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Fabulous Friday - - "Silent Night," Andy and Claudine
My first Christmas season on my website! I'm giving the floor to the one and only Andy Williams, aka Mr. Christmas, and his then-wife,...
ladiesvoices
Dec 22, 20171 min read
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*Hello, Dolly!* 12/19/17
Yes, I saw the Broadway production of *Hello, Dolly!* for the THIRD TIME. Richard and I saw it with Bette Midler in April and loved it...
ladiesvoices
Dec 21, 20174 min read
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Diva / Mensch pair for 12/20/17
Diva: Naughty. Mensch: Nice.
ladiesvoices
Dec 20, 20171 min read
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New feature: Celebrity Death Watch - - Kelly Smith
My brother Howard and I started this thing probably 25 years ago, Celebrity Death Watch, CDW for short. Howard always threatened to...
ladiesvoices
Dec 18, 20171 min read
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Fabulous Friday: "Stormy Weather"
My dear friend Bill Lutes turned me onto this incredible book, "Stardust Melodies: A Biography of Twelve of America's Most Popular Songs*...
ladiesvoices
Dec 15, 20171 min read
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*Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History: Holiday Sauce,* 12/12/17
Francesca, Brian, and I (and a handful of their amusing young friends) saw Taylor Mac at Town Hall on 12/12/17, in a show called *Taylor...
ladiesvoices
Dec 14, 20174 min read
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Diva / Mensch pair for 12/13/17
Diva: Joy. Mensch: Comfort.
ladiesvoices
Dec 13, 20171 min read
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*The Band's Visit,* 12/7/17
I saw *The Band's Visit* on Broadway on 12/7/17. It's a musical based on the 2007 film, about the Egyptian Police Band of Alexandria...
ladiesvoices
Dec 10, 20172 min read
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Fabulous Friday - - Johnny Hallyday, 2012
"The French Elvis," Johnny Hallyday, died on Wednesday. Richard and were lucky to have seen him in concert in 2012. * * * If you’re like...
ladiesvoices
Dec 8, 20174 min read
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*A Celebration of Agatha Christie,* 12/6/17
Richard and I saw *A Celebration of Agatha Christie* at Symphony Space on 12/6/17. It was part of their Selected Shorts series, which...
ladiesvoices
Dec 7, 20173 min read
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Diva / Mensch pair for 12/6/17
Last month we had a Thanksgiving theme, so darned if I'm devoting this month to Christmas. My apologies to those of you who don't...
ladiesvoices
Dec 6, 20171 min read
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*The Fountainhead,* 11/30/17
I saw *The Fountainhead* at BAM on 11/30/17. It hit me at intermission, looking around the audience: a four-hour adaptation of an Ayn...
ladiesvoices
Dec 5, 20173 min read
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*A Chanticleer Christmas,* 12/1/17
Richard and I heard *A Chanticleer Christmas* on 12/1/17. Chanticleer is a twelve-member all-male choral ensemble, but rather than your...
ladiesvoices
Dec 3, 20173 min read
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Verdi Requiem, 11/29/17
Frank and I heard the Verdi Requiem at the Met on 11/29/17. It was part of a four-performance run that took the place of a wacky new...
ladiesvoices
Dec 2, 20174 min read
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Fabulous Friday - - *Anna Nicole,* 2011
I'm revisiting my review of *Anna Nicole,* the opera we saw at the NYCO in 2011. I chose that opera because Anna Nicole Smith would have...
ladiesvoices
Dec 1, 20173 min read
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*Hello, Dolly!* 11/22/17
Richard, Stephanie, and I saw *Hello, Dolly!* on 11/22. Richard and I saw it in April and went hog wild for it. We toyed with the idea...
ladiesvoices
Nov 30, 20172 min read
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Diva / Mensch pair for 11/29/17
I'm closing out our Thanksgiving theme with this pair: the Diva is Black Friday, the Mensch is Small Business Saturday.
ladiesvoices
Nov 29, 20171 min read
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*The Parisian Woman,* 11/26/17
I saw *The Parisian Woman* on Broadway on 11/26/17. It's a play by Beau Willimon (the creator of *House of Cards*) directed by Pam...
ladiesvoices
Nov 26, 20172 min read
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*Harry Clarke,* 11/25/17
Richard and I saw *Harry Clarke* at the Vineyard Theatre on 11/25/17. It's a one-man play by David Cale about a Midwesterner named...
ladiesvoices
Nov 25, 20171 min read
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Fabulous Friday - - RIP Dmitri Hvorostovsky
I was so heartbroken to hear about the death of Siberian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky. He was only 55, and had been up front about his...
ladiesvoices
Nov 24, 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
ladiesvoices
2 days ago1 min read
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