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Total Rating: 
***3/4
Previews: 
February 6, 2002
Opened: 
February 21, 2002
Ended: 
May 26, 2002
Country: 
USA
State: 
New York
City: 
New York
Company/Producers: 
John Schreiber, Scott Sanders of Creative Battery, Margo Lion & Robert Cole, in assoc w/ Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival. GM: Steve Chaikelson.
Theater Type: 
Broadway
Theater: 
Neil Simon Theater
Theater Address: 
250 West 52nd Street
Running Time: 
2 hrs, 30 min
Genre: 
Solo Bio w/ Music
Author: 
Elaine Stritch w/ John Lahr
Director: 
George C. Wolfe
Review: 

Wow. Just wow. About as riveting as a one-woman show can get, from Stritch's confessional memories of a date with Brando and a lifelong friendship with Noel Coward to her knockout versions of "Broadway Baby," "I'm Still Here" and "The Ladies Who Lunch" (yes, all in one night!). If the first act's a touch long and Coward's "Why Do All the Wrong People Travel" isn't quite as droll as the audience wants it to be, the rest is pure gold, right down to the touching encore of Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Something Good."

If anyone still wears...a hat, they should doff it to this grand performer (with a tip of the brim to director George C. Wolfe and co-creator John Lahr as well). Not to be missed.

Parental: 
profanity, adult themes
Cast: 
Elaine Stritch
Technical: 
Set: Riccardo Hernandez; Lighting: Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer; Costumes: Paul Tazewell; Sound: Acme Sound Partners; Orchestrations: Jonathan Tunick; Music Director: Rob Bowman.
Critic: 
David Lefkowitz
Date Reviewed: 
February 2002