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Diva / mensch pair for 1/22/20
Leo G. Carroll is back at it again this week - - last week we had his first appearance in a Hitchcock movie, *Rebecca.* Today we have...
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Jan 22, 20201 min read
*Porgy and Bess,* 1/15/20
Barbara, Leith, Jere, Dale, Richard, and I saw *Porgy and Bess* at the Met on 1/15/20. This was a new production, the Met hadn't done...
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Jan 21, 20203 min read
*Ellen West,* 1/17/20
I saw *Ellen West* at the Prototype Festival on 1/17/20. It’s a new opera with music by Ricky Ian Gordon on a text by Frank Bidart. It...
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Jan 20, 20203 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PR18, ep 6
Oh, poor Victoria! She felt guilty that she’d been on the top so many times. That must be such a heavy burden, I feel awful for her....
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Jan 19, 20202 min read
Fabulous Friday: "By the Time I Get To Phoenix"
This song just breaks my heart, it's so full of tenderness and regret. We're starting with the divine Glen Campbell: And how about Dean...
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Jan 17, 20201 min read
*Magdalene,* 1/13/20
I saw *Magdalene* at Prototype Opera on 1/13/20. It's a brand new opera on a set of poems by Marie Howe with the thirteen movements...
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Jan 16, 20202 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 1/15/20
The first two weeks of my Hitchcock supporting players tribute were dedicated to Pat Hitchcock. This week and next week will be...
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Jan 15, 20201 min read
*Blood Moon,* 1/9/20
I saw *Blood Moon* at the Prototype Festival on 1/9/20. It’s a new opera with music by Garrett Fischer and a libretto by Ellen...
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Jan 14, 20202 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PR18, ep 5
All hail guest judge Cyndi Lauper! The challenge: the designers were split into two teams - - they used a new spin on the button bag,...
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Jan 13, 20202 min read
New look for divamensch homepage
My website provider (Wix.com, which I LOVE) has improved their blog features. I just migrated to the new blog and reconfigured my...
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Jan 12, 20201 min read
*Hadestown,* 1/8/20
Francesca and I saw *Hadestown* on Broadway on 1/8/20. It won the Tonys for Best Musical and Best Score last spring - - I wasn't...
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Jan 11, 20203 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Wichita Lineman"
I'm featuring the great songwriter Jimmy Webb in the Fabulous Fridays in January. First off, three recordings of "Wichita Lineman." ...
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Jan 10, 20201 min read
CDA: Buck Henry
I see Buck Henry's most important credit as the screenplay to *The Graduate,* but he also wrote or co-wrote *Get Smart,* *What's Up,...
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Jan 9, 20201 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PR18, ep 4
The challenge - - the designers needed to make an upcycled look for Karlie to wear at a CFDA event in Paris. Their source for fabric was...
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Jan 9, 20201 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 1/8/20
Today I'm highlighting Pat Hitchcock's work in *Psycho.* She is so adorable. Diva: Janet Leigh Mensch: Pat Hitchcock
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Jan 8, 20201 min read
CDA: John Baldessari
John Baldessari has been one of my favorite contemporary artists since I saw a retrospective of his work at the Walker Art Center in...
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Jan 6, 20202 min read
London travelogue!
Hello there - - at long last I finished my work on the London travelogue, from the trip that Richard and I took in March. Here's how to...
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Jan 3, 20201 min read
Fabulous Friday: Mystery Guest, Lena Horne
Two appearances by Lena Horne as the mystery guest. First in 1953, she appears at 14:20: And again in 1958, she appears at 14:15:
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Jan 3, 20201 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 1/1/20
Happy New Year, darlings! I hope 2020 is full of marvelous things for all of us. Did you know that I watched nearly all of the Hitchcock...
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Jan 1, 20201 min read
CDA: Sue Lyon
Richard alerted me to the death of Sue Lyon. She had a decidedly minor career, but her one important screen credit is so important (and...
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Dec 31, 20191 min read
CDA: Catherine O'Hara
Oh my I was not prepared for this one. My brother Howard texted me yesterday to alert me to the death of the extraordinary Catherine O'Hara at the too young age of 71. Like many of my generation I first encountered her on SCTV. My favorite of her characters was Lola Heatherton, a dimly talented nightclub performer, her name pointing us to Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon mainstays Lola Falana and Joey Heatherton. She was delightful in Beetlejuice (1988) but I'm not so into
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3 days ago2 min read
Fabulous Friday: Alanis Morissette
I've asked my friend Jori Hume to write a few Fabulous Fridays in the Rock and Roll Woman series. Jori is a friend from high school, without a doubt the coolest person ever to attend Delavan-Darien High School. I was about to write "ever to graduate from" but I bet there are some cool people who were dropouts! Jori is cooler than any of them. I'll hand the baton to Jori: Do you remember the first time you heard “You Oughta Know” by Alanis Morissette? Picture it: Kansas City.
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4 days ago2 min read
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