Elaine Stritch at liberty and Sail Away.
I loved At Liberty. However, it was difficult to talk to Ms. Stritch without her taking over the conversation. Elaine invited people in back stage after the performance. She did realize I did not say .much. Elaine: send me a letter at the theater instead.
Of course, I really enjoyed Noel Coward's Sail Away, all those years ago.. She was a true force of naturel. This was a brief revival of the musical at at a small theater in Carnegie Hall on the 100 th anniversary of Mr. Coward's birth Stritch, "Noel thought he would be forgotten.'
She was an A plus story teller, even if stories about Ethel Merman may have a bit exaggerations.