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"I'm Still Here" was written during the out of town tryout for Follies in Boston, when Sondheim decided that another song ("Can That Boy Foxtrot") was not working. This song had been written as a throwaway song for a minor character, but Yvonne De Carlo was a high-profile name in the cast, and the creative team felt she deserved a more substantial song.
Elaine Stritch (February 2, 1925 – July 17, 2014) was an American actress, known for her work on Broadway and later, television. She made her professional stage debut in 1944 and appeared in numerous stage plays, musicals, feature films and television series.
Nor has her voice, which marvelously plumbs the torchy despair of the ballad Losing My Mind, ever seemed richer or more controlled.” [56] Ann Miller was singled-out, Brantley declaring, “The fact of the matter is, Ms. Miller is sincere -- heartbreakingly, splendidly so -- when she performs I'm Still Here, the great anthem to survival in ...
NEW YORK (AP) - Elaine Stritch, the brash theater performer whose gravelly, gin-laced voice and impeccable comic timing made her a Broadway legend, has died. She was 89. Joseph Rosenthal, Stritch ...
It is widely predicted that I’m Still Here will be nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards. Now, Torres is in a front-row seat to earn a Best Actress nomination too.
Elaine Stritch at Liberty is an autobiographical one-woman show written by Elaine Stritch and John Lahr, and produced by George C. Wolfe, which is composed of anecdotes from Stritch's life, as well as showtunes and Broadway standards that mirror Stritch’s rise and fall both on and off the stage.
Director Walter Salles had ties to the political family in 'I'm Still Here.' Their story reveals the collective journey of a country.
The Wire called it Stritch's "signature song", while The New York Times' obituary named it "her theme, until her 70s, when Sondheim's 'I'm Still Here' from Follies took over". [4] The Guardian described Stritch's performance of the song in the 1972 London production: Then Stritch's Joanne gets her solo, "The Ladies Who Lunch", and it's terrifying.