Divamensch

I had this song stuck in my head on Tuesday morning and thought I'd share it with all y'all. Gerry and the Pacemakers were another band of four guys from Liverpool, also managed by Brian Epstein and produced by George Martin. Like that other group that we all know. This song sounds like a number of early Beatles songs, not particularly distinguished but a well-made pop song. I think part of the reason Gerry and the Pacemakers didn't become the Beatles is that they're not as c

Julie Harris won the 1973 Tony for Best Actress in a Play for The Last of Mrs Lincoln. Who could be less of a diva than Mary Todd Freaking Lincoln? Are you familiar with I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers? It's a one-woman play that Bette Midler did on Broadway in 2013, playing Hollywood superagent Sue Mengers. One of Mengers's first clients was Julie Harris. Harris was up for the role of Mary Todd Lincoln in a TV movie and the producers gave her a pass, saying they w