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CDA: Jean Marsh
I read in the Times yesterday about the death of Jean Marsh, age 90. She wasn't just one of the stars of Upstairs, Downstairs , she and...
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Apr 14, 20251 min read
Voices of Mannahatta, Apr 8, 2025
I heard Voices of Mannahatta on Apr 8, 2025. It wasn't a concert by Voices of Ascension but a concert presented by V of A as part of...
ladiesvoices
Apr 12, 20254 min read
Fabulous Friday: Mystery Guest Richard Chamberlain x 2
It's been such a long time since I featured a Mystery Guest. YouTube suggested this Richard Chamberlain appearance in 1973. He comes on...
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Apr 11, 20251 min read
CDA: William Finn
I was sad to read in The Times that William Finn had died (age of 73). He was a writer of musicals, often the lyrics, music, and book - -...
ladiesvoices
Apr 10, 20252 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Apr 9, 2025
This week I'm highlighting a couple of categories I probably haven't touched on yet. We're at the 1993 Grammys, by the way. Diva: Best...
ladiesvoices
Apr 9, 20251 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Play That Funky Music, White Boy"
I'm not a huge fan of Kathy Griffin but I give in to clickbait on YouTube now and then. I was lured by the headline to a 30-minute vlog...
ladiesvoices
Apr 4, 20251 min read
CDA: Val Kilmer
I was saddened to see an obit in The Times for Val Kilmer. He died of pneumonia at the age of 65. Can you believe I forgot that he played...
ladiesvoices
Apr 3, 20251 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Apr 2, 2025
The Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female for 1992 went to k. d. lang for the song "Constant Craving." Diva: lang's voice, really...
ladiesvoices
Apr 2, 20251 min read
CDA: Richard Chamberlain
I was sad to read in The Times about the death of Richard Chamberlain, who died at the nice round age of 90. He was king of the TV...
ladiesvoices
Apr 1, 20251 min read
*Love Life,* Mar 28, 2025
Susan and I saw *Love Life* at City Center Encores on Mar 28. 2025. It's a musical by Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner from 1948. It had...
ladiesvoices
Mar 31, 20254 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Depuis le jour" x 3
My favorite opera aria ever is "Depuis le jour" from Louise by Gustave Charpentier. The opera is a snooze but this aria is...
ladiesvoices
Mar 28, 20252 min read
*Moby-Dick,* Mar 25, 2025
Stephanie and I saw *Moby-Dick* at the Met on Mar 25, 2025. It's an opera with music by Jake Heggie and a libretto by Gene Scheer, it...
ladiesvoices
Mar 27, 20254 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Mar 26, 2025
The Best Opera Recording Grammy for 1991 naturally went to the Met's recording of Götterdämmerung. Ho jo to ho, throw the ring into the...
ladiesvoices
Mar 26, 20251 min read
*The Clock,* a dozen years later - - Mar 20, 2025
Christian Marclay's 24-hour film The Clock was in New York in the summer of 2012. I saw nearly all of it over the course of five...
ladiesvoices
Mar 25, 20251 min read
Fabulous Friday: “It’s Today”
I ran into this on Instagram and had to share - - the (thank Gawd) one of a kind Elaine Stritch doing this show-stopping number from Mame...
ladiesvoices
Mar 21, 20251 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Mar 19, 2025
The 1990 winner for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album was Take 6 for So Much 2 Say. Clearly I need to do a deep dive into Take 6...
ladiesvoices
Mar 19, 20251 min read
CDA: Joey Molland
I read in The Times last week about the death of Joey Molland (age 77) of Badfinger. My brother Howard often mentions Badfinger and with...
ladiesvoices
Mar 16, 20251 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Sweet Talkin' Woman" and "California Man"
I was at Cha Cha Matcha on Monday getting a matcha latte for my boss and they were playing this song in the shop. I was briefly out of my...
ladiesvoices
Mar 14, 20251 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Mar 12, 2025
I'm looking at two of the jazz categories in the 1989 Grammys. Diva: Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female - - Ruth Brown for Blues on...
ladiesvoices
Mar 12, 20251 min read
ECCO, Mar 10, 2025
I heard ECCO, the East Coast Chamber Orchestra, at a Music Mondays performance on March 10, 2025. It was a total accident that I even...
ladiesvoices
Mar 11, 20254 min read
CDA x 4: Barrie and Stewart
I never like reporting on FOUR celebrity deaths! My brother Howard alerted me to three of them and my friend Jessica on the fourth: Barbara Barrie (95), Donnie Iris (83), and Patrick Stewart (86) from Howard and Elke Sommer (85) from Jessica. I first encountered Barbara Barrie playing Dennis Christopher's mom in Breaking Away. She was nominated for an Oscar for that movie. I later knew her from the original cast recording of Stephen Sondheim's Company, in which she and her hu
ladiesvoices
1 day ago3 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Then Came You"
I was on the stairmaster at Planet Fitness yesterday morning - - it wasn't an actual Stairmaster, it was a LifeFitness brand knockoff, but it's the easiest way to explain the thing I was using. Don't you say Kleenex rather than "facial tissue?" Anyway, I was on the stairmaster looking for something inspiring to listen to on my iPod. I needed a break from my usual picks (Boston, Earth Wind and Fire, Shirley Bassey) and somehow landed on this song. Which I ADORE. The four minut
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2 days ago1 min read
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