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CDA x 3: T Garr, M Hines, P Morrissey
I just saw a bit online about the death of Teri Garr. I went to the NY Times to look at her obit and saw two other people I had recently...
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Oct 29, 20242 min read
*Stereophonic,* Oct 18, 2024
Jori, Jeff, and I saw Stereophonic on Broadway on Oct 18, 2024. The performance started before we got to the theater... We met for...
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Oct 28, 20244 min read
Fabulous Friday: "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?"
Lately I've been looking at this handsome picture of my husband Richard taken at one of his four birthday celebrations last year: It...
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Oct 25, 20241 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Oct 23, 2024
The Grammy for Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female for 1969 went to Peggy Lee for one of the greatest songs ever, "Is That All...
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Oct 23, 20241 min read
CDA: Mitzi Gaynor
I was sad to read in The Times that Mitzi Gaynor had died. She had a right to, at the age of 93, but it would have been nice if she had...
ladiesvoices
Oct 17, 20241 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Oct 16, 2024
The Grammy for Best Original Cast Album for 1968 was Hair. I've chosen two songs from that show: Diva: "Age of Aquarius" Mensch: "Frank...
ladiesvoices
Oct 16, 20241 min read
Fabulous Friday: "I Remember You"
A couple weeks ago on Fabulous Friday I sent out Sarah Vaughan singing (of all things) "Rainy Days and Mondays." Today I'm sharing...
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Oct 11, 20241 min read
*One Song,* Oct 4, 2024
Jessica and I went to see *One Song* at the NYC Skirball Center on Oct 4, 2024. It's a Belgian production brought to New York by NYU and...
ladiesvoices
Oct 10, 20245 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Oct 9, 2024
What a year at the Grammys, 1967. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Bobbie Gentry and "Ode to Billie Joe," Aretha Franklin and...
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Oct 9, 20241 min read
CDA: Christopher Ciccone
I read in the NY Times about the death of artist, designer, author, choreographer, and dancer Christopher Ciccone, who died the other day...
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Oct 8, 20241 min read
*Grounded,* Oct 2, 2024
Stephanie, Karen, and I saw *Grounded* at the Met on Oct 2, 2024. It had its premiere at Washington National Opera last year, this is the...
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Oct 7, 20244 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Misirlou"
I first heard "Misirlou" in Pulp Fiction, in the astounding Dick Dale and the Del Tones recording. Here's the recording used in the...
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Oct 4, 20241 min read
CDA: Amos and Fritz
I read in the NY Times about the death of John Amos, the star of Good Times and Roots, who died at the age of 84. I'm sure I watched...
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Oct 3, 20241 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Oct 2, 2024
The 1966 Grammy for Best Classical Vocal Soloist recording went to Leontyne Price for her Prima Donna album. This would become the first...
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Oct 2, 20241 min read
*Indra's Net,* Sept 30, 2024
I saw Meredith Monk's Indra's Net at the Park Avenue Armory on September 30, 2024. Here's how the Armory website described the piece:...
ladiesvoices
Oct 1, 20245 min read
CDA: Gavin Creel
My friend David Jay alerted me to the death of a favorite Broadway actor, Gavin Creel. He died today at the much too young age of 48. He...
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Sep 30, 20242 min read
CDA: Kris Kristofferson
Stephanie just alerted me to the death of Kris Kristofferson, who died yesterday at the age of 88. You probably know him as an actor and...
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Sep 29, 20241 min read
CDA: Maggie Smith
My friend Dianna alerted me to the death of Maggie Smith, dear Dame Maggie, who died at the age of 89. She had a long career on the...
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Sep 28, 20241 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Rainy Days and Mondays"
Rainy days and Fridays...? Just when you thought you had considered all of the possible streaming services - - last week I joined Medici...
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Sep 27, 20242 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Sept 25, 2024
The winner of the 1965 Grammy for Best Classical Music Performance, Chamber Music was the Juilliard String Quartet for their recording of...
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Sep 25, 20241 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
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22 hours 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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