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Fabulous Friday: Suzanne Charny
Last week I sent out the big dance sequence from the movie of Sweet Charity. The lead female dancer was Suzanne Charny. She was damn...
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4 days ago3 min read
*Ainadamar,* Nov 6, 2024
Karen, Stephanie, and I saw *Ainadamar* at the Met on Nov 6, 2024. It's an opera by composer Osvaldo Golijov and librettist David Henry...
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5 days ago1 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Nov 13, 2024
Roberta Flack had the rare honor of being both diva and mensch at the Grammys in 1972! Diva: Song of the Year - - "The First Time Ever I...
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Nov 81 min read
Fabulous Friday: *Sweet Charity* and "Soul Bossa Nova"
I wrote a CDA on Quincy Jones the other day and included a mash-up of a dance number from the Sweet Charity movie and Jones's...
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Nov 61 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Nov 6, 2024
The Best New Artist award for 1971 went to Carly Simon. Maybe not a diva when you compare her to Diana Ross, but definitely a diva when...
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Nov 52 min read
*Ragtime,* Nov 1, 2024
Susan and I saw Ragtime at City Center on Nov 1, 2024. It originally opened on Broadway in 1998 - - it has music by Stephen Flaherty,...
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Nov 42 min read
CDA: Quincy Jones
My brother Howard just alerted me to the death of Quincy Jones, age 91. He was a giant in the music business as a producer, arranger, and...
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Nov 11 min read
Fabulous Friday: Tim Walz on gutters
I don't do political statements on my website but I have to post this hilarious short interview with Tim Walz. Talking about gutters. He...
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ladiesvoices
Oct 301 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Oct 30, 2024
The big winner at the Grammys for 1970 was "Bridge Over Troubled Water." It won Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Contemporary...
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ladiesvoices
Oct 292 min read
CDA x 3: T Garr, M Hines, P Morrissey
I just saw a bit online about the death of Teri Garr. I went to the NY Times to look at her obit and saw two other people I had recently...
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ladiesvoices
Oct 284 min read
*Stereophonic,* Oct 18, 2024
Jori, Jeff, and I saw Stereophonic on Broadway on Oct 18, 2024. The performance started before we got to the theater... We met for...
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Oct 251 min read
Fabulous Friday: "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?"
Lately I've been looking at this handsome picture of my husband Richard taken at one of his four birthday celebrations last year: It...
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ladiesvoices
Oct 231 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Oct 23, 2024
The Grammy for Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female for 1969 went to Peggy Lee for one of the greatest songs ever, "Is That All...
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ladiesvoices
Oct 171 min read
CDA: Mitzi Gaynor
I was sad to read in The Times that Mitzi Gaynor had died. She had a right to, at the age of 93, but it would have been nice if she had...
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ladiesvoices
Oct 161 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Oct 16, 2024
The Grammy for Best Original Cast Album for 1968 was Hair. I've chosen two songs from that show: Diva: "Age of Aquarius" Mensch: "Frank...
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Oct 111 min read
Fabulous Friday: "I Remember You"
A couple weeks ago on Fabulous Friday I sent out Sarah Vaughan singing (of all things) "Rainy Days and Mondays." Today I'm sharing...
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Oct 105 min read
*One Song,* Oct 4, 2024
Jessica and I went to see *One Song* at the NYC Skirball Center on Oct 4, 2024. It's a Belgian production brought to New York by NYU and...
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Oct 91 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Oct 9, 2024
What a year at the Grammys, 1967. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Bobbie Gentry and "Ode to Billie Joe," Aretha Franklin and...
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Oct 81 min read
CDA: Christopher Ciccone
I read in the NY Times about the death of artist, designer, author, choreographer, and dancer Christopher Ciccone, who died the other day...
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Oct 74 min read
*Grounded,* Oct 2, 2024
Stephanie, Karen, and I saw *Grounded* at the Met on Oct 2, 2024. It had its premiere at Washington National Opera last year, this is the...
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3 days ago1 min read
Fabulous Friday: Suzanne Charny
Last week I sent out the big dance sequence from the movie of Sweet Charity. The lead female dancer was Suzanne Charny. She was damn...
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ladiesvoices
4 days ago3 min read
*Ainadamar,* Nov 6, 2024
Karen, Stephanie, and I saw *Ainadamar* at the Met on Nov 6, 2024. It's an opera by composer Osvaldo Golijov and librettist David Henry...
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