Neil Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 ...which is pretty much all I know. I have a friend whose friend was her live-in caregiver/companion. My friend called me so I don't know if it's been officially announced yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 It hit the Bway boards. Playbill.com has posted it on FB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 No!!!!!!!!!!!!! :( This too sad. What a force of life. Item in Variety: Actress Elaine Stritch, star of Broadway hits including “Elaine Stritch at Liberty” and “Show Boat,” who was nominated for multiple Tonys and Emmys, winning three of the latter, has died. She was 89. Stritch, an atypical star of stage and screen known for her association with Stephen Sondheim, quickly gained a reputation for the worldly, acerbic wit that often defined her characters. In her one-woman show “Elaine Stritch at Liberty,” Stritch talked candidly about battling the bottle and her colorful, albeit destructive, love life. Her role as the drunk yet lucid Claire in “A Delicate Balance” earned her a 1996 Tony nomination for best actress. Roles in “Bus Stop,” “Sail Away” and “Company” snagged her three other noms while “Elaine Stritch at Liberty” won her the 2002 award for special theatrical event. On television, Stritch was memorable late in her career for her recurring role on NBC’s “30 Rock” as the crusty, goofy mother to Alec Baldwin’s character, drawing five nominations for the role and winning in 2007. She was also impressive as a fierce but notably ethical defense attorney on two episodes of “Law & Order,” winning an Emmy for the role in 1993. A P.A. Pennebaker documentary of her “At Liberty” stage show won several Emmys in 2004, including for her the award for outstanding individual performance in a variety program. Stritch did not restrict her candor to the stage, once telling Variety’s Army Archerd that she “flipped over Rock Hudson — and we all know what a bum decision that turned out to be,” referring to her failed romance with the closeted actor. These gritty, honest revelations contributed to the unique style Stritch brought to her work. http://variety.com/2014/legit/news/elaine-stritch-dead-1201264068/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 NO!!!!!!! One of our greatest talents. I was honored to see her on stage and meet her a few times. I just saw Elaine at the premiere of her documentary in February. She was very frail, but still such a force of nature. I can't recommend the documentary highly enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 At Liberty, in its entirety: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15a5jz6J0lM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 I got to see her in A Little Night Music. Something special about seeing a living legend doing what she's known for. Have a vodka stinger in memory. Everybody rise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreddieMertz Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 Something in me has a hard time believing this happened. It's hard to imagine Elaine as 'dead'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 ONE OF THE GREATEST, ONE OF THE BEST, there's NOBODY like her now and never will be again. Multitalented, a force of nature, now THIS ONE I will miss terribly. Google her acceptance speech for her EMMY for Liberty, it's awesome, as the lady herself always was. SHE WILL BE MISSED! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted July 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 I got to see her in A Little Night Music. Something special about seeing a living legend doing what she's known for. Have a vodka stinger in memory. Everybody rise. And perhaps a piece of Mahler's. A trouper until the end. Her late in life career was perhaps more eventful, certainly more memorable, than her first 6 decades. Not discounting her earlier work, but for someone who was not a household name, she seemed to blossom even more in her 70s and beyond. Lost in her credits is her 1960-61 CBS sitcom "My Sister Eileen" based on play, movie and musical. Co-starred Rose Marie right before Dick Van Dyke. I saw the pilot. I can see why they picked it up. Too bad Elaine on TV didn't catch on. Perhaps subsequent episodes didn't hold up. Single Cam/laugh track style that most of them were in 1960. Here's "Stritch Today" in honor of one of the greats. Notice that she interchanges some lyrics towards the end, but covers nicely. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODyz9vMoFZU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 Even with this plane crash I read she is the third most trending topic worldwide on Twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted July 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 I'd forgotten about her other sitcom, playing mother to Ellen Burstyn. She was 7 years older than Ellen. The pilot episode was done on film. Subsequent episodes went to videotape and it's a prime example of how film is better for sitcoms. "EB" had LWL as its lead-in, of course and was canceled at the same time. Ratings for the final week put EB at the very bottom of the list. At least it had the dignity of having a summer run in 1987, where I assume unaired episodes were shown. Don't know what time slot it returned to. Would it have made it if it hadn't followed LWL? Perhaps. It wasn't bad and Elaine was the highlight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 Lost in her credits is her 1960-61 CBS sitcom "My Sister Eileen" based on play, movie and musical. Co-starred Rose Marie right before Dick Van Dyke. I saw the pilot. I can see why they picked it up. Too bad Elaine on TV didn't catch on. Perhaps subsequent episodes didn't hold up. Single Cam/laugh track style that most of them were in 1960. I think I've seen three episodes of My Sister Eileen and they were enjoyable. Elaine was terrific. She did have success in a series of her own in England, Two's Company. Elaine starred in what was perhaps the second sitcom ever on TV after May Kay and Johnny, The Growing Paynes. Elaine, age 24, played the mother of a 12 year old. In the one actual conversation I had with Elaine, I asked her about this. She replied, "Tallulah Bankhead said, "I was born. Then I was forty." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV7eFQ9O-tc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreddieMertz Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 Elaine retired to Birmingham Michigan, not too far from where I live. I'm typing from my phone since I'm at a baseball game right now, so if anyone could post her Letterman appearance it would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmU2dt2TbU4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 Lights are dimming on Bway tomorrow night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreddieMertz Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 My dad was devastated when he heard the news. Today is his birthday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 Lights are dimming on Bway tomorrow night. They should turn them on full blast and light firecrackers -- she seems like the type that would find dimming too pedestrian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 Thanks to all who put up clips of this marvelous sensational exquisite entertainer. Yes, she was terrific in her Britcom Two's Company, saw every episode and she was the best thing about it of course. She was a female Chevalier, didn't matter if she hit the right notes, she was such a force that you were mesmerized by her, you didn't worry about her singing, you just enjoyed the performance regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 According to CNN, Stritch will be buried in Chicago next week alongside her husband. Will have English muffins and vodka in her honour on Saturday morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Sad, but she lived a long life. Loved her as Jack's mom on "30 Rock." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Elaine as MAME! Elaine's Vera was Rosemary Murphy who died last week. Elaine as Vera opposite Janet Blair in the national tour: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreddieMertz Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Just today I was thinking what a great Mame she would make. I wasn't aware of all the stage stuff she did until I watched 'Shoot Me' last week. It's a shame she never won a Tony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Elaine as Vera instead of Mame, Janet Blair, really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Elaine as Vera instead of Mame, Janet Blair, really? She really is a perfect Vera. She did play Mame successfully in stock. There's the famous story that Judy Garland wanted to do Mame on Broadway and Elaine said that she should do it with her and they should switch off parts. Whoever had been drinking less that night would be Mame. (Judy's response: "But what about matinees?") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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