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For a limited three-week engagement (January 1 through January 19, 2008), Ms. Stritch (with Rob Bowman, Music Director conducting an orchestra) will present her critically-acclaimed one-woman Broadway show – in its entirety.
This musical evening traces her career, including roles in Company, The Little Foxes, Bus Stop, A Delicate Balance, Sail Away and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. The show received the 2002 Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event, as well as two Drama Desk Awards — Outstanding Solo Performance for Stritch and Outstanding Book of a Musical for Stritch and John Lahr.
"Elaine Stritch At Liberty…At the Carlyle" will play Tuesday, January 1, 2008 through Saturday, January 19, 2008 at 8PM. There is a $125 music charge for all performances. Dinner is required for all shows. There will be dinner seatings at 6PM, 6:30PM and 7PM. Like the performance at the Neil Simon Theatre on Broadway, Ms. Stritch will perform her show in two acts (dessert will be served at intermission).
More information and tickets can be found at Stellar Tickets www.StellarTickets.com
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Celine Dion called it a wrap at Caesars Palace, acknowledging in her final show that pregnancy and poor early reviews almost sank her titanic five-year engagement.
As adoring fans cheered, stood and clapped through Saturday night's performance, Dion interspersed her usual numbers with emotion-filled monologues.
"At one point, it was like feeling like the Titanic was about to sink again," she said. "But we believed and we went on with it. Even though the vibe was not that positive for us."
While the show was still in development in 2000, Dion, 39, became pregnant and told husband-manager Rene Angelil she did not want to continue.
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But Angelil told her that too much money and too many people were involved. Not only would the Colosseum cost $95 million to build, her initial three-year, $100 million contract broke records for a live entertainer.
So she pushed on, fighting through initial bad reviews to make it five years of filling a 4,100-seat arena.
After her last number, Dion invited husband Angelil and her son, Rene-Charles, now 7, on stage with her. Rene-Charles repeatedly reached down to grab rose petals that rained down on the final bow, giving them to her.
"Most of us have left our families behind to give ourselves every night," she said. "I can assure you it was worth it."
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Last month, Dion released "Taking Chances" her first English-language album in four years, and she sang the title song on the album during the extra-long finale. The album was most recently the 12th best-selling in the U.S., according to Billboard magazine.
Dion starts touring with a first concert date set for Valentine's Day in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Taking Dion's place at Caesars Palace will be Bette Midler's "The Showgirl Must Go On," which is set to open Feb. 20.
"Tomorrow morning, it will be back to reality and back to (being) mommy," Dion told reporters after the show.
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On the Net
Beginning on January 1, 2008, "Behind the Emerald Curtain," the rare insiders' glimpse into the world of the blockbuster Broadway musical Wicked, moves to Friday evenings at 6PM at the Pantages Theatre. "Behind the Emerald Curtain" provides an exclusive look at the creative journey of the record breaking blockbuster musical, hosted by members of the Los Angeles cast.
"Behind the Emerald Curtain" will be given on Tuesday, December 18 at 5 pm and Friday, December 28 at 5PM before moving to its new time and day on January 1. The December performances are sold out, but tickets are available for performances starting on Friday, January 4.
This 60-minute experience gives audience members the unique opportunity to see what happens to make a big Broadway musical like Wicked come alive at every performance - everything from design and production to performance and marketing.
Tickets for "Behind the Emerald Curtain" are $25 (and does not include admission to Wicked). Tickets are on sale at www.ticketmaster.com, by phone at 213-365-3500 or 714-740-7878, in person at the Pantages Theatre Box Office, 6233 Hollywood Blvd., or at any Ticketmaster outlet. Groups of fifteen (15) or more can call 866-755-3075 or online at www.nedgroups.com.