Showtune Sunday: See Elizabeth Taylor sing “Send in the Clowns” in film version of “A Little Night Music”

This is an encore post of a Showtune Sunday selection from last September. For obvious reasons, I thought I’d post it again:

Catherine Zeta-Jones won the Tony Award for her performance as actress Desiree Armfeldt in the Broadway revival of A Little Night Music. She left the show soon after and was replaced by the legendary (and many say far superior) Bernadette Peters in the role.

It’s a juicy role for an actress and many would clamor for the role of Desiree should a feature film version ever be made.

Wait a minute! One has been made and you’ll never guess who starred as Desiree: Elizabeth Taylor!

The year was 1977 and Miss Taylor, between marriages to Richard Burton and John Warner at the time, starred with Len Cariou, Lesley-Anne Down and Diana Rigg in this 1977 production. Cariou, Laurence Guittard and the delicious Hermione Gingold reprised their Broadway roles.

Gingold played Madame Armfeldt, a role played by Angela Lansbury in the Broadway revival. Miss Lansbury left the production along with Zeta-Jones. Her replacement was a doozy: Elaine Stritch!

Anyway, here is Miss Taylor’s painful, but interesting to watch, rendition of Send in the Clowns.