Divamensch

Rita Moreno won the Tony for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 1976 for The Ritz, playing the insane Googie Gomez. This is a character she had created herself, a Puerto Rican performer who takes herself very seriously and has no idea how hilarious she is. Terrence McNally got wind of this, wrote her into the show, and history was made. Another nominee in that category was Frances Sternhagen as Dora Strang in Equus. She's the central character's mother. Her performance was so

I've fallen behind on my CDAs, my apologies. Here goes: Anthony Head, died at 72. We first saw him on a series of Nescafe commercials but I fell in love with him on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He also had a juicy recurring role on Ted Lasso. Here's a highlight reel of his work on Buffy. Is it time for me to watch that whole series again...? My brother Howard alerted me to the death of David Hockney, age 88. He was one of the most celebrated painters of the second half of the 20