Kids Wait Till You Hear This – Liza Minnelli

It never ended. I sank deeper and deeper. The downward spiral played out in my home and those of my friends and in restaurants, clubs, and bars across New York, Los Angeles, and other cities. Usually, it was private. More often, however, my life became fodder for tabloids and columnists who spend a lifetime tearing other people down. Which brings us to Studio 54. I want to tell you the real story about this club, from my perspective. There’s the Studio 54 that I lived—and loved—and the Studio 54 you think you know.

A place you’ve read about but never experienced. You may have read stories telling you that it was nothing more than a den of depravity, drugs, and wild sex. Let me give it to you straight. At the end of the day, this club in the Theater District was a batch of wonderful, loving people having a wonderful, loving time. It was a remarkable moment in American culture.

Until it wasn’t. Childhood Regained—and Lost Again My embrace of Studio 54 was deeply personal. If there’s one memory from my childhood that I cherish above all others, it’s the home movies that Mama and Papa made of my birthday parties long ago in Beverly Hills. They put on quite a show, with me and all my friends running wild in Uncle Ira’s backyard.

What fun we had! These were joyful memories for me to savor—and relive—in the years to come. That’s what most kids do. But I never got the chance. Just as the MGM studio system robbed Mama of her childhood, she robbed me of mine. I became an adult long before my time, taking on responsibilities that no kid my age should have assumed.

I’d spend years trying to regain my childhood, or some semblance of it. Life took its course until I discovered Studio 54 in the spring of 1977. Then I rediscovered what it was like to be a kid. To have fun! For years the site had been a CBS television studio on West Fifty-Fourth Street. Then it closed.

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Chapter 5 Cabaret and Liza with a “Z” Chapter 6 “One Day It’s Kicks, Then It’s Kicks in the Shins” Chapter 7 “My Own Best (and Worst) Friend” Chapter 8 “Pick Yourself Up—and Start All Over Again” Chapter 9 Reality Is Something You Rise Above Chapter 10 The Marriage from Hell Chapter 11 Happy Endings—So Far, It’s Still a Helluva Ride Photos Acknowledgments Discover More Lyric Credits About the Author OceanofPDF.com This is dedicated to You.

You know who you are, and how much love we will always share… OceanofPDF.com Explore book giveaways, sneak peeks, deals, and more. Tap here to learn more. OceanofPDF.com Ladies and Gentlemen: Liza Minnelli By Michael Feinstein Sometimes it’s hard to realize how much Liza means to so many. She has touched literally millions of lives in resonant, meaningful, and personal ways. People become emotional at the mere mention of her name—as if she is a mythical, otherworldly creature.

The enormity of her career places her in the pantheon of enduring legacies, and that is without dispute.

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