ENCORE: Lucie Arnaz - Renowned Singer, Actress And Entertainer. Broadway, Nightclubs, Oscars, The White House. Films: "The Jazz Singer". TV: "Sons And Daughters". Parents Lucille Ball And Desi Arnaz!
Lucie Arnaz is a renowned actress, singer, and producer. For nearly three decades, she has performed her acclaimed nightclub act throughout the United States and Europe, in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, at Feinstein’s, 54 Below, Birdland and the Café Carlyle. She has performed at The Academy Awards show and at the White House. And she’s released several acclaimed CDs. She's known also for her roles in the film “The Jazz Singer” alongside Neil Diamond and the TV series “Sons And Daughters”. And she also starred together with her parents in “Here’s Lucy”. For anyone living in a cave since the 1950s, or who just isn’t old enough, Lucie’s parents were the iconic superstars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, who were the stars of the show “I Love Lucy”, one of the most famous and most important shows in the history of television.
My featured song is “Juliet Dances” from the album East Side Sessions by my band Project Grand Slam. Spotify link.
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SONGFEST TRACKS
1. Waiting for the Robert E. Lee (17:59) — with Wayne Newton and her mother, from her early years on her mother's show.
2. Fever (22:13) — from 1972, with Jim Bailey.
3. They're Playing Our Song (24:33) — 1979 Tony Awards performance with Robert Klein, from her first Broadway show (Marvin Hamlisch music, Carole Bayer Sager lyrics, Neil Simon book; she played Sonya).
4. Hey, Look Me Over (28:42) — live at Birdland, 2010, in a Cy Coleman tribute, with Ron Abel's arrangement.
5. There's No Business Like Show Business (31:26) — at the Purple Room, Palm Springs, 2022, in ballad form, bookending her show "I Got the Job: Songs from My Musical Past".
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DISCUSSION SEGMENTS
- 3:26 — Interview begins: I Love Lucy, no single favorite episode — the conveyor-belt chocolate and grape-stomping episodes everyone talks about
- 4:58 — Growing up in show business: backyard skits at age 7-9, a little stage in the garage, picking her high school for its theatre department
- 8:54 — Theatre first: musicals, Cabaret in 1971 as Sally Bowles, then Broadway plays
- 10:31 — Her club act: American Songbook songs, Ron Abel's fresh arrangements, no greatest-hits set — and being "forced" to sing They're Playing Our Song every show
- 13:44 — Scripting the patter: writing intros to keep the show to length, while making it sound spontaneous
- 34:27 — Wrap-up and thanks
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ROBERT'S LATEST RELEASE:
“THE BUZZ” - Ft. Darius de Haas (vocals) and Dave Eggar (Cello). "Short, Sweet and Totally Different"
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Audio production:
Jimmy Ravenscroft
Kymera Films
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