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Diva / Mensch pair for 1/30/19
It's cold here in New York, so I'm ending the winter activities theme in front of the fire. Diva: Sitting in front of the fire Mensch:...
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Jan 29, 20192 min read
LaBute one act festival, 1/23/19
Alaina, Richard, and I saw a series of three one-act plays by Neil LaBute on 1/23/19. Richard and I are fans of LaBute - - we loved...
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Jan 28, 20192 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PRAS season 7, ep 4
Adore Me dot com! Allegedly one of the fastest growing fashion start-ups in the world, and yet has any of us heard of it? The challenge...
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Jan 27, 20191 min read
Celebrity Death Watch: Michel Legrand
I loved composer Michel Legrand even before I knew his name - - we studied *The Umbrellas of Cherbourg* in my high school French class,...
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Jan 26, 20192 min read
*Ionesco Suite,* 1/24/19
I saw *Ionesco Suite* at BAM on 1/24/19. It's an assembly of five plays by Eugène Ionesco: *Jack, or The Submission,* *Delirium For...
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Jan 25, 20191 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Mack the Knife"
The next song in *Star Dust* is "Mack the Knife," music by Kurt Weill and lyrics by Bertolt Brecht. It was popularized in the US by...
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Jan 24, 20191 min read
Celebrity Death Watch: Kaye Ballard
I dedicate this Kaye Ballard tribute to the divine David Jay Smith, who told me about the death of Miss Ballard and also Miss Channing! ...
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Jan 23, 20191 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 1/23/19
My friends Barbara and William are totally into curling. William's team won the U. S. Junior National Championships in 2015 and 2016! ...
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Jan 20, 20194 min read
*Adriana Lecouvreur,* 1/16/19
Barbara, Richard, and I saw *Adriana Lecouvreur* at the Met on 1/16/19. I’m seeing seven or eight things at the Met this season and this...
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Jan 18, 20191 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PRAS season 7, ep 3
The designers were brought to an airport in deepest, darkest Long Island. They were put on a Southwest airplane, where they were tasked...
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Jan 18, 20191 min read
Fabulous Friday: "St. Louis Blues"
The next song in *Star Dust* is "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy. I've got two recordings to share. The first is by Bessie Smith: And...
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Jan 16, 20191 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 1/16/19
Diva: Figure skating Mensch: Speed skating
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Jan 15, 201913 min read
Celebrity Death Watch: Carol Channing
A very sad day indeed! An American original! A Broadway icon! She was 97, so this really WAS a deathwatch, for a few years. I'm going...
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Jan 13, 20194 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PRAS season 7, eps 1 & 2
EPISODE ONE Thanks to my dear friend Frank for telling me that PRAS was on! I was totally out of the loop on this one. The PR brand has...
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Jan 11, 20191 min read
Fabulous Friday: 12 songs pt 1, "Star Dust"
The best book I read last year was *Stardust Melodies: A Biography of 12 of America's Most Popular Songs* by Will Friedwald. The tells...
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Jan 10, 20192 min read
*The Ferryman,* 1/3/19
I saw *The Ferryman* on Broadway on 1/3/19. It’s a new play by Jez Butterworth, come on over from London, directed by Sam Mendes. I had...
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Jan 9, 20191 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 1/9/19
This week: Diva: Skating Mensch: Sledding
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Jan 4, 20191 min read
Fabulous Friday - - Mystery Guest, Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole will be part of a special Fabulous Friday series that starts next week, so I'm featuring him today as a Mystery Guest.
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Jan 3, 20191 min read
Celebrity Death Watch: Daryl Dragon
I have to confess that I didn't recognize the name Daryl Dragon when it slid across my TV screen this morning, on the crawl of our local...
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Jan 2, 20191 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 1/2/19
Continuing with the winter theme, this month I'm going to focus on winter activities: Diva: Throwing snowballs Mensch: Shoveling snow
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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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5 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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