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How long have I been seeing the homeless starving Palestinians with bowls at the end of their arms begging for food - too long!  I have emailed the idea to about 40 people who might have some reason to create a Palestinian Homeland - from the Sec'y General of the UN to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - 0 response. Like "Who the hell are you? I won't even bother to open what I am sure is just junk". Busy that I am.  I saw Many Pantinkin & his wife on Morning Joe "begging" for a solution - I sent an email to both. Will they bother to open it - The idea depends on Elon Musk - He is the ONLY 1 who can build the 600,000 tiny homes & 500 High Rise Tiny Home Neighborhood Buildings (HRTHNHB's)  to house the 2 million Palestinians.

He will able to call President el-Sisi of Egypt to get the large piece of land needed to be "traded" with what I am calling "New Palestine".  This will be land South of what is now Gaza & Egypt, in exchange, will get land along the Mediterranean Sea in what will be Northern "New Palestine".   They can build luxury resorts there that people can geet to easily by flying into Ben Gurion Airport in Israel (44 miles away). Israeli's love a resort & Eliat is far away. It could be something FAB U LOUS!  

Only if Elon Musk decides he will take the time to "work on" this historic & meaningful project.  In my letter to him, I tell him:

Elon - This will look very good on your resume!.

I know, Elon, you are super busy - Singing on America's Got Talent & your son, "X" - he is an young male Judy Garland!  Creating a civilization on Mars, modifying Tesla cars to compete with the

Why buy Donald Weiss Photos & art?

A - You like it

B - You are bored & have nothing better to do with your money (Ha!)

C - I may become, before I die, I hope (& prey) someone of consequence in the history of humanity.Nothing like Donald Trump who will also be someone of consequence in the history of humanity.

In the Bible it is written

On the 1st day God created the heavens, the earth, the seas & Donald Trump -Now he is saying "That was a big boo boo - what the hell was I thinking?  

I  have all my ideas on my website  

                          DonaldWeissIdeasForChage.com. They include

  ***The creation of a Palestinian Homeland. I should get a Nobel Prize as

 this is the ONLY idea that will work & satisfy most. With the cooperation of Elon Musk, it could all be finalized in about 2 years. Why Elon Musk? Read it all on the website below. I hope to be "working with" Elon Musk to meet with  & King Charles & Prince William as my idea is what I call "New Palestine" will be part of The Commonwealth to assure no leader comes in & declares he wants to kill all the Jews!. All on:

***I am running (actually, walking - very slowly) for Mayor of NYC.  My basic premise is 

"Poverty is not best served, & does not belong, in some of the most expensive real estate in the world - NYC".       

                                                                                                                    25% of NYC's population is classified as poor. It's not their fault, but they cost the City & State billions & could be much more functioning human beings (unless they can morph to AI's) in a CLC. My Community Living Center (CLC) idea is that poverty can be taken care of< & serves the interest of the homeless & poor in a better way to help them, with CLC's being buit on inexpensive vacant land &/or citis that require revilelization. My ideas for NYC in support of my running for Mayor - I am a write in candidate so if are a NYC resident & you do decide to vote for me, you must make sure you are filling out the ballot correctly to make sure the vote counts. If doing an absentee ballot, best to call 311. I will get the instructions up in a while on the website.  All my ideas are on the website above.

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All photos are unique as they will be signed & each will have a different date.

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Provenance - Purchased by myself,  Donald Weiss, as 1 of about 50 original oils that were received for the 2 floor gallery, Gallery Donald Weiss, in the Art Center I created, Sugar Hill Art Center. It was a "mammoth" endeavor in the apartment building I owned on Broadway & 151 St. in Manhattan. I spent over $1 million renovating 4 retail stores to galleries with all renovated interiors, new store fronts around the building, flag poles around the building that all had gold lame flags attached as well as a 14,000 sq. ft. Roof Garden Sculpture Park. 

