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CDA: Christo
RIP Christo, one of the most extraordinary artists of our time. My favorite piece of his was the Reichstag - - he turned a hulking,...
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May 29, 20201 min read
Fabulous Friday: *Yentl*
I could go on and on with Miss Streisand (and really, I have already) but I feel like we need a little break. I might take her back up...
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May 28, 20201 min read
CDA: Ken Osmond and Larry Kramer
Two CDAs today, one from last week, one from yesterday. And what a strange pair they make. A celebrity whose name you might not know:...
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May 27, 20201 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 5/27/20
I'm closing out our Star Wars tribute with these two guys: Diva: Darth Vader Mensch: Obi Wan Kenobi, aka Ben Kenobi
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May 26, 20201 min read
CDA: Phyllis George
Sorry, folks, this one got stuck in my Drafts folder. Oops. The adorable and wonderful Phyllis George! I first knew her as a former...
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May 26, 20201 min read
CDA: Michael Halkias
I know I use the term "celebrity" loosely - - Michael Halkias was a local celebrity, not known by name by very many people, but known...
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May 23, 20201 min read
Fabulous Friday - - on a SATURDAY!
My beloved readers, I was so distracted yesterday I never got around to the Fabulous Friday feature. A thousand apologies, mea culpa,...
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May 20, 20201 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 5/20/20
Today's *Star Wars* pair: Diva: Queen Amidala Mensch: Princess Leia Amidala is concerned about looking high fashion and being grand. In...
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May 19, 20203 min read
Open Space concert: G Beaver and H Yoon
I heard Greg Beaver and Hyeyung Yoon in an online concert presented by the Open Space concert series. Greg was my first roommate when I...
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May 18, 20201 min read
CDA: Fred Willard
Ah, the adorable and hilarious Fred Willard. Thanks to Richard and Stephanie for giving me the alert on the death of this wonderful...
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May 17, 20203 min read
*Lady M,* 5/14/20
I saw *Lady M,* presented by Heartbeat Opera, on 5/14/20. I had seen a performance of *The Mother Of Us All* at the Met Museum in...
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May 15, 20201 min read
Fabulous Friday: *Hello Dolly!* and *On a Clear Day*
Today I'm featuring two Streisand movies from 1969 and 1970, *Hello Dolly!* and *On a Clear Day You Can See Forever.* *On a Clear Day*...
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May 13, 20201 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 5/13/20
This week's *Star Wars* pair: Diva: C3PO Mensch: R2D2 The titles of these video compilations say it all about Diva vs Mensch behavior:...
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May 11, 20201 min read
CDA: Jerry Stiller (and more Little Richard)
Oh, the marvelous Jerry Stiller. I was never a huge fan of *Seinfeld,* but this is my favorite moment of his: And two more bits of...
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May 10, 20201 min read
CDA: Little Richard
A true American original! Here's a good ABC tribute to him - - I didn't know that he wrote "Tutti Frutti," and definitely didn't know...
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May 9, 20202 min read
CDA: Rosalind Elias
Rosalind Elias was an opera singer, a great American mezzo, at her peak in the 50s and 60s but still active well into this century. The...
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May 8, 20201 min read
Fabulous Friday: Streisand, *Funny Girl*
*Funny Girl* is a musical based (dimly, one assumes) on the life of Fanny Brice. One thinks only of Streisand as Brice, but the...
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May 6, 20201 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 5/6/20
Are you aware of the cute thing that happened on Monday - - May the Fourth Be With You, in honor of *Star Wars*? I first learned of it a...
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May 1, 20201 min read
Fabulous Friday: Mystery Guest, Barbra Streisand
I kicked off my Streisand tribute in April with her first appearance on *What's My Line?,* in 1964. Here's her next appearance, in 1965:
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Apr 30, 20201 min read
CDA: Kerstin Meyer and Harold Reid
I know what you're thinking. This is a CELEBRITY death alert, and who are these bozos? The first one I'd barely heard of, but the...
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14 hours ago12 min read
*Ladies' Voices,* thirty years later
Today is the 30th birthday of my opera Ladies' Voices. I think of it as my Opus One. I wrote about Ladies' Voices in the context of a...
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5 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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