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*Travesties,* 6/14/18
Jere, Dale, and I saw *Travesties* on 6/14/18. It's a play from 1975 by Tom Stoppard, this is the first time it's been revived on...
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Jun 16, 20183 min read
Fabulous Friday - - "Lady Marmalade"
Picture it: Madison, Wisconsin, sometime in the late 90s. My friend Paul Stoller was having a party in the summer, he was calling it a...
ladiesvoices
Jun 15, 20182 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 6/13/18
Diva: Chips Mensch: Dip Or would it be the other way around? Hard to say.
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Jun 13, 20181 min read
*Everyone’s Fine With Virginia Woolf,* 6/8/18
Richard, Karen, and I saw *Everyone’s Fine With Virginia Woolf* on 6/8/18. It’s a new play by Kate Scelsa, a riff on Albee’s masterpiece...
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Jun 10, 20183 min read
*Love and Intrigue,* 6/7/18
I saw *Love and Intrigue* at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on 6/7/18. This was my last show of the season at my beloved BAM - - I've...
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Jun 9, 20182 min read
Fabulous Friday - - "Super Freak"
I saw *The Boys in the Band* the other night, and for months (months, I tell you) I've had Rick James's "Super Freak" in my head - - the...
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Jun 8, 20181 min read
*The Boys in the Band,* 6/5/18
I saw *The Boys in the Band* on 6/5/18. It's a play by Mart Crowley - - this was the Broadway premiere, it was first done off Broadway...
ladiesvoices
Jun 7, 20183 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 6/6/18
I'm dedicating the month of June to one of the things I love most in this world: FOOD. Diva: Buffalo wings Mensch: celery
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Jun 6, 20181 min read
Fabulous Friday - - Mystery Guest Eve Arden
Eve Arden must have known that she has an instantly identifiable voice - - she answers the questions of the panel by using a small horn. ...
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Jun 1, 20181 min read
*A PINK CHAIR (In Place of a Fake Antique),* 5/29/18
I saw *A PINK CHAIR (In Place of a Fake Antique)* at the Wooster Group on 5/29/18. I talked with my brother Howard a few days before and...
ladiesvoices
May 31, 20182 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 5/30/18
We're ending our TV theme with none other than: Diva: Madame Mensch: Wayland Flowers They were on TV a lot back in the 70s, but this...
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May 30, 20181 min read
Poulenc concert, 5/23/18
Myrna and I heard a Poulenc concert by the choir and orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola 5/23/18. They opened with the a capella *Mass in G...
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May 26, 20183 min read
Fabulous Friday - - "One Less Bell To Answer"
Happy Friday! Here's a song by my number one man, Burt Bacharach. I'm giving you the most famous recording, by The Fifth Dimension...
ladiesvoices
May 25, 20181 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 5/23/18
Diva: Pat Sajak Mensch: Vanna White Yes, I know that Vanna wears some fabulous gowns and Pat is a Dockers kind of guy, but in the end,...
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May 23, 20181 min read
Chiara Quartet farewell concert, 5/12/18
Karen, Bruce, Richard, and I heard the Chiara Quartet in concert at the Met Museum on 5/12/18. The quartet has been together for...
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May 22, 20185 min read
*Long Day's Journey Into Night,* 5/12/18
I saw *Long Day’s Journey Into Night* at BAM on 5/12/18. My high school theatre director, Mrs. Shreves, called this play *Long Night’s...
ladiesvoices
May 20, 20182 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Begin the Beguine"
One of the most incredible things ever captured on film: Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell doing "Begin the Beguine," from *Broadway Melody...
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May 18, 20181 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 5/16/18
Diva: Johnny Carson Mensch: Dick Cavett They're both from Nebraska, so you'd think that they'd both be mensches, but Johnny was a MAJOR...
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May 16, 20181 min read
Celebrity Death Watch: Margot Kidder
My brother Patrick just told me that Margot Kidder died. I was CRAZY for *Superman* when I was a kid. Here's her flying scene with...
ladiesvoices
May 14, 20181 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Please Mister Please"
I can't explain why I love this song so much.
ladiesvoices
May 11, 20181 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Feb 4, 2026
I think I might have said early in this process that it's lazy to choose the Best Musical as the Diva and the Best Play as the Mensch but those archetypes were so profoundly illustrated in 1956, I can't resist: Diva: Damn Yankees Mensch: The Diary of Anne Frank This number is pretty dopey but the dancing is so great. And how can you top Fosse and Verdon? I wasn't able to find any footage of the original Broadway cast of Anne Frank on YouTube but would you believe they have t
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56 minutes ago1 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
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