My Grand Opening was Oct. 12, 2001 & I had purchased 50 tickets to Broadway theater to have a rally in Times Square on Friday night.  I wanted to make a "splash", but it turned out, on September 11, Osama bin Laden (or, according to conspiracy theories, who knows who). I could not change the date as I could not return the theater tickets & invites had gone out 2 people the middle of June. Many had airline reservations & hotel reservations. WOW - now what? Driving into Manhattan was restricted for a long while but I was able to drive over the 155th St. bridge & go to the building. On Tuesday, the super continued with the work needed to complete this project.

Many artists, all represented by Galleries - all in Paris, were now reluctant to send art to America - it was just "attacked".  All my agreements were to pay 25% of the total contract with additional payments as agreed with each gallery that represented the artist. Each of the 4 galleries in The Art Center showed a different artist. They were all remarkable.  We received all the art as well as the 5 ton marble male nude sculpture, Nathanael, by the world class artist Dominique Polles - he recently had a 1 person show at The Louvre Museum Gardens in Paris. There is much on the internet about him & I will have to find out how you can view this sculpture. We had to put a steel plate in the front of Gallery Donald Weiss with cinder blocks in what is called vault space below that Gallery to support this 5 ton sculpture. 

 I would  like to show images of all this in the blank white space to the right but as of now GoDaddy has not modified the template to allow this. Since I am selling images on their platform & they make money from each sale, it would seem to make sense to allow me to show as many images as possible, & sell from those images, more sales for Godaddy & more money for Godaddy & this all life is about - just ask our esteemed President. 

Moreno Pincas, born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1936, is a Franco-Israeli painter. He emigrated to Israel in 1949. He studied at the Avni Art Institute in Tel Aviv from 1958 to 1960 and in 1960 won the First Prize of the Biennale of Young Painters at the Museum of Modern Art in Haifa.

The prize was to live anywhere in the world, paid for by The Tel Aviv Art Institute. He, wisely, chose Paris. I have been to his Italia. He was awarded the right to have that space in unique buildings in Paris that are built specifically for artist is a distinguished building with a distinguished department when you walk in, but when you go through the hallway, we went to a huge room with a ceiling about 20 feet tall! Paris knows how to treat their artists properly. 

He was the featured artist at the art center I opened in October 12, 2001 bad timing called Sugarhill art center. It was in an apartment house I own on Broadway and 1 51st St. and consisted of four separate retail as they were each in the stores that were not connected The main gallery is called Gallery Donald Weiss good choice. It was a row Gallery that duplex up to a large four bedroom apartment that was totally sheet rock with the walls to the bedrooms take it down to create. I had about 50 of his paintings and never sold anything in the entire year of the art center that was open. People could come to harlem after 911 I returned most of the pieces I had and sold to a friend the others, except this one and another large one that was stolen and happened to turn up When I was your research on art app. I hope to be able to put it up on for sale there & will be asking $100,000 for that piece.

Both pieces are unique and the provinence is unparalleled - me! I hope to get a Nobel prize for my idea for Israel Palestine peace and the creation of what I call “New Palestine” as the homeland for the Palestinians.

The entire idea, as well as my ideas for NYC as “evidence” why I should be elected Mayor of NYC. My ideas are powerful & unique & will be great for NYC, the current & future residents, NY State, America & the world.  

Regarding my “New Palestine” idea (& peace), the letter below was sent to Elon Musk asking him to arrange an audience/meeting with Pope Leo & King Charles and Prince William as my idea is that new Palestine will become part of the Commonwealth to make sure no leader comes in and says I want to kill all the truth. There will be states or provinces created in the West Bank in America, they will not be directly connected to Palestine like Hawaii and Alaska, but will be part of the country of new Palestine. The balance of the land will be another new country that I call JudeaSamaria. The residents will have the right to have dual citizenship with Israel. 

In addition, I hope to get a 2nd Nobel Prize for my Idea Community Living Centers (CLC’s). The idea is a solution for homelessness, which I hope to start with homeless vets. There are 30,000 in America. CLC’s can be built anywhere in the world and can change how people live all over the world.

