chair, like an icon being unveiled. It was a striking image. It was also, almost immediately,…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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