He’s got a great sense of humor, and he’s absolutely brilliant. You know who helped me a great deal with this? Sam Harris. How did you work it with the vertigo? You’re just constantly falling over in that show. I am under contract not to tell you! Literally, they made me sign a piece of paper. Now, what’s going to happen with Lucille Two? I mean, it’s thrilling for people who love that show that it’s coming back.
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Because Cabaret just got rereleased, right? But it’s always been either about Arthur, Cabaret, or the TV show? Arrested Development. īut do certain things come up more often than others? Are people still coming up to you for Arthur? It’s so nice because people just come up and say, “Thank you for the years of pleasure that you’ve given me,” and, “God, I’m so happy to meet you,” and “I saw you here, there, wherever.” I’ve been doing this a long time.
When you get recognized on the street, what do people come and talk to you about most often? You know, the male gay community seems to be very into female singers. Why do you think the gay community responds so strongly to you? My goodness, I had no idea! Well, that’s lovely. My friend was at the Fire Island shows and he said that a lot of gay men were in tears because they were so excited to see you there.Ĭrying because they were so thrilled they were in your presence. Oh, yeah, sure, we have to! That’s what connected us. And I was with Alan, who I love.Īre you going to do duets from Cabaret together for your Town Hall show? Not at all! It was just a weekend for fun. It was supposed to be a one-time-only experience, but then you ended up doing a second show. You mean just the sheer number of drag queens? No, it was fun and wonderful and vaguely startling. When I went to Fire Island this past summer, I got off the boat and there was a line of drag queens dancing to the theme of The Love Boat. Oh yeah, but not for a long time! I haven’t been there since, like, the seventies. What did you know about Fire Island before you went there? Here’s how it happened, it’s really simple: Alan calls up and says, “You want to do a show with me?” “Sure! Where?” “Fire Island.” “Okay!” I mean, it’s that simple! How did those shows come about? That’s not your typical venue. Your upcoming shows at Town Hall stem from a couple of now-legendary shows you and Alan Cumming performed together at the gay club the Ice Palace on Fire Island. I haven’t discussed it with anybody but you! I mean, I think it’s wonderful that I’ll be working with Alan. What are you going to do to celebrate on your actual birthday? I’ve got my health, and that’s the most important thing. And the rest of the time, I feel like I’m 80. You know, half the time, I feel like I’m 12. Minnelli is under contract not to say anything about season four, but she did talk about vertigo, being beloved by the gays, and performing in Williamsburg (even though she maybe thought it was Williamsburg, Virginia). Last we’d seen of Lucille Two, she’d spurned both Gob and Buster and sold all of her shares of the Bluth company to Stan Sitwell. This is a big year for the birthday girl, who’s not only celebrating the 40th anniversary of Fosse’s Cabaret, but is also reprising her role as Lucille Two on the most anticipated television event of the millennium, season four of Arrested Development. Both Minnelli, who won an Oscar for playing Sally Bowles in the Bob Fosse 1972 film version of Cabaret, and Cumming, who won a Tony for playing the Emcee in the musical’s 1998 Broadway revival, have bonded over that connection, and they’ll be performing songs like “Nowadays” at Town Hall. The Town Hall shows are a reprise of the duo’s instant-classic show this summer at one of Fire Island’s more exuberantly trashy nightclubs - a show that Cumming called “the gayest night in modern history”and that was such a smash they performed an encore show the very next night. Liza! Today marks the legendary Liza Minnelli’s 67th birthday, and she’s celebrating as only a creature of showbiz could, by performing at Town Hall tomorrow, March 13, and March 14, with none other than Alan Cumming.
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