It's Today - Elaine Stritch

[@HollandMacFallister]

One of the first "adult" shows I saw as a child was Elaine Stritch as Mame in Boston. I remember looking at my mother during intermission and saying, "Isn't she more of a Vera?" LOL What a treat to see this here.

[@rick0e295]

Just discovered this gem! What a Trooper! Sadly this BROADWAY BABY is no longer STILL HERE! RIP. 🏆. 🕊 🕊 🕊

[@PhilAlumb]

Mega talented.💯👌

[@aarontakesbroadway]

God I love this woman! She can brighten my day, any day! Even though she’s not with us anymore, she is still so with us! R.I.P to a legend who has truly earned it!

[@russellcandy9850]

My God what a wonderful talent you created in this woman!!! Thank you 🙏

[@UmmOopsy]

My exam is killing me and it's starting in a hour but I watching this I'm happy again, wishes of being her one day is still going on. I'm going new york someday

[@glennfromthebronx]

Hope you did well!

[@cphelan6618]

and this is why I love you tube! what a treasure! I forgot that she had played Mame. One of my favorite characters. I grew up watching the Rosalind Russell film. I could probably still quote most of it. "Live! Live! Live! LIfe is a Banquet and most poor SOBs are starving to death." Doesn't that just sum up Elaine Stritch, too!

[@ricoltmetric8156]

I saw Mame film first run and many more times on TV ... Fave ....and loved Mame at the snobby country club set.

[@christopherbush9027]

Gotta love that woman And the 1970's... Thanks so much for posting!!!

[@chingoku38]

Jerry Herman meets Stephen Sondheim by Elaine Stritch. Goosebumps.

[@jandreidrn]

Think they already did with Angela Lansbury.

[@TheLolbot3000]

Love how she commits to getting the words the wrong way round at 'theres a thank you you can give life".

[@thesunflowerchannel5361]

Yes!! She pulled it off--a pro!

[@AznRUs]

@Eric Gregory right but I think it was an honest mistake in this case and she pulled it off so well.

[@MsDefectiveToaster]

Elaine Strich is kind of notorious for flubbing the occasion lyric. Unfortunately, I think it was mostly due to her substance abuse. But she really was a legend

[@TheLolbot3000]

@@MsDefectiveToaster She really was! I remember finding 'Elaine Stritch at liberty' jaw dropping, both because of her talent and her honesty about alcohol dependence. Great lady

[@Sven-sven1]

She’s doing all the parts so the bbc didn’t have to pay additional vocalists. Normally this has a lot of help.

[@alohatheo]

Beautiful! Elaine is forever talent... would've loved to see her Mame.

[@jonathanbryant1550]

She was pure talent

[@confessionhorrorbaby]

Bless you for posting this. I remember seeing it years ago and then it disappeared.

[@brianeduardo1234]

fab-u-lous - a great star!

[@Butlinsgvn6]

absolutely adore her

[@g.r.bryant2258]

Miss her! 👍

[@kennethdesmondmosley1075]

She would have been an amazing dolly levi

[@JimT1975]

You mean Mame Dennis. This song is from Mame.

[@Norvo82]

Back when Stritchie was still drinking on the job. But what a job she does!

[@ah7910]

She never drank ‘on the job’. She explains in her one-woman show she limited herself to two drinks a day when she was working, if that. What a lazy and irresponsible comment.

[@Norvo82]

@@ah7910 Revisit her one woman show... She clearly tells us that she only had 2 drinks before and/or during a performance. "Anywhere else, who cares, who's counting. But up here: 2 drinks."

[@hanschristianbrando5588]

She should have dubbed Lucille Ball for the movie.

[@happiness-s8b]

😢

[@manmeshi]

This was done when she was living in 🇬🇧 .

[@dianaaljadeff2983]

Personality

[@PTR80]

What's this from?

[@capt.molyneaux7037]

An event in London

[@elissakartman]

Mame

[@johnpickford4222]

MAIMED is more like it.

[@ah7910]

The Royal Variety Performance. A televised yearly British pop music/comedy/musical theatre/dance/variety show that is attended by the monarch or senior members of the royal family, along with a big crowd of paying public audience members, usually dressed very smartly.

[@dianaaljadeff2983]

She wasnt a great singer and dancer.But what a perdonality she was.

[@johnflynn9619]

Elaine should have done Mame in the 1960's. Great Performer. But, Her platforms were not practical. RIP

[@vino140]

Stritch doest bump into the dancers !! Brava, El !!

[@capt.molyneaux7037]

El walks a lot, skips, struts, waves arms. Cuz, she cant dance.

[@jwbmw6084]

And she's probably drunk too.

[@keigum]

Or sing. But I love her.

[@rudolfix7772]

Yes, it's all very silly, but it's wonderful! She may have been totally drunk but this performance just radiates pure joy.

[@rocantenrocanten4150]

голос был у неё слабым. речь же хорошая.

[@Malignus68]

_Mame_ has horrible songs, a ridiculous story, and this performance was as exciting as a feeding tube.

[@officialmichaelcarrasco]

Someone not get cast in their High School production of "Mame" I take it? 😂😂😂

[@nickbigd]

So you were predisposed to dislike the performance because you dislike the material. Got it.

[@leshawnaball9017]

how pessimistic

[@SymphonyBrahms]

So when you tried out for Mame you were rejected, as usual, and you are taking out your bitterness and resentment on a great show and a brilliant performer. Hope that you enjoy your job at the car wash.

[@johnpickford4222]

J L N: Everyone is entitled to their opinion. And everyone has an opinion, like an a**hole. And I think we’ll start feeding that part of your anatomy into the feed tube of a food processor.