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Diva / Mensch pair for 4/10/19
This week's sibling pair was another suggestion from my mom: Diva: Ann Landers Mensch: Dear Abby Did you know they were twin sisters? It...
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Apr 10, 20191 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PRAS 7, finale
The final four were brought to the Baccarat hotel, which Richard described as “very swanky.” They had to make six looks for their...
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Apr 8, 20193 min read
Fabulous Friday: Mystery Guest Fred Astaire
We had Fred Astaire singing "Night and Day" a couple weeks ago, so he's today's Mystery Guest. He comes on at 17:13.
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Apr 5, 20191 min read
*Kiss Me Kate,* 3/26/19
I saw *Kiss Me, Kate* on Broadway on 3/26/19. The biggest excitement of the show happened before the curtain went up: I took the train...
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Apr 4, 20192 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 4/3/19
The wonderful Diane Severson Mori suggested this classic sibling pair (thanks, Diane!): Diva: Bart Simpson Mensch: Lisa Simpson
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Apr 3, 20191 min read
CDA: Agnès Varda
Mike Miller alerted me to the death of Agnès Varda, an extraordinary French film director. I see her as the Frida Kahlo of the French...
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Mar 30, 20191 min read
Fabulous Friday, "Stormy Weather"
The next song in *Stardust Melodies* is "Stormy Weather," by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler. The song is best known as the signature song...
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Mar 29, 20192 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 3/27/19
My friend Jill suggested the Redgrave sisters: Diva: Vanessa Redgrave Mensch: Lynn Redgrave Naturally Vanessa is the diva, she's so much...
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Mar 27, 20191 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PR 17, ep 2
They were sent to A. Human, a “fashion line” in Brooklyn that imagines a world in which making body modifications is as easy as changing...
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Mar 26, 20191 min read
*I Married an Angel,* 3/22/19
Richard, Susan, and I saw *I Married An Angel* at City Center Encores on 3/22/19. It’s a Rodgers and Hart show from 1937, most notable...
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Mar 25, 20191 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PRAS 7, ep 12
The final challenge, in a sense. This was the one that decided who was going to the finale. The challenge - - they had to do cohesive...
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Mar 23, 20192 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Summertime"
The next song discussed in *Stardust Melodies* is "Summertime" from *Porgy and Bess,* music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin....
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Mar 22, 20191 min read
Voices of Ascension concert, 3/20/19
I heard Voices of Ascension in a concert called *A Voice of Her Own: Great Choral Music By Women Composers* on 3/20/19. The group, of...
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Mar 21, 20192 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 3/20/19
Continuing with our sibling theme, another suggestion from my mom: Diva: Bing Crosby Mensch: Bob Crosby
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Mar 20, 20191 min read
CDA: Dick Dale
Another case of you might not know the name, but you probably know the music. Dick Dale was known as King of the Surf Guitar. I never...
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Mar 19, 20191 min read
*Magnificat,* 3/17/19
I heard a concert by Distinguished Concerts International New York on 3/17/19 - - *Magnificat: Music in Celebration of International...
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Mar 18, 20193 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PR 17, ep 1
Project Runway season 17, back on the network that launched the franchise, Bravo! Bravo, indeed. Lost Karlie Kloss caught my ear when...
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Mar 17, 20193 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Night and Day"
Next up, "Night and Day," music and lyrics by Cole Porter. Did you know that Fred Astaire was the first person to sing this song? It...
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Mar 15, 20191 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PRAS 7, ep 11
I have to get this out there, the new season of Project Runway starts on Bravo tonight! The guest judge was the divine Nina Garcia. She...
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Mar 14, 20192 min read
CDA: Hal Blaine
I'm rebranding this feature on my website yet again - - one of my most devoted readers, my beloved Aunt Kat, convinced me that the term...
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Mar 14, 20191 min read
Fabulous Friday: Aretha Franklin
I had a tribute to Wanda Jackson a few weeks ago. My brother Howard has a signed picture of her in his locker at work! I told him, "That's not Wanda Jackson, that's Lynn Redgrave in a bad wig." Bless her heart. Or in this case, rest her soul! OK now for this week's fierce rock and roll woman: the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, an American treasure. One of a kind, the world would not be the same without her. Can we all agree that this was one of the greatest moments in televi
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11 hours ago1 min read
CDA: Diane Ladd
I was saddened to read in The Times about the death of actor Diane Ladd at the age of 89. She had three Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actress. First for playing Flo in Alice Doesn't Live Her Anymore. She really knew how to give A Performance, just what you want in a supporting actor. Here she is off the freaking rails in Wild At Heart. And doing something more measured and understated in Rambling Rose. The Times said she and her daughter Laura Dern were the first (ma
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1 day ago1 min read
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