I believe that Moreno Pincas, in time, will become an artist of renown. His work is sublime. He has “his” very unusual characters that are engaging. His choices of themes for his paintings are enchanting. As you know, good art can increase in value dramatically over time.

I had bought a house on Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles in 2004and lived there 3 weeks each month returning to New York for one week. I had a 60th birthday party in August, 2007 & he came with his wife. It was a dream!

I am a Judy Garland addict - but, not to worry, I start rehab soon. So I will  use this space to give you some Judy Garland youtubes:

* Judy Garland The Concert Years - a great 1 hr video by her daughter, Lorna Luft - Liza Minnelli's half sister (Mein Herr is a brilliant Liza song from the movie Caberet - she won an Academy Award

*Judy Frank Dean - choose the 6 videos - Fan tas tic!

Judy Carnegie Hall - Still called "The greatest night in entertainment history. All the stars came from Hollywood (1961) & she made them all cry with her singing!  Everyone becomes a JG addict!

Another Judy Garland youtube & a great JG "story":

Judy Garland "Battle Hymn of the Republic"

In 1951, her soon to be 3rd husband, Sid Luft, knew that Judy Garland had been the greatest star of her day and he knew that she had financial problems. She made tons of money, but she never had any money because she let her husbands and managers take care of the money and they stole fom her.

She only cared about singing! That was her whole life - making her audience happy is what made her happy. He was in Times Square in 1951 & saw The Palace Theater had been abandoned (for 20 years since the depression in 1931) and he called the owner, who he knew, and asked him to renovate the theater for her to sing there. The owner said “good idea” & he did the renovation. Judy Garland sang for 40 weeks - 2 shows a day - all sold out - all rave reviews. Big crowds came to Broadway just to get a glimpse of Judy Garland and the cops had to be there to keep the crowds at bay. 

John Kennedy came to opening night and “fell in love” with her - everyone does - you can’t help it! He started calling her once a week to say “hello”and ask you to sing part of “Over the Rainbow”. She and John Kennedy had a love affair, although it was platonic - it was Kennedy‘s only platonic love affair. He had 1 or 2 real “affairs” every day - Jackie just had to put up with it. 

She spent a month at the Kennedy compound one summer with her 3 children - she literally had to sing for her supper. She campaigned for Kennedy when he ran for President - she was in and out of the White House and she could call him whenever she wanted and he would always take her calls - even when he was President. In the video Diva on Diva, her daughter, Liza Minnelli said “Mama (that’s how she called her) would say to me, sweetheart, I feel like talking to Jack and she will call the President and he would always take her calls.”  That was the power of Judy Garland!

When he was assassinated in 1963, she wanted to sing “Battle Hymn of the Republic” to commemorate him, and the CBS execs said “No - it was too controversial!”  So she conspired with her orchestra leader to sing it anyway and they didn’t put it on the playlist that they gave to the CBS execs. Make sure you have a handkerchief. It is a tear jerker.

"Battle Hymn of the Republic" Judy Garland 

                                                                                                                          I am a Judy Garland addict - not to worry, I start rehab soon. Here are some youtubes so you too can became a JG addict - easy to do - Everyone falls in love with her - hard not to.  Here are some youtubes so you can "fall in love also"

*Judy Garland The Concert Years - a wonderful 1 hour video of her life, music & accolades by her daughter, Lorna Luft - LizaMinnelli's half sister - same mother - different fathers

* Judy Frank Dean - choose the 6 videos. These are 6 TV shows Judy did with Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin. JG & FS had an affair, although short lived. I  think he had an affair with all female starts in Hollywood! But they did love each other for their whole lives. FS said "100 years after I die no one will remember me.  500 years after Judy Garland dies, people will still be listening to & studying her!"  For good reason - she is sooo unique, her voice is addictive. Whoopie Goldberg said "When Judy Garland sings you hear the voice of God." I never hear a Judy Garland song that is less than wonderful!

