Divamensch

Edward Albee had a great year at the Tonys in 1963 - - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? won Best Play, Best Producer, Best Director, and the two leading best performance awards. They're my focus this week: Diva: Uta Hagen as Martha Mensch: Arthur Hill as George Uta Hagen's character, Martha, is all Id - - scary temper, foul mouth, a house on fire. A whole city block on fire, actually. Her husband, George, is cool and calculating. He's playing chess with the other three charac

I was saddened to read in The New York Times about the death of Valerie Perrine, age 82. She was at her career peak in the 70s. And what a wacky career - - 1962: quit college to become a showgirl in Vegas at the age of 19 1971: was spotted by an agent and cast in her first movie, as an adult film star in Slaughterhouse Five 1974: played Lenny Bruce's former stripper wife in Bob Fosse's Lenny, won Best Actress at Cannes and was nominated for an Oscar 1978: played Lex Luthor's