Big news on the Rialto, kids - Pia's back, and Manhattan's got her! Yet another reason to regret our Sandlandian exile, for if only we were back on the other side of the world, we could toddle up to the Big Apple this week and catch That Somewhat Different Bombshell, The Lonely Lady herself, the one and only (and thank goodness for that) Miss Pia Zadora in her first cabaret engagement in yonks. Not since Edie Beale took the backroom at Reno Sweeney's by storm has there been such an eagerly anticipated gig. Catch all the details - from no less august a source than The Wall Street Journal - here.
Truth to tell, for someone who's seen the ups and downs she has, Pia sounds like a pretty good egg. A PickFair-destroying, Golden Globe-buying, Voyage of the Rock Aliens-starring, Jermaine Jackson-dueting, "Clapping Song"-making good egg, true, but after all these years, I suppose that's mostly water under the bridge. If any Gentle Reader happens to be in town this weekend, please do drop by the Metropolitan Room over on West 22nd Street and give us a full report. If the simple Pialicity of the occasion doesn't appeal, you might be tempted to know that her gowns (and you can bet there will be plenty) are by Bob Mackie!
Good grief, the girl sounds awful.
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At the risk of sounding immodest, I can't think of anything better to add than to quote myself, on her performance in VotRA: "Pia Zadora, a singer I find fascinating because her voice sounds off-pitch even when, technically, its not. Remarkable. And she's just as talented a dancer, so she's got that going for her, too." And she's only gotten... more so, in the past three decades.
DeleteTechnically she's there, but the performance could be better done by Suzanne Sommers in a made-for-television movie.
DeleteHey - you're new around here - but I can tell you're going to fit in just fine. Anyone who can work in a dismissive reference like that is my kind of people.
Deletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lyv67Peo4w In the royal blue coat and out of step with the crowd, even then.
ReplyDeleteProfessional child performers give me the creeps.
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Strictly the Lionel variety.
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ReplyDeleteWatch it, y'all. She's married to a Vegas cop!
ReplyDelete"I play my bongos, listen to Odetta, and then I iron my hair, dig?"
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