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Fabulous Friday: Holland Taylor
Continuing our Pride Month theme, here's a cute little clip of Holland Taylor on Larry King:
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Jun 18, 20211 min read
CDA: Ned Beatty and Violetta Elvin
Ned Beatty, rest his soul. He was 83. I think his greatest performance was in *Network.* I read an interview with him somewhere where he...
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Jun 17, 20211 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for June 16, 2021
Richard, our friend Scott, and I saw *The Temperamentals* off Broadway in 2010, a play by Jon Marans about the Mattachine Society, a gay...
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Jun 16, 20211 min read
BDDS, *The Sun Also Rises,* June 12, 2021
I heard the first of four concerts by the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society on June 14, 2021 (it was dropped online on June 12). BDDS is...
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Jun 14, 20212 min read
Fabulous Friday: “June is Bustin’ Out All Over”
God bless Leslie Uggams. One of the funniest moments ever, perfect for June and perfect for Pride Month.
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Jun 11, 20211 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for June 9, 2021
Diva: go go dancers in the Pride March Mensch: marching behind the go go dancers The first time I marched in the NYC Pride March was...
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Jun 9, 20211 min read
The Extinctionist
I watched *The Extinctionist* online on June 1, 2021. It was a film of a live concert performance from PS21 in Chatham, NY on May 29 and...
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Jun 6, 20212 min read
CDA: Rusty Warren
I have to be honest and say I'm not really familiar with the comic Rusty Warren, I only know her by reputation. She was a real...
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Jun 5, 20211 min read
Fabulous Friday: Mystery Guest, Liberace
Of course I have to kick off Pride Month with Liberace as the mystery guest. Here's his first appearance, in 1956: And here he is in...
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Jun 4, 20211 min read
*Myths and Hymns: Faith,* May 25, 2021
I watched the final chapter of Adam Guettel's musical project *Myths and Hymns* on May 28, 2021 (it was dropped online on May 25). The...
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Jun 3, 20212 min read
CDA: B. J. Thomas
An American original! Here he is with another American original, Glen Campbell, singing "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head." I'm not 100%...
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Jun 2, 20211 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for June 2, 2021
I'm taking a break from our travels through Europe for the month of June. It's Pride Month! My first pair is connected to the Scissor...
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Jun 2, 20211 min read
Batsheva: *Yag,* May 31, 2021
I saw a filmed performance by the Batsheva Dance Company online on May 31, 2021 (it was filmed in October 2020 and dropped online on May...
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Jun 1, 20213 min read
CDA: Gavin MacLeod
Richard alerted me to the death of Gavin MacLeod. 90 years old! Impressive! I don't remember ever seeing him in a movie or hearing about...
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May 31, 20211 min read
Albert Herring, May 28, 2021
I watched *Albert Herring* online on May 28, 2021. It was a production from Minnesota Opera, staged in April 2021 in an empty theater...
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May 29, 20212 min read
Fabulous Friday: Pan Am travelogue of Spain
I thought it would be amusing to end our month in Spain with an old Hollywood travelogue. The closest thing I found on YouTube was this...
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May 28, 20211 min read
Three Divas, May 22, 2021
I heard the latest of the the Met Stars Live in Concert series on May 26, 2021 (it was live on May 22). It was billed as “Three Divas”...
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May 27, 20214 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for May 26, 2021
I'm closing out the week with two Spanish divas, both singing the same thing, "Tu che le vanita" from Verdi's *Don Carlo*: Diva:...
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May 26, 20211 min read
CDA: Charles Grodin
Oh, the adorable Charles Grodin! He was 86. I'm going to give three clips in my tribute to him. First, did you know he has a small role...
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May 23, 20211 min read
Fabulous Friday: a day late!
My apologies for missing the Fabulous Friday feature yesterday. I am suitably ashamed. Here's my choice for a fabulous bit of Spanish...
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May 22, 20211 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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10 hours ago1 min read
CDA x 2: Koenig and St. James
I read in the NY Times about the death of Walter Koenig at the age of 90. He'll always be remembered as Chekhov on Star Trek. I read in his Times obit that he was added in the second season to appeal to youngsters - - Kirk, Spock, and Bones were all mature gentlemen and they needed a cute young guy. They even gave him a Monkees-esque mop top to seal the deal. He was pretty damn cute! And my brother Howard alerted me to the death of Susan St. James at the age of 80. She's prob
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1 day ago1 min read
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