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Diva / Mensch pair for 9/5/18
Remember back in the spring of 2017, when I launched this site, when it was just a baby website? I put out an appeal for Diva / Mensch...
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Sep 5, 20181 min read
*Come From Away,* 8/29/18
I saw *Come From Away* on 8/29/18. It’s a Broadway musical, a dramatization of the true story of the over 7,000 passengers and crew...
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Sep 4, 20182 min read
*Once On This Island,* 8/24/18
I saw *Once On This Island* on Broadway on 8/24/18. I had no familiarity with the show, apart from knowing that it was by Stephen...
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Sep 3, 20182 min read
Fabulous Friday - - "Glitter and Be Gay"
I'm ending my Bernstein tribute with his greatest show-stopping number, "Glitter and Be Gay" from *Candide.* I couldn't decide between...
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Aug 31, 20181 min read
Trip to San Francisco last month
I had a vacation in San Francisco last month and have posted a travelogue with lots of marvelous photos in my Travel section. Go to the...
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Aug 30, 20181 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 8/29/18
We're closing out our San Francisco theme with a shout out to two neighboring towns: Diva: Berkeley (represented by Chez Panisse) Mensch:...
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Aug 29, 20181 min read
Celebrity Death Watch: Harris, McCain, Simon
A triple header! Barbara Harris, John McCain, and Neil Simon.
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Aug 27, 20181 min read
Fabulous Friday - - "Liebestod"
Today I'm highlighting Bernstein as a conductor. Below you will hear him conducting Hildegard Behrens in a performance of the finale to...
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Aug 24, 20183 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 8/22/18
Today I'm spotlighting two San Francisco bookstores. City Lights is an internationally recognized landmark, home to Jack Kerouac and the...
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Aug 22, 20181 min read
Fabulous Friday - - Young People's Concert
Last week I featured Leonard Bernstein the composer. This week we have Bernstein the educator, with a clip from one of his Young...
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Aug 17, 20181 min read
Celebrity Death Watch: Aretha Franklin
Oh, such a sad day! An American treasure! She was an inspiration to so many for so long. Rest her soul.
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Aug 16, 20181 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 8/15/18
Continuing with our San Francisco theme: Diva: The Castro Mensch: The Mission
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Aug 15, 20181 min read
Fabulous Friday - - MAMBO!
The whole world is having a Leonard Bernstein moment right now, his hundredth birthday would be on 8/25. I'm going to devote the next...
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Aug 10, 20181 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 8/8/18
Diva: Fog. Mensch: Sun. You might think the Diva, who carries her own spotlight, would be the sun - - but no, the Diva is often a figure...
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Aug 8, 20181 min read
*This Ain’t No Disco,* 8/4/18
I saw *This Ain’t No Disco* at the Atlantic Theater Company on 8/4/18. It’s a new musical about Studio 54. It had gotten really terrible...
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Aug 6, 20182 min read
Fabulous Friday - - Mystery Guest: Tab Hunter
Yes, the late Tab Hunter was the Mystery Guest back in 1957, shortly after releasing his smash hit single "Young Love." Is it my...
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Aug 3, 20181 min read
*The Pattern at Pendarvis,* 8/1/18
David Jay and I saw *The Pattern at Pendarvis* on 8/1/18, presented by the New Dog Theatre Company and StreetSigns. My friend Bryon in...
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Aug 2, 20183 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 8/1/18
I was in San Francisco a couple weeks ago, I'm putting the finishing touches on my travelogue, will keep you posted on that. I had the...
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Aug 1, 20181 min read
Celebrity Death Watch: Gary Beach
Tony winner Gary Beach died last week. My friend Scott Seyforth and I met him outside the stage door of *La Cage aux Folles* in 2005 and...
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Jul 30, 20181 min read
*Carmen Jones,* 7/26/18
Ethlouise, Noel, and I went to see *Carmen Jones* at the Classic Stage Company on 7/26/18. This was the first major New York revival of...
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Jul 28, 20182 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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