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Celebrity Death Watch: Sanford Sylvan
Sanford Sylvan was a wonderful American baritone, he died on Tuesday at the age of 65. I first heard him as Chou En-Lai in John Adams's...
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Feb 1, 20193 min read
Fabulous Friday: Mystery Guest, Carol Channing
Miss Channing was the mystery guest a few times, but this is my favorite. She comes on at 18:34. The discussion about her wig is...
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Feb 1, 20191 min read
*Pelléas et Mélisande,* 1/25/19
Barbara, Martin, and I saw *Pelléas et Mélisande* at the Met on 1/25/19. It's Debussy's only full-length opera and it's unlike any opera...
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Jan 31, 20193 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 1/30/19
It's cold here in New York, so I'm ending the winter activities theme in front of the fire. Diva: Sitting in front of the fire Mensch:...
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Jan 30, 20191 min read
LaBute one act festival, 1/23/19
Alaina, Richard, and I saw a series of three one-act plays by Neil LaBute on 1/23/19. Richard and I are fans of LaBute - - we loved...
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Jan 29, 20192 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PRAS season 7, ep 4
Adore Me dot com! Allegedly one of the fastest growing fashion start-ups in the world, and yet has any of us heard of it? The challenge...
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Jan 28, 20192 min read
Celebrity Death Watch: Michel Legrand
I loved composer Michel Legrand even before I knew his name - - we studied *The Umbrellas of Cherbourg* in my high school French class,...
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Jan 27, 20191 min read
*Ionesco Suite,* 1/24/19
I saw *Ionesco Suite* at BAM on 1/24/19. It's an assembly of five plays by Eugène Ionesco: *Jack, or The Submission,* *Delirium For...
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Jan 26, 20192 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Mack the Knife"
The next song in *Star Dust* is "Mack the Knife," music by Kurt Weill and lyrics by Bertolt Brecht. It was popularized in the US by...
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Jan 25, 20191 min read
Celebrity Death Watch: Kaye Ballard
I dedicate this Kaye Ballard tribute to the divine David Jay Smith, who told me about the death of Miss Ballard and also Miss Channing! ...
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Jan 24, 20191 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 1/23/19
My friends Barbara and William are totally into curling. William's team won the U. S. Junior National Championships in 2015 and 2016! ...
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Jan 23, 20191 min read
*Adriana Lecouvreur,* 1/16/19
Barbara, Richard, and I saw *Adriana Lecouvreur* at the Met on 1/16/19. I’m seeing seven or eight things at the Met this season and this...
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Jan 20, 20194 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PRAS season 7, ep 3
The designers were brought to an airport in deepest, darkest Long Island. They were put on a Southwest airplane, where they were tasked...
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Jan 18, 20191 min read
Fabulous Friday: "St. Louis Blues"
The next song in *Star Dust* is "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy. I've got two recordings to share. The first is by Bessie Smith: And...
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Jan 18, 20191 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 1/16/19
Diva: Figure skating Mensch: Speed skating
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Jan 16, 20191 min read
Celebrity Death Watch: Carol Channing
A very sad day indeed! An American original! A Broadway icon! She was 97, so this really WAS a deathwatch, for a few years. I'm going...
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Jan 15, 201913 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PRAS season 7, eps 1 & 2
EPISODE ONE Thanks to my dear friend Frank for telling me that PRAS was on! I was totally out of the loop on this one. The PR brand has...
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Jan 13, 20194 min read
Fabulous Friday: 12 songs pt 1, "Star Dust"
The best book I read last year was *Stardust Melodies: A Biography of 12 of America's Most Popular Songs* by Will Friedwald. The tells...
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Jan 11, 20191 min read
*The Ferryman,* 1/3/19
I saw *The Ferryman* on Broadway on 1/3/19. It’s a new play by Jez Butterworth, come on over from London, directed by Sam Mendes. I had...
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Jan 10, 20192 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 1/9/19
This week: Diva: Skating Mensch: Sledding
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Jan 9, 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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4 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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5 days ago2 min read
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