*Judy Carnegie Hall - Her concert in 1961 is STILL called "The greatest night in entertainment history".  All the stars flew in from Hollywood to sit in the orchestra - many crying throughout the performance because they knew they were witnessing genius!  Ther is no video as the cameras were large & took up too much space & blocked sight lines. But you don"t need video to realize why there are books written about this concert. After many of her concerts, she would sit on the floor at the edge of the stage with no shoes & no microphone & sing Over the Rainbow - people cried! Oy veh, Judy - you are killing me. Luv you, baby!

*Battle Hymn of the Republic

*Old Man River - She said "No woman has ever sung Old Man River - I will!"

   Listen to her - she is a 15 put of 10. Then just youtube the song & choose 

    anyone else - no comparison!

*Come Rain or Come Shine

*The Man That Got Away

* Hello Bluebird

*When the Sun Comes Out

* Paris is a Lonely Town

* Till After the Holidays

* It's All for You

I am running for Mayor of NYC - Huh? Why in the world would I vote for you. Because I'm going to make NYC 

                         Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

No one else has every made that promise! Check out all my ideas - they are 

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Image - JFK & Friends Multi

I'm trying to get GoDaddy to put a searchl bar at the top so you can go to the section you are  looking for. No luck yet!

You can scroll down to view what's there & as there are a limited number sections for each page, when you get to the bottom, you must scroll back to the top to go to either page 2, 3, etc or Th Home Page.

When COVID began, I started making what I call "Multis" from either old images I had on the phone or older ones that were printed.  I have created my original images in that form also so I can show more than 1 image per section.  All images can b purchase as the multi or an individual image can be crated from any one on the multi.  

After spending years "lugging" aroung my 35 mm camera, having a small hand held camera was very appealing. I found one that had a setting I knew nothing about when I bought it called 'Best Shot". The camera creates a paintrly image. I can't remember what I took the imag of but I love the end result It is beautifully framed *& measures xxxxx.

Some of my best "Best Shot" images are from Will & Kate's Royal Wedding. They are on this site somewhere!

This is from another century and maybe even from another life - who knows?

I was standing on 9th Ave. in Manhattan looking to the east and I see this blue orb near theWorldwide Plaza building on 8th Ave. It was moving slowly. I took this photograph with my hand held camera with a setting called best shot. The best shot setting takes my image and modifies it in in a painterly fashion on the camera. 

Then I started driving to the east and was in Tudor City and sure enough, looking to the east over Queens, I see the orb again. If I took a picture, I can’t find that one. What was that blue orb?

This is from what I call my “Single Shot” series. This is Image #2 in that series.

This images is a limited edition of 18 & is available on 1/4' brushed aluminum. Each image will be signed & numbered on the back.

12” x 18” - $395 - the price includes domestic shipping. Please contact me for intl.

18” x 24” - $595

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My idea for a permanent lasting peace between Israel & The 

Palestinians +++

*JudyGarlandAddicts.com - She was Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. YoutubeJudy Frank Dean & choose the 6 videos U will plotz - if you  

don’t know how, I’ll teach you. Judy Garland “The Concert Years” is a 

wonderful, short bio with great songs. Also YouTube any Judy 

Garland Playlist (Get Happy is my favorite) or Judy Garland Mix. You 

will “fall in love” - everyone does

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*SculpturesByPolles.com - Nathanael wants to move to MOMA

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The images are numbered left up down; Rt up down 1 & continues. So image bottom Rt is LVAE 4

Tell me what you are interested in.  I am changing the layout with different "Series" will be concentrated, then I will present another one.  I begin with my Las Vegas Abstract Expression Series.   If you would like me to take a portion of an image, I can do that.  Of course, if you don't care about a signature, you can just do it on your own!

I took a series of pictures while in Las Vegas in another century, in another lifetime. I was using a small handheld camera that allowed me to keep the shutter open as long as I held the shutter button down. While driving on a highway going into Vegas, I would roll my left window down, steer the car with my left hand & hold my handheld camera at the open window with my right hand and move it from left or right with the shutter open. I have foursomes that allow for the ordering of the foursome or any individual image.                      

