Overview
- At the sold-out Million Dollar Theatre on March 17, the 2,000-seat crowd received $90 tickets that included a copy of Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!.
- Reporters observed Minnelli, 80, giving halting, fragmentary answers onstage, contrasted by event-played audiobook excerpts that sounded clear and composed.
- Feinstein, credited as the memoir’s co-author, led the conversation and acted as a steadying presence, with a cameo by Vanessa Jade O’Neill.
- A duet of Love Is Here to Stay began confidently before drifting off track, marking Minnelli’s first Los Angeles stage performance in about 15 years.
- Tabloid coverage described incoherent laughter, visible confusion, and assistance offstage, while fans stayed supportive; the tour is scheduled to continue in New York on March 23.