The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook

by Scott Schechter

Book Overview

The daughter of the beloved icon Judy Garland and the brilliant director Vincente Minnelli, Liza was Hollywood royalty from the day she was born. This book examines the motivating force that has kept Minnelli in the public eye and heart for five decades - her work. From Cabaret to Arrested Development, Liza Minnelli continues to dazzle. In this love letter to her illustrious career award winner Schacht covers it all - from New York, New York to her...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806526114
• ISBN13: 9780806526119
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Citadel Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

A Loving and Brilliant Tribute

The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook is the most loving and complete biography available today. Mr. Schechter succeeds in revealing the TRUE Liza, an incredibly talented, charismatic legend in her own right.

Some Reviews by the Critics / Professional Reviews

Thanks to the Liza fans for all the kindness and support of the book. Here are some of the professional reviews the book has gotten to date : From Booksoup.com : Liza Minnelli has mesmerized her audiences with her remarkable talent and pure joy of entertaining for decades. Her appeal is universal and timeless. For those us who have had the pleasure of closely following her career, no other performing artist can compare. "The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook" is a comprehensive pictorial history. Schechter has done an amazing job of chronicling Liza's career accompanying his research with pictures both familiar and new to the avid Liza fan. For longtime Liza fans like myself, the book is treasure of Liza remembrances and certainly the ultimate Liza "reference" book. **** From NYTheatre.com http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/bookshop.htm The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook by Scott Schechter Perfect for any fan, The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook is just that - a scrapbook of an almost five-decade career. With a fond foreword by Billy Stricth, this book chronicles Liza's life by decade. There are brief overviews of each ten-year span, and then details and at least a brief synopsis on every movie, television show, Broadway show, and recording Liza has ever done. Furthermore, as if that was not enough, there are billions of pictures - pictures with other celebrity friends, cameos from various television and movie stints, covers of playbills and recordings, etc. The book is so indubitably complete in its coverage of Liza's career that there is even a picture of Liza with Kermit the Frog from her episode on "The Muppet Show!" This is an incredible, cohesive, and all-inclusive record of Ms. Minnelli and is a must have for any fan because of its comprehensive coverage and plethora of pictures. - Seth Bisen-Hersh http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/bookshop.htm **** From GENRE magazine, January-February 2005 issue, "The Feed" Column : "audio / film / PAGES," Editor (and reviews by) Michael Liebermann : "The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook" Scott Schechter, Kensington, Biography, 242 pages, $22 "If you're looking for objective criticism of Liza Minnelli's storied career in music, film and theater, or an expose of her latest missteps in love, then keep on browsing. But if you fancy a stroll down gay memory lane -- from growing up Garland through 'Cabaret'to the oft-forgotten 1980 TV spectacular 'Goldie and Liza : Together' -- you can't do much better than this true fan's scrapbook." **** From OUT magazine, January 2004 issue; "OutFront" Reviews : "What's New and Hot" : "ETC" (Page 27) : "A must-have for Liza fans, Scott Schechter brings us 'The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook' (Citadel, $21.95), a vibrant volume about her career, with over 200 rare and never-before-seen photographs." **** Featured on November CNN "American Morning" Show **** GREAT write-up on the InSightOUT Book Club's webpage : CLUB REVIEW From Cabaret to her recent stint on "Arrested Development,"

Tribute to Liza's career

Liza Minnelli has mesmerized her audiences with her remarkable talent and pure joy of entertaining for decades. Her appeal is universal and timeless. For those us who have had the pleasure of closely following her career, no other performing artist can compare. "The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook" is a comprehensive pictorial history. Schechter has done an amazing job of chronicling Liza's career accompanying his research with pictures both familiar and new to the avid Liza fan. For longtime Liza fans like myself, the book is treasure of Liza remembrances and certainly the ultimate Liza "reference" book. I highly recommend it. Beverly Fauvre, author of "Imagining Liza: Memoir of a Fan."

Beautifully Produced and Written Tribute to a Deserving Star

I've been waiting for a book like this for ages. No star on earth deserves this type of glowing tribute to a legendary career more than Liza May Minnelli. Kudos to Scott Schechter for writing and compiling a lasting legacy of one of the most electric, most versatile, and most loving superstars who has ever graced a concert stage, Broadway boards, movie screen, recording studio, television sound stage or benefit ballroom. If you buy this book you'll see photographs of Liza that you've never seen before, and I thought I'd seen them all, honestly. You'll finally have a complete list of Liza's films, television appearances, albums/CDs, and most remarkably -- a comprehensive (and impressive) list of Liza's concerts. And the astute author has provided complete overviews of each stage of Liza's career ... from the start w/mama at MGM to her current stint on "Arrested Development." It's all here! What star has played Carnegie Hall, the Olympia Theatre in Paris, the Palladium and Royal Albert Hall in London, several Broadway theaters (including the Palace), Radio City Music Hall and every other major venue across our great country and most of the world? Liza ... that's who! No personal gossip, here, thank goodness. This is a rare look into the remarkable career of an incandescent star, and this long-time fan is joyous that this work of love has been produced for Liza's adoring public. Thank you, Mr. Schechter and everyone associated with this much-needed salute to the World's Greatest Entertainer!