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I read in the NY Times about the death of Duncan Sheik, age 56. He was a flash-in-the-pan pop singer who found his true calling as the composer of Broadway musicals. He won two Tonys for his adaptation of Spring Awakening. That show also won Best Musical. This song is the last song in the show, seen here in the 2022 West End production: I saw the Broadway revival in 2015 and loved it: Spring Awakening on Broadway, Sept 201 | divamensch I'm told that his hit song, "Barely Brea

Karen and I saw Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library on Sept 15, 2026. The central character of the play is Hannah Arendt, a German historicist, philosopher, and political theorist. I've been fascinated with Arendt since seeing a movie about her in 2012. I urge you to see that movie (with the clever title Hannah Arendt) and also a recent PBS American Masters special about her. And if you're up for it, read her New Yorker articles about the trial of Adolf Eichmann or