You Can See Her Now
One of the many treats of the old Ed Sullivan Show is that he regularly featured performances from Broadway shows -- big hits, but also new shows that most people don't know of. What this importantly did was create at least a small record of original cast performances that would otherwise be lost forever -- some of them classic moments, but also obscure ones that would otherwise be left in the dustbin of history.
Today we have one of those classic ones. This is Gwen Verdon recreating one of her big numbers from her then-hit Sweet Charity (and perhaps my favorite song from the show), "If My Friends Could See Me Now." Since she wasn't hired to star in the movie adaptation, this captures her wonderful performance from 1967. There are moments in it when you just marvel at her craft and think, "My God, she is so good..."
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