Divamensch

This week's Great Song, Wrong Title is "Midnight Blue" by Melissa Manchester. I guess "Midnight Blue" isn't a BAD title but a better title would be "I Think We Can Make It." There are two things that tickle me about this song. First, the electronic keyboard at the very start - - it just reeks of the 70s. In the best possible way. And second, I love how when she sings, "Wouldn't you give your hand to a friend?" she pronounces it "ay friend." Why? Who knows.

The Tony for Best Play in 1990 went to Frank Galati for his adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath. A muscular mensch, ambitious, heartbreaking, and angry show, but still a mensch at its core. Also nominated that year was Peter Shaffer's Lettice and Lovage, a resounding diva of a play starring a diva for the ages, Dame Maggie Smith in her Tony-winning role. Here's the proof: "I cannot accept 'merely.' I do not do anything 'merely.' " My late husband saw this show and I think his l