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Ryan on the Runway: PR 16, ep 11

Another not so jazzy episode. We're getting so close to the finish, you'd think I'd care more. Am I suffering from a recurrence of PRFS...

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Oct 31, 20172 min read

Junk, 10/25/17

Richard and I saw *Junk* at Lincoln Center Theater on Broadway in 10/25/17. It's a new play by Ayad Akhtar, who won the Pulitzer in 2013...

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Oct 29, 20172 min read

Fabulous Friday - - Judy Garlard and Martha Raye

This is a SCREAM, it's from *The Judy Garland Show,* Judy's TV show that ran from September of '63 to March of '64. Martha Raye is a...

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Oct 27, 20171 min read

Diva / Mensch pair for 10/25/17

I'm closing out our Norman Lear tribute with who else - - Archie and Edith Bunker.

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Oct 25, 20171 min read

Dancing Voices, 10/20/17

Richard and I saw *Dancing Voices* at John Jay College on 10/20/17, presented as part of Lincoln Center’s White Lights Festival. *Dancing...

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Oct 22, 20172 min read

Ryan on the Runway: PR 16, ep 10

The episode started with just six designers, and I thought to myself, "THESE are the six at the top?" I think most of these chumps would...

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Oct 21, 20173 min read

Strange Interlude, 10/18/17

I saw *Strange Interlude* at the Transport Group in Brooklyn on 10/18/17. It's a play from the 1920s by Eugene O'Neill, I first saw it...

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Oct 20, 20174 min read

Fabulous Friday - - "White Rabbit"

One of the greatest pop songs ever, I love the Moorish contours of this song. Am I being racist, using the word "Moorish"? Anyway, as...

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Oct 20, 20171 min read

300 reviews on my site!

I hit a satisfying milestone the other day: I now have over 300 reviews on my website. There are only two words I can use to express my...

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Oct 19, 20171 min read

New interview: Kari Docter, cellist in Met Op Orch

I just posted an interview with Kari Docter, cellist in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. She says some fascinating and illuminating...

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Oct 18, 20171 min read

Diva / Mensch pair for 10/18/17

Week three of our Norman Lear tribute: Sanford and Son!

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Oct 18, 20171 min read

Measure For Measure, 10/15/17

I saw *Measure For Measure* at the Public Theater on 10/15/17. This wasn't your garden variety Shakespeare production - - it was even...

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Oct 17, 20176 min read

Richard III, 10/12/17

I saw *Richard III* at BAM on 10/12/17. It was a production from Berlin, in German (with supertitles), directed by Thomas Ostermeier and...

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Oct 16, 20172 min read

La grenouille avait raison, 10/13/17

I saw *La grenouille avait raison* (*The Toad Knew*) at BAM on 10/13/17. I guess I'd describe it as a dance piece, but BAM puts it in...

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Oct 15, 20172 min read

Ryan on the Runway: PR 16, ep 9

I'm relieved to have all of the drama from the previous episodes cleared up, but not half as relieved, I'm sure, as the designers were to...

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Oct 14, 20173 min read

Fabulous Friday - - Lucia di Lammermoor, 2007

This is a combo of my original Friday thing and my new Friday thing - - I'll reprint my review of *Lucia di Lammermoor* at the Met in...

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Oct 13, 20179 min read

Norma, 10/11/17

Richard, Barbara, and I saw *Norma* at the Met on 10/11/17. This was our first show of the season, we'll be seeing a few things there...

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Oct 12, 20174 min read

Diva / Mensch pair for 10/11/17

Week two of our Norman Lear tribute - - Maude Findlay and Vivian Harmon.

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Oct 11, 20171 min read

The Force Awakens, NY Phil, 10/8/17

I saw *Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens* at the NY Philharmonic on 10/8/17. This was the final screening of the *Star Wars*...

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Oct 10, 20172 min read

Répons, 10/6/17

Richard and I saw *Répons* at the Park Avenue Armory on 10/6/17. I got a large brochure from the Armory last fall, advertising their...

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Oct 9, 20173 min read

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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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

Ryan on the Runway: PR 16, ep 11

*Junk,* 10/25/17

Fabulous Friday - - Judy Garlard and Martha Raye

Diva / Mensch pair for 10/25/17

*Dancing Voices,* 10/20/17

Ryan on the Runway: PR 16, ep 10

*Strange Interlude,* 10/18/17

Fabulous Friday - - "White Rabbit"

300 reviews on my site!

New interview: Kari Docter, cellist in Met Op Orch

Diva / Mensch pair for 10/18/17

*Measure For Measure,* 10/15/17

*Richard III,* 10/12/17

*La grenouille avait raison,* 10/13/17

Ryan on the Runway: PR 16, ep 9

Fabulous Friday - - *Lucia di Lammermoor,* 2007

*Norma,* 10/11/17

Diva / Mensch pair for 10/11/17

*The Force Awakens,* NY Phil, 10/8/17

*Répons,* 10/6/17

Sybarite5 and Curtis Stewart, Nov 3 2025

Fabulous Friday: Aretha Franklin

Junk, 10/25/17

Dancing Voices, 10/20/17

Strange Interlude, 10/18/17

Measure For Measure, 10/15/17

Richard III, 10/12/17

La grenouille avait raison, 10/13/17

Fabulous Friday - - Lucia di Lammermoor, 2007

Norma, 10/11/17

The Force Awakens, NY Phil, 10/8/17

Répons, 10/6/17