They are available in 1/4' brushed aluminum brushed aluminum 18" x 24". They come unframed & if you do not want it signed, it can be shipped directly to you. Otherwise, I will take delivery & sign it on the back with a date.  You can frame them as you desire or use contact strips to attach to a wall without a frame.

$ 595. This price includes domestic shipping. If international, I need your info to price it out & then will email you for approval.

My 1st "project" on this site will be building the inventory of LVAE as I go through old photos in albums or just loose.  

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This piece & the one below were in storage in the basement of a brownstone I owned. There was a leak & plaster dripped from the ceiling creating an interesting patina on the two upper images. 

With access to all her almost limitless Youtubes, Judy Garland Could Sing at The Palace Till it closes!   More Info on JudyGarlandAddicts.com about her life (under construction). She is the only person who has a book about, almost, every day of a life.  Many suggestions on how to get to know someone who may become a "good friend". Almost everyone fall in love with her - hard not to. I rarely hear a song that is less than wonderful. John Kennedy "fell in love" with her - all that is on the website.

To: James Nederlander & Stewart F. Lane, Owners of The Palace Theater, Times Square

Idea 1

Could This Happen?

“Announcing The Grand Re Re Opening of The Palace Theater (abandoned in the 40’s & renovated for Judy Garland) - The Grandest of All Shows - Judy Garland At The New Palace Theater Sings Highlights & Duets with Current & Future Stars (+ a sing-a-long). Ads will encourage people to come in costume - anything from a Munchkin from The Wizard of Oz (Remember The Lollipop Guild) to Judy as Dorothy or in her famous poppy dress. Is it possible that a new restaurant & store can be opened in the retail space? “Judy’s” - ala Ellen’s Stardust with waiters singing Judy Garland songs & some sing-a-longs. Dining time will be limited or they will stay forever! A connecting store can sell Judy Garland & Wizard of Oz merchandise. The “plan” for the show is all on JudyGarlandSongs.com. My idea is that anyone famous (including Liza Minnelli & Lorna Luft -& Joey, if he takes singing lessons) can come at ay the to sing with Judy. What famous stars might want to sing with her? Would Barbra (they sang the most beautiful duet every made - Get Happy). How about Barry Manilow who already did a duet on YouTube (sound is bad) Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart (chose 2.50 minutes). Who doesn’t want to sing with Judy?. There would be sing a longs with the lyrics as an insert in th program. He available songs, movies, concerts, documentaries, interviews with her & others is almost unlimited. It could change regularly & not know who might show up that performance could make it an exciting adventure. All would b pay union scale.There would b an MD (John Fricke ?) to go from story to story. My proposed outline for the show Is here:

To: Elton John & David Furnish: (Your kids will love this sho & you can sing with her - if you are interested!)

Take your time (or not), there’s a lot here! All good!      

You can watch the history or the monumental grand re opening of The Palace on October 9, 1951 on youtube "Judy Garland - Ford Star Jubilee".  The Palace had beenvacant & abandoned for 20 years when Sid Luft (her soon to be 3rd husband) was in Times Square & saw it sitting vacant & abandoned. Judy Garland had just finished her 40+ movies for MGM & needed a new career path. He knew she was (& still is) called "The Greatest Singer & Entertainer in History" (sorry Elton - her style is different & you ARE remarkable). It is pretty much over at about 14 minutes. She does a great rendition on "Get Happy" at 27 minutes.  She sings "A Couple of Swells with Fred Astaire toward the end. Sid Luft called he owner, who he knew, & suggested they renovate the theater for her to sing theresTi  He said "Good idea" & she sang for 40 weeks - 2 shows a day. All sold out - all rave reviews. Big crowds came to Broadway just to get a glimpse of her - she WAS the greatest, most beloved, highest paid movie star of hr day.  Cops had to come to Broadway for control.           

