Forty-three years after she debuted on Broadway on
Flora, The Red Menace,
Liza Minnelli returned to the Palace Theatre on December 3 to debut
Liza’s at the Palace…, her first show at the legendary venue since 1999’s
Minnelli on Minnelli. A who’s who from the showbiz pantheon filed though the front door (Elaine Stritch, Shirley MacLaine, John Kander, Tommy Tune) as well as Liza’s many famous devotees (Sandra Bernhard,
Mary-Louise Parker,
Alan Cumming,
Mario Cantone). Once the house lights went down, it was a matter of seconds before the crowd leaped up to welcome Minn