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Fabulous Friday - - "The Man That Got Away"
My wonderful friend Scott Seyforth came for a visit last week. He, Richard, and I spent a morning looking at YouTube videos and...
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Mar 16, 20181 min read
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*Hello, Dolly!* 3/11/18
Scott, Richard, and I saw *Hello, Dolly!* on Broadway on 3/11/18. This was Scott's first time seeing this production (he saw the...
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Mar 15, 20183 min read
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Diva / Mensch pair for 3/15/18
My friend David Jay suggested an Irish theme for the rest of this month. We're starting with a mother/daughter duo: Diva: Maureen...
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Mar 14, 20181 min read
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Ryan on the Runway: PRAS 6, episode 9
The designers meet at Zac Posen's 5th Avenue showroom. Only one female designer left, Helen, They were given a tour of his atelier. ...
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Mar 13, 20182 min read
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Celebrity Death Watch - - Hubert de Givenchy
Oh what glorious fashion! Thanks to my husband for the call to alert me to the passing of the great French couturier Hubert de Givenchy....
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Mar 12, 20181 min read
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*Semiramide,* 3/10/18
Scott and I saw *Semiramide* at the Met on 3/10/18. Scott is one of my best friends from Wisconsin - - he’s an even bigger opera queen...
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Mar 11, 20184 min read
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*Carousel,* 3/8/18
Scott and I saw *Carousel* on Broadway on 3/8/18. I saw a minimally staged performance at the NY Philharmonic a few years ago but had...
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Mar 10, 20182 min read
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Flashback Friday - - *The Present*
I saw *The Present* on Broadway a year ago today and it was the first review I posted on divamensch.com! What a year it has been. ...
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Mar 9, 20183 min read
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*Don Carlo,* 3/5/18
I saw *Don Carlo* at Kennedy Center on 3/5/18. I read about a year ago that the National Portrait Gallery had an exhibition about...
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Mar 8, 20185 min read
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Diva / Mensch pair for 3/7/18
My friend Dianna came up with this one: Diva: Lion Mensch: Lamb As in, "March comes in like a lion but goes out like a lamb." Thanks,...
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Mar 7, 20181 min read
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Ryan on the Runway: PRAS 6, episode 8
The episode starts with the designers being brought to the Mizrahi show at the Jewish Museum. Richard and I saw that show, it was kind of...
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Mar 5, 20182 min read
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Chris Ryan's Top Five Fave Movies of 2017: Part Two, Other Categories
BEST CAMEO: FEMALE I looked back in my records, and this award has almost always gone to a fairly well-known actor. This year it goes to...
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Mar 4, 20189 min read
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Chris Ryan's Top Five Fave Movies of 2017: Part One, the Top Five
The Top Five: Get Out The Beguiled Atomic Blonde Call Me By Your Name Phantom Thread Honorable Mention: Manifesto Wonder Woman Star Wars...
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Mar 4, 20185 min read
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Fabulous Friday - - Tony Randall, Mystery Guest
I went through a phase a few years ago where I was obsessed with Mystery Guests on *What's My Line?* I watched about 150 of them on...
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Mar 2, 20181 min read
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*Afterglow,* 2/26/18
I saw *Afterglow* off Broadway on 2/26/18. It's built up a little fame/notoriety over the last year for being "the gay play" with full...
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Mar 1, 20182 min read
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Diva / Mensch pair for 2/28/17
Before we get to our Diva / Mensch pair for this week, I'd like to send out a call for ideas! I'm at a loss for a theme for March and...
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Feb 28, 20181 min read
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Celebrity Death Watch: Nanette Fabray
Oh, Nanette Fabray! Of course I'm going to post not just her greatest number, but one of the greatest numbers in the history of movie...
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Feb 25, 20181 min read
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Ryan on the Runway: PRAS 6, episode 7
I've never heard of the Hudson River Museum, have you? It's in Yonkers. This was the avant garde challenge. They were to be inspired...
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Feb 23, 20182 min read
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Fabulous Friday - - *Nixon in China*
The Nixons landed in China on 2/21/72. In their honor I'm posting Carolann Page's performance of Pat Nixon's second act aria from the...
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Feb 23, 20184 min read
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Anna Caterina Antonacci recital, 2/20/18
Ann, Frank, and I heard Anna Caterina Antonacci in recital at Zankel Hall on 2/20/18. The three of us heard her in a fascinating...
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Feb 22, 20184 min read
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Sybarite5 and Curtis Stewart, Nov 3 2025
I heard Sybarite5 at Music Mondays on Nov 3, 2025. They're a string quintet - - two violins, viola, cello, and bass. I heard them in an online concert during lockdown n 2020. I just read that review and I appeared to enjoy the 2020 concert more than this latest one. Maybe I was more eager for a satisfying cultural experience? Or maybe it was just better. They opened with "Movement and Locations" by The Punch Brothers. It had a great energy but the cello solo at the beginning
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21 hours ago3 min read
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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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2 days ago1 min read
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