                                                                                                                    John Kennedy came to opening night & "fell in love" with her (everyone does - hard not to) & started calling her once a week to say hello & to ask her to sing part of Over the Rainbow. They had a "love affair" - platonic! She campaigned for Kennedy when he was running for President, stayed at the Kennedy Compound on Cape Cod one summer with her 3 children. She literly had to "sing for her supper". She was in in the White House often.  When he was assassinated in '63 she had The Judy Garland Show on CBS. Her original contract was for $24 million - the highest amount paid an entertainer on TV through today.  She wanted to sing "Battle Hymn of the Republic"  to commemorate him. CBS exes said "N0 - too controversial". So she conspired with her orchestra leader to sing it at the end of 1 of her shows & they did not give it to the CBS execs on the play list. You tube Judy Garland Battle Hymn of The Republic" - I cried.  Judy Garland was a genius (as you both are, I am sure). She had her hand in everything & knew how to create a show that was timeless.  Every of the 26 shows are brilliant.  The Jnudy Garland was from '63 & '64 but thy still look contemporary.  Any other show you watch form the early 60's looks dated - not hers. They sitll look contemporary.  You can watch her song (from A Star is Born), Born in a Trunk.  A good one is "A Star is Born- Born in a Trunk - Finale).  The Judy Garland Show #9 is with Barbra Streisand - scroll past the stupid comedians - unless you like stupid comedians. Judy combined Get Happy z hppy Days are Here Again - the best duet I ever heard. Maybe a new duet with Elton will replace. that!  All The Judy Garland Shows are amazing!

I am hoping both of you will want to “produce” on Broadway the Grand Reopening of the Palace Theater. It was renovated for her in ’51 after bing abandoned for 18 years I am proposing “The Judy Garland Life Story”. It would be in 2 parts. Part 1 would be from her birth in 6-1922 till 9-1950 when she was fired from MGM at the matinee. The 2nd half of her life would be the evening performance. These would be shown only 3 or 4 days a week, unless demand is so hight a 2nd theater can be used for the balance of the shows - I call them “Judy Garland Highlights”. These would drawn on her almost unlimited body of work - movies, concerts, interviews , documentaries +++. It would be low budget as there would be video of her singing alone - a new singer, or a star, can come in making her silent at times, duets with the original partner 7 new singers (or stars), dancing & sing-a-longs. Oh boy - I’m excited! Clips of her original 1st song on the Grand Opening of The Palace in 1951 is on Ford Star Jubilee Judy Garland (start @ 6 minutes0. It’s a Wowie Zowie Kapowie!

For sing a longs in the “Highlights” shows, the words will be on a big screen as well as printed & handed out with the program. If Elton John agrees to Bertie a new song or intro song, it can be long, if that’s what he wants to create - a montage - Judy Garland was ubiquitous . So is Elton - good combination.  

The Palace theater had been abandoned for 18 years when her soon to be 3rd husband, Sid Luft, in ‘51, was in Times Square, & saw the abandoned theater, he called the owner & asked him to renovate the theater for her to sing there. He loved the idea. She performed for 40 weeks, 2 shows a day. All shows were sold out - all shows had rave reviews. Huge crowds came to Broadway because Judy Garland was the biggest, most popular & most beloved star of her day. She is still called “The World’s Greatest Entertainer”! John Kennedy came to opening night and “fell in love” with her (everyone does!). He started calling her once a week to say hello and ask her to sing part of Over the Rainbow. She spent a month at the Kennedy compound with her three children, literally having to sing for her supper, she campaigned with Kennedy for President & was in the White House many times. They had a love affair, but it was platonic! When he was assassinated, she had the Judy Garland show on TV. Her original contract in 1963 was for $24 million for four years the highest mountain entertainer on television through today. She was only on for one year but every show is brilliant and she had her hand and everything. She was like a good architect who creates a timeless building. She created a timeless show. Even though they were made in the early 60s, they still look contemporary. She sang “Battle Hymn of the Republic” in his honor & said, before she sang it, “This is for you, Jack”. I cried - it is very powerful. Then she said “No woman has ever sung Old Man River - I’m gonna sing that song.” YouTube her singing it and then just YouTube the song & choose anyone else. Judy Garland is twice as good as anyone else singing this common song - that was part of the genius of Judy Garland..

