Divamensch

I'm a big fan of Verdi's Don Carlo and my favorite moment in it is the wicked mezzo's aria "O don fatale." Here's the great Russian mezzo Irina Arkhipova singing it in Russian! It sounds even more desperate and acidic when sung in Russian. BTW is Princess Eboli truly wicked or simply misunderstood?

Once again we're at Best Play. The 1983 Tony went to Torch Song Trilogy, a Diva of a play written by and starring Harvey Fierstein. It wasn't the first time a drag queen was seen on Broadway but it was the first time she won Best Play! And Best Actor. One of the other nominees was Marsha Norman's searing two-person play 'night Mother. About a woman saying goodbye to her mother so she can commit suicide at the end of the night. Mensch with a capital M. I couldn't find any foot