Divamensch

The winner for Best Revival in 1989 was the ultimate mensch of a play, Our Town. I saw that production on TV, it was so beautiful - - Spalding Gray at the stage manager, Penelope Ann Miller as Emily, Eric Stoltz as George, and James Rebhorn and Frances Conroy as Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs. Revelatory, imaginative, and profoundly moving. The diva in that category was Ain't Misbehavin'. It started in the Manhattan Theatre Club's cabaret space in 1978, moved to Broadway that same year,

I read in the NY Times about the death of Duncan Sheik, age 56. He was a flash-in-the-pan pop singer who found his true calling as the composer of Broadway musicals. He won two Tonys for his adaptation of Spring Awakening. That show also won Best Musical. This song is the last song in the show, seen here in the 2022 West End production: I saw the Broadway revival in 2015 and loved it: Spring Awakening on Broadway, Sept 201 | divamensch I'm told that his hit song, "Barely Brea