The actor tears up about landing the role of the flamboyant pianist after conquering stage-four throat cancer.
Perhaps I should refer to Liberace the way everyone else does â" as an entertainer rather than as a pianist. Even The Times obituary in 1987 began by noting, "critics were more impressed by his wardrobe than by his piano technique." Not this critic.
The director Steven Soderbergh and just about everyone associated with âBehind the Candelabra,â the new biographical film about Liberace, emphasized from the start that the movie was going to be about a love affair. A strange love affair, for sure
Matching cars, costumes and pianos were a recurring Liberace theme, as familiar in his act as his signature tune, âI'll Be Seeing You.â
For anyone born after 1980, Liberace may be a relatively arcane characterâ"chances are even your parents weren't big fans of the performer known as Mr. Showmanship. But for your grandparents, Liberace was a force of
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