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Ryan on the Runway: PR19, ep12
First off, could you believe the double biff I had in my Ryan on the Runway column last week? First the subject title was just plain...
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Jan 29, 20224 min read
NY Phil, *Authentic Selves,* Jan 27, 2022
Stephanie and I heard the NY Philharmonic in a concert called *Authentic Selves: The Beauty Within.* They were conducted by their music...
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Jan 28, 20221 min read
Fabulous Friday: *Rocketman* and Carpool Karaoke
Since we're in an Elton mood, I thought I'd promote the 2019 movie *Rocketman,* a biopic about Elton John. Such a wonderful movie, much...
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Jan 26, 20221 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for Jan 26, 2022
I'll give the mic to my brother Howard: "I was thinking about how much I loved *Caribou* as a kid. My first glam record. Columbia Record...
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Jan 25, 20221 min read
CDA: Anderson, Loaf, Mugler, Soares
Richard alerted me to the death of comic and actor Louie Anderson, who died at the age of 68. He started as a stand-up comic but more...
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Jan 24, 20225 min read
Sonya Yoncheva recital, Jan 23, 2022
Patrick, Susie, Richard, and I saw soprano Sonya Yoncheva and pianist Malcolm Martineau in recital at the Met on Jan 23, 2022. Yoncheva...
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Jan 23, 20223 min read
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TELL OTHER COCO ROCHA STORY My dear friend Laura asked me to predict who I see as the winner this season. A fool’s game, to be sure, but...
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Jan 22, 20222 min read
*Search For Signs,* Jan 18, 2022
Richard and I saw *The Search For Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe* at The Shed on Jan 18, 2022. It's a play from 1985 by Jane...
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Jan 21, 20221 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Hotel California" and "September"
I love this Gipsy Kings version of "Hotel California" in Spanish. I first heard it in *The Big Lebowski.* And a story, off topic. The...
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Jan 20, 20221 min read
CDA: Mimieux and Talley
My friend Dianna alerted me to the death of Yvette Mimieux, the American actress with the French name. She was 80 years old. I guess...
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Jan 19, 20221 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for Jan 19, 2022
The Eagles get a lot of bad talk, but I love them. Diva: "Hotel California" Mensch: "New Kid in Town" "Hotel California" is one of the...
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Jan 17, 20222 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PR19, ep11
Christian met the designers in the green room after the previous runway show and they were drop-kicked directly into the next challenge....
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Jan 16, 20223 min read
*Rigoletto,* Jan 11, 2022
Esther and I saw *Rigoletto* at the Met on Jan 11, 2022. I was very excited to hear the rising American baritone Quinn Kelsey in the...
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Jan 15, 20222 min read
CDA: Ewing and Spector
My brothers Patrick and Howard both alerted me to the death of American opera singer Maria Ewing, who died at the age of 71. Patrick gets...
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Jan 14, 20221 min read
Fabulous Friday: Jim Croce in concert
How about some more Jim Croce? Here he is in concert in Ireland in 1973.
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Jan 13, 20222 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PR19, ep10
It had been so long since the previous episode, I was afraid I wouldn’t remember who anyone is. Then it all came back to me. A bit like a...
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Jan 12, 20221 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for Jan 12, 2022
Today I'm giving you a pair by Jim Croce. Diva: "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" Mensch: "Operator" I don't have anything to say about "Bad Bad...
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Jan 10, 20222 min read
CDA x 3: Bergman, Hickman, Saget
The CDAs are coming fast and furious! First, Marilyn Bergman, who died at the age of 93. She and her husband Alan Bergman wrote the...
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Jan 8, 20222 min read
CDA: Peter Bogdanovich and Sidney Poitier
Peter Bogdanovich, such a marvelous director. He died the other day at the age of 82. You should read his NY Times obit, if you haven't...
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Jan 7, 20221 min read
Fabulous Friday: Sly Stone co-hosting The Mike Douglas Show
I like to use the first Friday of the month for a mystery guest from *What's My Line?* I also like to tie that into whatever theme I'm...
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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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*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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