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Liza Minelli’s Upcoming 80th Birthday Bash at Carnegie Hall Doubling as ‘a Giant Book Promotion’
Cabaret legend Liza Minnelli will celebrate turning 80 at New York City’s Carnegie Hall on June 25. But sources tell Straight Shuter the dazzling show — Liza! at 80: A Celebration in Song and Dance — will boost her recent memoir as every ticket will come with a copy of the tell-all, Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!
“This is not just birthday cake and applause,” one insider tells Straight Shuter. “It is a giant book promotion.”
The lavish event, which is being personally shaped by Liza, will fill the theater with nearly 3,000 fans and move the same amount of books, sources note.
One publishing source bluntly says, “When a book slows down, bundling it into a major event is the chicest way to move units without making it look like a sales push.”
Another source snickers, “She is turning Carnegie Hall into the fanciest QVC segment in Manhattan.”
