Showtune Sunday: All about Broadway legend Elaine Stritch who was born 100 years ago today
Still down for the count with a cough and congestion but the fever is done!
At least it gives me some time to pay tribute to one of the greats: Elaine Stritch. The great star of Broadway, television, cabaret and movies was born 100 years ago today. She left this earth in 2014 but left us with so much memorable work including the Tony Award-winning Elaine Stritch at Liberty which also won her an Emmy when it was made into a TV special. She won an Emmy Award in 1993 for her guest role on Law & Order and from 2007 to 2012, she had a recurring role as Colleen Donaghy on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock, a role that won her a third Emmy in 2007.
She most certainly should have won more Tonys. She was nominated for the William Inge play Bus Stop (1956); the Noël Coward musical Sail Away (1962); the Stephen Sondheim musical Company (1970), which included her legendary performance of the song The Ladies Who Lunch; and for the revival of the Edward Albee play A Delicate Balance (1996).
Her final Broadway role was the revival of the Sondheim-Wheeler musical A Little Night Music from July 2010 to January 2011, succeeding Angela Lansbury in the role of Madame Armfeldt.
Let’s enjoy some memorable Elaine Stritch performances:
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