Judy Garland Highlights would be a different show than the other Judy Garland Life Story shows. Famous stars can show up, even the day of performance, to sing duets with Judy. I think many famous singers and actors (who can carry a tune) will love to sing a duet with Judy Garland. One show may be, say 10 - 12 songs of hers. 1st with her singing on video, then with a duet either if one exists with the original duet partner, then stopping to have a live duet partner chime in. Then an audience sing-along. So, each song can last easily 15 or 20 minutes with the combination of three or four ways of presenting the song. There is so much Judy Garland material, it is almost limitless.

I believe that demand will be strong - both fprmats will be an audience pleaser. Whoopi Goldberg said “When Judy Garland sings you hear the voice of God”. Will she want to sing with Judy in a duet? I think she would love it. Barry Manilow already did a beautiful duet with her - just YouTube Barry & Judy duet & choose the one that is 2.50 minutes (the sound on video has to be updated). I’m sure he would love to do a live duet with Judy on Broadway. YouTube Liza & Judy “Come Rain or Come Shine”. Maybe even Elton would love to do a duet. I’m sure many other stars would also, as long as they can sing a bit! Barbra Streisand’s duet with Judy, “Get Happy” is, probably, the most beautiful duet ever made. Of course, Judy Garland created it by combining the songs “Get Happy” and “Happy Days are Here Again”.

I will be contacting Susan Stroman (or maybe Elton can!) and hope that she will be happy to be the choreographer and set designer for the Judy Garland Life Story & Judy Garland Highlights. Lion King (on Broadway) has the most brilliant score (nice work, Elton!) & unbelievable staging. I often watch The opening of Lion King on Broadway on youtube. 

The Judy Garland Highlights shows can literally change every time it’s performed. The body of work Judy has left behind is voluminous. It can sometimes include her early singing, like Zing! Went the Strings of my Heart. This was the song she sang on the radio when an MGM executive heard her, he went to find her and took her to Louis B Mayer. He hired her immediately after she sang the song, without a screen test. There is much before she was hired by MGM (at the age of 13). She made over 40 movies with MGM until she was fired for not showing up at all to film, as the star, in Annie Get Your Gun.  

The body of her work is voluminous. In fact there is so much available that there could be a different “Highlights” every show, probably for an entire year, or more. Maybe some of the shows would recycle. This would involve taking material of Judy Garland, which can go anywhere from her childhood singing as Francis Baby Gumm with her sisters as The Gumm Sisters (Georgie Jessel changed her last name when she and her sisters were performing in Chicago and he was the MC and the marquee called them The Glum Sisters). The story of her being hired by MGM when she was 13 is legend, to her many movies & songs in the movies. She made approximately 40 movies with MGM to her many wonderful concerts, Judy Garland Shows, guest appearances, interviews of her (& Liza & Lorna about her) +++. She had approximately 1100 concerts. It has been said that going to a Judy Garland concert was like a séance. She had the audience in her hand and the audience loved her. It was a love fest! I read that often times she would sit at the edge of the stage for her last number with no shoes and no microphone and sing Over the Rainbow and people would cry. The only two women in the world whoever made me cry were my ex-wife and Judy Garland! There would be minimal staging. It will all be videos, stills, Judy singing solos, duets as her many fabulous duets with the original “partner” alternating with w live duet partner for that song for that performance. The duet partners can change. Liza & Lorna will be allowed to come to any shows they desire, even at late notice, and be part of either the Judy Garland story or Judy Garland highlights. They will get paid according to an agreement and the person who is being replaced would either take another roll or sit out that performance, but still get paid. 

