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*The Rocky Horror Picture Show,* 1/20/18
Richard, Donna, Francesca, and I saw a midnight screening of *The Rocky Horror Picture Show* on 1/20/18. Can you believe I had never...
ladiesvoices
Jan 30, 20184 min read
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Voices of Ascension, Poulenc & Honegger: 1/24/18
I heard Voices of Ascension on 1/24/18, doing the Poulenc *Gloria* and the Honegger *King David.* You know how I love Voices, they are...
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Jan 27, 20183 min read
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Fabulous Friday - - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
I had a tribute to Julie London a few weeks ago and called *Julie Is Her Name Vol 1* and *Julie Is Her Name Vol 2* a desert island CD. ...
ladiesvoices
Jan 26, 20181 min read
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Ryan on the Runway: PRAS 6, eps 1 to 3
EPISODE ONE Full disclosure - - I noticed a few weeks ago that PR AS 6 was coming up and made a mental note about it. Then New Year's...
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Jan 25, 20185 min read
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The Klezmatics, 1/20/18
I saw The Klezmatics at Town Hall on 1/20/18. You might remember I did an interview with Lisa Gutkin this summer - - she had co-written...
ladiesvoices
Jan 25, 20183 min read
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Diva / Mensch pair for 1/24/18
We're staying in Manhattan this week: Diva: Greenwich Village (represented by Magnolia Bakery) Mensch: Lower East Side (represented by...
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Jan 24, 20181 min read
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Celebrity Death Watch: Dorothy Malone
Here's Malone doing her show-stopping, Oscar-winning Mambo Of Death from *Written on the Wind.* A hilariously mawkish, fragrant, and...
ladiesvoices
Jan 23, 20181 min read
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NY Phil Ravel and Debussy, 1/17/18
I heard the NY Philharmonic in a program of Ravel and Debussy on 1/17/18. The conductor was supposed to have been Charles Dutoit, but...
ladiesvoices
Jan 20, 20183 min read
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Fabulous Friday - - *Vanessa*
My brother Patrick is on the Twitter feed for the Glyndebourne Festival, a fabulous summer opera festival on a country estate in England....
ladiesvoices
Jan 19, 20181 min read
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*Dear Evan Hansen,* 1/16/18
Richard and I saw *Dear Evan Hansen* on Broadway on 1/16/18. It won the Tony for Best Musical last year, and Tonys for book writer...
ladiesvoices
Jan 18, 20182 min read
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Diva / Mensch pair for 1/17/18
We're moving from Wisconsin to Manhattan: Diva: the Upper East Side (as represented by Dean and Deluca) Mensch: the Upper West Side (as...
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Jan 17, 20181 min read
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Fabulous Friday - - *Designing Women*
I'm in Atlanta visiting my Aunt Kat, Uncle Dave, their son Aaron, his wife Melanie, and their son Henry. So of course, being in Atlanta,...
ladiesvoices
Jan 12, 20181 min read
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Diva / Mensch pair for 1/10/18
Kathy Otterson (Kathy the Mezzo, to some of you) suggested this Wisconsin pairing: Diva; River Hills Mensch: Glendale
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Jan 10, 20181 min read
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*Tosca,* 1/3/18
My brother Patrick, my mom, and I saw *Tosca* at the Met on 1/3/18. Richard and I had bought tickets to see this in April, starring our...
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Jan 8, 20186 min read
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Fabulous Friday - - Julie London
I was doing dishes the other night and I said to Richard, "Oh my God! I haven't had a Fabulous Friday tribute to Julie London!" She's...
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Jan 5, 20181 min read
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*The Play That Goes Wrong,* 1/1/18
Richard and I saw *The Play That Goes Wrong* on Broadway on 1/1/18. It's a play by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields, it...
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Jan 4, 20181 min read
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Diva / Mensch pair for 1/3/18
I'm starting 2018 with a geographical theme. My mom and brother Patrick are visiting New York right now, so in their honor this week...
ladiesvoices
Jan 3, 20181 min read
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Celebrity Death Watch: Rose Marie
Ah, the one and only Rose Marie! An American original. I'll give you two clips - - one as Baby Rose Marie, and one from *The Dick Van...
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Dec 29, 20171 min read
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Fabulous Friday - - Marlene Dietrich
I was so thrilled to see Marlene Dietrich come up as the central image on Google on Wednesday. She was, in many ways, my first movie...
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Dec 29, 20171 min read
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Diva / Mensch pairing for 12/27/17
I did some of each this Christmas: Diva: Receiving gifts Mensch: Giving to charity
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Dec 27, 20171 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
ladiesvoices
1 day 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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