Divamensch

Charles Nelson Reilly got the 1962 Tony for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Reilly was a diva around the the clock, to be sure. Orson Bean was another nominee in that category. His character was such a mensch that he's not even mentioned in the Wikipedia synopsis! That's understated in the extreme. Diva: Nelson Reilly Mensch: Bean Here's Nelson Reilly with Claudette Sutherland. I'm glad MY office environment isn't like t

Liz and I heard a concert performance of Handel's Hercules at Carnegie Hall on Mar 16, 2026. It presented by Harry Bicket and The English Concert, his period instrument chamber orchestra. They come to Carnegie Hall about once a year for a concert performance of a Handel opera or oratorio. I've heard these: Orlando , Mar 2016 Semele, Apr 2019 Handel is a master of variety and dramatic expression within the context of the pretty rigid confines of the forms of his time. I said