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Who know how many would love to sing with Judy. Certainly Whoopi Goldberg who said “When Judy Garland sings you hear the voice of God”! And Barry Manilow already has a few duets with Judy on YouTube - the best one is 2.50 minutes (the sound needs to be updated). He sings, in duet, one of the most consequential song in Judy Garland’s life, “Zing! Went the Stringe of my Heart”. She sang it on the radio & a MGM executive heard it, went to find her, & brought her to Louis B Mayor. When he heard her sing the song, he did not ask her to do a screen test and hired her immediately. So now, at the age of 13, she was under contract with MGM. This “story” could be part of a Highlights show. My idea is that there would be live performances of Louis Mayer and a 13-year-old Judy Garland going with her parents to the audition at MGM and her being hired. After she was hired she went under under the tootlidge of Roger Edens who I’m sure Elton knows well. He was a world class composer having composed all the music for ThevWizard of Oz as well as many many other classics . 

Just to digress with a very interesting fact, Roger Edens’ father was a Cantor and he grew up as a religious Jew. The lyricist for Over the Rainbow was Yip Harberg, whose father also was a cantor and also grew up as a religious Jew. The song was written in 1939 and if you just google the lyrics you can understand that they, in fact, wrote in a very subliminal way their desire and longing for the formation of the state of Israel - how about that?

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As is everything in Judy‘s life, the story is fascinating when she became she was hired by MGM they didn’t know what to do with a 13 year-old kid. The only other child star was Shirley Temple - she was about 6 years old and was with ulUniversal. So they put her under the tootledge of Roger Edens. I’m sure Elton knows he was a world class composer, having composed all the music for the Wizard of Oz as well as many other wonderful songs. He, as well as many other composers, were moving from New York to Hollywood to make music for the movies. Clark Gable, who was the most famous movie star of his day (starred in “Gone with the Wind), a very handsome man & was also under contract with MGM. Judy told Roger Edens that she had “fallen in love” with Clark Gabel. So he takes the song “You Made me Love You” and attaches a solique with Judy looking at Clark Gable’s picture, singing to him & talking. It can be found on YouTube by just putting in Dear Mr. Gable. She sang this song to Clark Gable at his MGM birthday party and then that night at a fancy club in Hollywood. She said she was very nervous - here she was a 13 year old kid singing to the most famous movie star of the day. The song then went on the radio, (Judy had been on the radio for quite a while - I have a YouTube where the announcer says and “Here’s little Judy Garland. She’s just 10 years old, but she’s got a voice of a woman of 40 who’s been hurt”. Wow! The song was listened to everyone in America because Judy Garland’s voice is beautiful, the song is beautiful, her talking to Gable is beautiful and she’s singing to the most famous movie star in the world. So, at the age of 13 ,Judy was now a household name in America / everyone knew Judy Garland!

Would Elton John like to sing with Judy Garland. I guess if he decides he wants to produce the show maybe you and he would spend more time in New York and he would perform as many times a week as he was comfortable with always performing what I’m asking him to create - a new song dedicated to Judy Garland. It would always open the show and a Judy Garland replacement would end show sitting on the edge of the stage, with no shoes and no microphone, often having just finished a hobo routine, where part of her face is darkened or a clown routine, still in her clown outfit singing the song with no microphone. This was the common ending for her concerts and I read that it was so powerful people would cry. Videos of Judy singing and live singer, singing duets with her and singing some songs by themselves with high-end dancing, who I hope will be created by Susan Stroman.

As I guess you might have figured out, I am a Judy Garland addict, but not to worry. I start rehab soon. I have a new website judygarlandaddicts.com. I am in the process of building it. I am a typical addict. I like to share my addiction. I guess both you and Elton know her music and perhaps some of her amazing life story so I’m asking Elton John if he would write the introduction song to the show and I’m asking both of you if you would like to participate in the show in any way you feel comfortable. As of now it is only a presentation I made to the two owners of the palace theater, Stuart Lane and James Nederlander.  

I hope this idea excited both of you & you can help make it a reality.

Judy Garland the only person in history who has a book written about every day of their life. I know, Jesus got a Bible and some churches, but he did not get a book about every day of his life.

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