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*Ellen West,* 1/17/20
I saw *Ellen West* at the Prototype Festival on 1/17/20. It’s a new opera with music by Ricky Ian Gordon on a text by Frank Bidart. It...
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ladiesvoices
Jan 19, 20202 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PR18, ep 6
Oh, poor Victoria! She felt guilty that she’d been on the top so many times. That must be such a heavy burden, I feel awful for her....
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ladiesvoices
Jan 17, 20201 min read
Fabulous Friday: "By the Time I Get To Phoenix"
This song just breaks my heart, it's so full of tenderness and regret. We're starting with the divine Glen Campbell: And how about Dean...
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ladiesvoices
Jan 16, 20202 min read
*Magdalene,* 1/13/20
I saw *Magdalene* at Prototype Opera on 1/13/20. It's a brand new opera on a set of poems by Marie Howe with the thirteen movements...
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ladiesvoices
Jan 15, 20201 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 1/15/20
The first two weeks of my Hitchcock supporting players tribute were dedicated to Pat Hitchcock. This week and next week will be...
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ladiesvoices
Jan 14, 20202 min read
*Blood Moon,* 1/9/20
I saw *Blood Moon* at the Prototype Festival on 1/9/20. It’s a new opera with music by Garrett Fischer and a libretto by Ellen...
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ladiesvoices
Jan 13, 20202 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PR18, ep 5
All hail guest judge Cyndi Lauper! The challenge: the designers were split into two teams - - they used a new spin on the button bag,...
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ladiesvoices
Jan 12, 20201 min read
New look for divamensch homepage
My website provider (Wix.com, which I LOVE) has improved their blog features. I just migrated to the new blog and reconfigured my...
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ladiesvoices
Jan 11, 20203 min read
*Hadestown,* 1/8/20
Francesca and I saw *Hadestown* on Broadway on 1/8/20. It won the Tonys for Best Musical and Best Score last spring - - I wasn't...
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ladiesvoices
Jan 10, 20201 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Wichita Lineman"
I'm featuring the great songwriter Jimmy Webb in the Fabulous Fridays in January. First off, three recordings of "Wichita Lineman." ...
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ladiesvoices
Jan 9, 20201 min read
CDA: Buck Henry
I see Buck Henry's most important credit as the screenplay to *The Graduate,* but he also wrote or co-wrote *Get Smart,* *What's Up,...
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ladiesvoices
Jan 9, 20201 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PR18, ep 4
The challenge - - the designers needed to make an upcycled look for Karlie to wear at a CFDA event in Paris. Their source for fabric was...
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ladiesvoices
Jan 8, 20201 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 1/8/20
Today I'm highlighting Pat Hitchcock's work in *Psycho.* She is so adorable. Diva: Janet Leigh Mensch: Pat Hitchcock
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ladiesvoices
Jan 6, 20202 min read
CDA: John Baldessari
John Baldessari has been one of my favorite contemporary artists since I saw a retrospective of his work at the Walker Art Center in...
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ladiesvoices
Jan 3, 20201 min read
London travelogue!
Hello there - - at long last I finished my work on the London travelogue, from the trip that Richard and I took in March. Here's how to...
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ladiesvoices
Jan 3, 20201 min read
Fabulous Friday: Mystery Guest, Lena Horne
Two appearances by Lena Horne as the mystery guest. First in 1953, she appears at 14:20: And again in 1958, she appears at 14:15:
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ladiesvoices
Jan 1, 20201 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 1/1/20
Happy New Year, darlings! I hope 2020 is full of marvelous things for all of us. Did you know that I watched nearly all of the Hitchcock...
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ladiesvoices
Dec 31, 20191 min read
CDA: Sue Lyon
Richard alerted me to the death of Sue Lyon. She had a decidedly minor career, but her one important screen credit is so important (and...
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ladiesvoices
Dec 30, 20196 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PR18, eps 1-3
Oh my, I’ve been so busy - - three episodes of the new season and I’m just watching them now! I’ll dive right in. E P I S O D E O N E...
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ladiesvoices
Dec 28, 20191 min read
CDA: Jerry Herman
Ah, the great Jerry Herman! I'm going to feature one number each from his three major Broadway shows. First, Bette Midler doing "Before...
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ladiesvoices
7 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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ladiesvoices
4 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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