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It was very cool to figure out what parts of me lined up with her, and to take the parts that didn't and say, 'OK, how do I make this true to my authenticity while funneling it through her energy?' Hopefully, we struck a balance. We're trying to capture their story, not convince you that I am her. No one will ever be Liza Minnelli, and we're not doing a Vegas act. What we didn't want to do was give you a direct comparison, because we'll just fail. I was trying to get the essence and the flavor and the vowels. Tommy Kail and Alex Lacamoire kept saying that it's a loving homage, not an impersonation. How did you go about developing the vocal aspect? Kelli Barrett as Liza Minnelli, filming a Fosse/Verdon scene. That really speaks to the creative team and how they're tried to make it as authentic as possible. I'm onstage and I'm looking out at what Sally Bowles would have been looking at. It was next level and completely surreal.

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The day of shooting, we came in and it wasn't like other TV shows where a piece of warehouse is cordoned off and that's your set. I remember painstakingly trying to get my leg up there, and finally getting it, and it didn't even make it in the show! I'm a righty and Liza is always using her left. At the beginning of 'Mein Herr,' she does this huge leg extension. Hopefully, we make it look easy, but it wasn't. It was really intense, so it was nice to see what it became.

You watch the number now and it's impressive, but you don't realize how much went into it. Everything was down to the numbers and precise. I had to learn all of 'Mein Herr,' top to bottom, exactly as they did it, down to, 'Her hands weren't at 45 degrees they were at 47 degrees.' It was so specific - even the flick of the eyes. I also worked in tandem with Andy's assistant Morgan and the Kit Kat Klub dancers. I got to work with Valarie Pettiford on and off for two weeks very intensely. She and the Verdon Fosse Legacy brought in these iconic Fosse dancers who worked directly with Bob. Who did you work with and how painstaking was it?Īndy Blankenbuehler is the choreographer of the whole series, but Nicole Fosse is part of every piece of it. Tell me about shooting 'Mein Herr' in the first episode. But even though we're constantly flooded with self-doubt, deep down, the little voice I tell to shut up all the time was like, 'You've got this.' I felt it. I didn't really think I could do it, and I still don't know that I can. The minute I saw it, I thought two things: 'Oh my god, that's my part,' and 'I will never book this.' There are those rare moments where something comes your way and it's a combination of knowing you can execute it, mixed with how much you would love to do it. I got sent the audition through my agents.

(© Pari Dukovic/FX Allied Artists from YouTube)ĭid you seek Fosse/Verdon out, or did they come to you? Minnelli had some stage fright and Garland helped her through.Kelli Barrett as Liza Minnelli in Fosse/Verdon (left) Liza Minnelli in the 1972 film Cabaret (right) The “Cabaret” star recalled that in November 1964, she performed alongside her mother at the London Palladium when she was just a teenager. But my father – there was no one in the world like my father, and I’m so much like him.” “I thought my mother was perfect, perfect,” Minnelli said. Garland died in 1969 at age 47 from an accidental barbiturate overdose.ĮGOT winner Minnelli sat down with “ CBS Sunday Morning” alongside her friend Michael Feinstein and looked back on her time in the spotlight. Louis,” married in 1945 and divorced in 1951. Garland and Vincente, star and director of “Meet Me in St. Minnelli, 75, remembered her late mother and father, Vincente Minnelli, and how Garland helped Liza overcome her stage anxiety. Liza Minnelli has the voice of an angel, and her famous mother, Judy Garland, helped her be heard.

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