The Music Behind Liberace's Capes, Jewels and Candelabra

Sunday night marks the premiere of "Behind the Candelabra," a Liberace biopic starring Michael Douglas as the flamboyant pianist. Based on a memoir by the musician's young lover Scott Thorson (played by Matt Damon), the HBO film has received mostlyFor anyone born after 1980, Liberace may be a relatively arcane character—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 nature: Lady Gaga, Elton John, andMichael Douglas and Matt Damon are incredible in this biopic -- check out the five reasons this HBO production is amazing!Perhaps I should refer to Liberace the way everyone else does — 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

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