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Ryan on the Runway: PR 17, ep 8
The episode started with three of the designers going after Tessa, asking why SHE wasn’t on the bottom in the previous challenge. Oo,...
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May 7, 20192 min read
*Norma Jeane Baker of Troy,* 5/1/19
I saw *Norma Jeane Baker of Troy* at The Shed on 5/1/19. It’s a play by Anne Carson with music by Paul Clark. The Shed is a brand new...
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May 6, 20194 min read
*Burn This,* 4/30/19
Jere, Dale, and I saw *Burn This* on Broadway on 4/30/19. This is the poster in my local subway station: It’s a play by Lanford Wilson...
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May 5, 20193 min read
*The Judy Garland Songbook,* 4/29/19
Nick, Tony, Richard, and I saw *The Judy Garland Songbook* at Symphony Space on 4/29/19. The concert was alternately called *Broadway’s...
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May 4, 20194 min read
Fabulous Friday: Mystery Guest, Liberace
Oh so adorable. I love that it takes so long for him to sign his name. I'm fascinated by Liberace. The people were crazy for him and...
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May 3, 20191 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 5/1/19
The theme for May: two recordings of the same song, done in very different styles. My homepage will have the Diva and Mensch posted in...
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May 1, 20191 min read
CDA: Jo Sullivan Loesser and John Singleton
Jo Sullivan Loesser is best known as being the wife of Frank Loesser, who wrote the music and lyrics for *Guys and Dolls* and *The Most...
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Apr 30, 20191 min read
*Lady in the Dark,* 4/25/19
I saw *Lady in the Dark* at City Center on 4/25/19. It's a musical from 1941 with music by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and a...
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Apr 29, 20193 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PR 17, ep 7
Isn’t it nice seeing the designers hanging out in the apartment, making breakfast together, supporting each other, enjoying themselves? ...
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Apr 28, 20192 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Night and Day"
I have one brief follow-up to our *Stardust Melodies* tribute. I deliberately didn't repeat an artist over the course of those weeks,...
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Apr 26, 20191 min read
*Hillary and Clinton,* 4/23/19
I saw *Hillary and Clinton* on Broadway on 4/23/19. It's a new play by Lucas Hnath, who wrote the extraordinary *A Doll's House Part 2.*...
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Apr 25, 20193 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 4/24/19
I'm closing out the sibling theme with a classic of the genre: Diva: Joe Hardy Mensch: Frank Hardy
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Apr 24, 20191 min read
Budapest Festival Orchestra, 4/4/19 and 4/5/19
I heard two back-to-back concerts by the Budapest Festival Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, on 4/5/19 and 4/6/19, both in all-Bartók programs...
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Apr 22, 20193 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PR 17, ep 6
The challenge was introduced by three female video game designers and theorists. They’re told to make a powerful female video game...
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Apr 21, 20192 min read
Merce Cunningham centenary, 4/16/19
I went to a performance at BAM on 4/16/19, *Night of 100 Solos: A Centenary Event.* It was what would have been the 100th birthday of...
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Apr 20, 20194 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Lush Life"
This is the last song in our *Stardust Melodies* tribute. I strongly urge you to read Will Friedwald's book, it's a fascinating read and...
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Apr 19, 20191 min read
*Semele,* 4/14/19
I heard a semi-staged concert performance of Handel's *Semele* at Carnegie Hall on 4/14/19. I'm a big fan of Handel and was knocked out...
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Apr 18, 20195 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 4/17/19
Another sibling suggestion from Diane Severson Mori: Diva: Karen Carpenter Mensch: Richard Carpenter
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Apr 17, 20191 min read
ECCO, 4/15/19
I heard ECCO on 4/15/19 at Advent Lutheran Church, as part of their Music Mondays series. ECCO is the East Coast Chamber Orchestra, and...
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Apr 16, 20193 min read
CDA: Georgia Engel
Wow, first Bibi Andersson and now Georgia Engel! They feel like the polar opposites of what it is to be Blonde. Georgia Engel is what I...
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Apr 16, 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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