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*History of Violence,* 11/30/19
I saw *History of Violence* at St. Ann's Warehouse on 11/30/19. It's a play based on the second volume of the memoirs by Édouard Louis. ...
ladiesvoices
Dec 7, 20192 min read
Fabulous Friday: Mystery Guest, Lawrence Welk
How cute was he? He comes in at 18:27.
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Dec 6, 20191 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 12/4/19
I had such a fun time with Meryl Streep last month, I'm going to do the same thing with Nicole Kidman this month. In each case it'll be...
ladiesvoices
Dec 4, 20191 min read
*A Bright Room Called Day,* 11/29/19
I saw *A Bright Room Called Day* at The Public Theater on 11/29/19. It's Tony Kushner's first play, written in 1985 and updated/revised...
ladiesvoices
Nov 30, 20194 min read
Fabulous Friday: Beyoncé "Rite of Spring"
I'm wrapping up my tribute to the marvelous Stephanie Jutt with a video she recently turned me on to - - Beyoncé dancing to a excerpt...
ladiesvoices
Nov 29, 20191 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 11/27/19
Hello my dear readers. My apologies that I wasn't able to send out the Diva / Mensch pair last week. I was on vacation in Munich (a...
ladiesvoices
Nov 27, 20191 min read
*Tina,* 11/16/19
Diane, Irene, Richard, and I saw *Tina* on 11/16/19. It recently opened on Broadway after a successful run in London. The show is a...
ladiesvoices
Nov 26, 20192 min read
*The End of Eddy,* 11/14/19
I saw *The End of Eddy* at BAM on 11/14/19. It's a new play by Pamela Carter, an adaptation of the memoir by the French author Édouard...
ladiesvoices
Nov 19, 20192 min read
*Richard III,* 11/15/19
Karen, Bruce, Claudia, and I saw *Richard III* at Lincoln Center’s White Lights Festival on 11/15/19, performed by Dublin’s Druid Theatre...
ladiesvoices
Nov 18, 20192 min read
Fabulous Friday: flute duet in space
Recently I saw a post on Facebook by Stephanie, a flute duet between astronaut Cady Coleman and Ian Anderson (founder of Jethro Tull), in...
ladiesvoices
Nov 15, 20191 min read
*Satyagraha,* 11/12/19
Barbara, Dale, and I saw *Akhnaten* at the Met on 11/12/19. It's an opera by Philip Glass about the Egyptian pharaoh, who ruled for a...
ladiesvoices
Nov 14, 20192 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 11/13/19
Continuing through the oeuvre of Miss Streep, two movies from 2006: Diva: *The Devil Wears Prada* Mensch: *A Prairie Home Companion*
ladiesvoices
Nov 13, 20191 min read
Fabulous Friday: "The Nitty Gritty"
I'm devoting November's Fabulous Fridays to one of my most devoted readers, Stephanie Jutt. She's shared many, many priceless YouTube...
ladiesvoices
Nov 8, 20191 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 11/6/19
I really enjoyed the movie theme we had last month, so I'm extending it to this month, with a tribute to the greatest movie actor of our...
ladiesvoices
Nov 6, 20191 min read
*The Inheritance Part 2,* 10/31/19
Karen and I saw *The Inheritance Part 2* on Broadway on 10/31/19. We were very disappointed in Part 1 the week before, but went into Part...
ladiesvoices
Nov 4, 20194 min read
Mystery Guest: Smothers Brothers
They are so damn cute.
ladiesvoices
Nov 1, 20191 min read
*Betrayal,* 10/29/19
Barb and I saw *Betrayal* on Broadway on 10/29/19. It's a play from 1978 by Harold Pinter. It's rather concrete for Pinter, his stuff...
ladiesvoices
Oct 31, 20193 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 10/30/19
A mystery double feature: Diva: *Murder on the Orient Express* Mensch: *The Lady Vanishes*
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Oct 30, 20191 min read
*What If They Went To Moscow?* 10/23/19
I saw *What If They Went To Moscow?* at BAM on 10/23/19. It's a contemporary reworking of Chekhov's *The Three Sisters,* written and...
ladiesvoices
Oct 29, 20192 min read
*The Inheritance Pt 1,* 10/25/19
Karen and I saw *The Inheritance Part 1* on Broadway on 10/25/19. *The Inheritance* is a new two-part play by Matthew Lopez. It was a big...
ladiesvoices
Oct 28, 20193 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
ladiesvoices
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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