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Diva / Mensch pair for 8/9/10
Of course the second pair in this series has to be Ringo Starr and George Harrison.
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Aug 9, 20171 min read
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*Hamlet,* 8/5/17
I saw *Hamlet* at the Public Theater on 8/5/17. I had read in the NY Times months ago that they were doing a production starring Oscar...
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Aug 8, 20174 min read
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Flashback Friday - - Chiara Quartet, Sept 2014
A couple of years ago the Chiara Quartet decided to record the Brahms quartets. They started rehearsing them, and thought there was...
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Aug 4, 20174 min read
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Diva / Mensch pair for 8/3/17
My Aunt Kat suggested this week's Diva / Mensch duo - - John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Jeez, a few months ago you couldn't pick up a...
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Aug 2, 20171 min read
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Flashback Friday - - Chiara Quartet concert, March 2014
8/13/17 will mark my 15th anniversary of having moved to New York City. Wow, what an incredible 15 years it's been. I'm celebrating by...
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Jul 28, 20174 min read
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Diva / Mensch pair for 7/26/17
I'm closing out the month with one final 1970s TV pairing: Chrissy Snow and Janet Wood. Even their last names illustrate their diva and...
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Jul 26, 20171 min read
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*The Enchantment,* 7/22/17
I saw *The Enchantment* at HERE Arts Center on 7/22/17. This was the American premiere of a play by Swedish author Victoria Benedictsson...
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Jul 23, 20172 min read
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Diva / Mensch pair for 7/19/17
Another great TV duo from the past: Hawkeye Pierce and B. J. Hunnicutt:
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Jul 19, 20171 min read
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*Assassins,* 7/13/17
Susan, Richard, John, David, and I saw *Assassins* at City Center on 7/12/17. Actually, it was Susan and I, and Richard, John, and David....
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Jul 16, 20173 min read
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Flashback Friday - - Dawn Upshaw recital, 2015
Dawn Upshaw's birthday is on 7/17 - - she'll be 57. Here's a review of her BAM recital in 2015. * * * I heard Dawn Upshaw in recital on...
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Jul 14, 20174 min read
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Diva / Mensch pair for 7/12/17
Let's continue our theme of 1970s TV. This week's Diva / Mensch pair is Jill Munroe and Sabrina Duncan, played by Farrah Fawcett and...
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Jul 12, 20171 min read
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*War Paint* again, 7/6/17
Richard, Stephen, Robert, and I saw *War Paint* on 4/14/17. I didn't give it a particularly strong review, but it stuck in my mind. It...
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Jul 8, 20173 min read
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Flashback Friday - - Betty Buckley concert, 2007
The wonderful Betty Buckley turned 70 on July 3rd. Happy birthday, Miss Buckley. Here's my review of a concert she did at Town Hall in...
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Jul 7, 20175 min read
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*Marvin's Room,* 7/2/17
Richard and I saw *Marvin's Room* on 7/2/17. It's a play from 1990 about a woman with cancer who gets in touch with her semi-estranged...
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Jul 6, 20171 min read
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Diva / Mensch pair for 7/5/17
This week's Diva / Mensch pair was a suggestion from Diane Schoff - - those icons of 1970s American manhood, Starsky and Hutch! Diane...
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Jul 5, 20171 min read
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*The Little Foxes,* 6/27/17 and 7/1/17
I saw *The Little Foxes* on Broadway on 6/27/17 and saw it again with Karen and Richard on 7/1/17. Why would I see a show twice, in such...
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Jul 2, 20175 min read
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Flashback Friday - - *Kafka On the Shore,* 2015
Notify Hallmark: July 3rd is Franz Kafka's 134th birthday! Clearly they need to do a greeting card to celebrate. I'm highlighting a...
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Jun 30, 20173 min read
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Diva / Mensch pair for 6/28/17
I'll finish our MTM tribute with Phyllis and Mary!
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Jun 28, 20171 min read
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Flashback Friday - - Early Shaker Spirituals, 2015
Today is Frances McDormand's 60th birthday! Happy birthday, Ms. McDormand! In her honor I'm reprinting a review of a performance she...
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Jun 23, 20173 min read
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Diva / Mensch pair for 6/21/17
Let's continue with our Mary Tyler Moore tribute, shall we? We had Laura Petrie as the Diva to the Mensch of Sally and Millie. Now we...
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Jun 21, 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
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2 days 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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3 days ago1 min read
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