Cabaret Musical - Opening Night At The Folies Bergeres

Liza Minnelli poses with actors Claire Perot, Fabian Richard, Catherine Arditi and Patrick Mazet at the musical "Cabaret" opening night at The Folies in Paris, France. In a moment like this I always wonder what people are thinking. Actors wanting to please Liza; Do I measure up? What was it like to be in the original? When will you stop looking like Sally Bowles in "Cabaret" Liza? How much cocaine did you really snort? Luckily none of them need to stoop to my level.

Marisa Berenson with Liza and dear Roman Polanski (one of the best auto-biographies ever written is 'Roman by Polanski'. Its a whole different can of worms but I'll discuss this at a later date). Anyway, Liza seems to pull in the crowds despite everything. If you think I'm being hard on dear Liza, you need to stay with me a little longer. See I remember when she used to be a babe and almost an innocent one at that. Yes, Liza.

Here she is when she looked hot. I know she has a strange sort of beauty but who cares. She looks amazing. Oversized eyes and lips. Everyone is trying to implant that now as we speak. She echoes a sort of Christina Onassis persona. No wonder Peter Allen fancied her despite his sexual orientation.

Boy I wonder what really went on in their relationship. I find them to be an intriguing pair. Did she know at first? Did she care? And what about her mother? Every tranny across the globe either wanted to be Judy Garland or be some sort of relation even if it was her son in law.

I see these two as almost sisters. They lived such parallel lives. The drugs, the booze and the talent.

Much love.

I had to put in this coupling. Robert DeNiro with Liza in New York, New York. What's great about this photo is that it represents nothing about who these two really were. And yet the staged innocence of it is remarkably moving.

Here we go. Now this is when she must have been hitting the scene really hard. Here she is with Uri Geller, Alice Cooper and Uri's dear ol' ma.

This one's for you Nash. (Some know it all from South Australia finally bought that Warhol book on ebay!)

Now this is where everyone thinks Liza's fortune went pear shaped. For me it was a delightful union of like minded souls.

Apparently all was not well in the marital bed. That dirty bird Gest has accused dear Liza of giving him herpes. What about all the lergies she sucked out of his waxy mouth? Oh Liza, I wish you all the best.