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Fabulous Friday - - "Glitter and Be Gay"
I'm ending my Bernstein tribute with his greatest show-stopping number, "Glitter and Be Gay" from *Candide.* I couldn't decide between...
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Aug 30, 20181 min read
Trip to San Francisco last month
I had a vacation in San Francisco last month and have posted a travelogue with lots of marvelous photos in my Travel section. Go to the...
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Aug 29, 20181 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 8/29/18
We're closing out our San Francisco theme with a shout out to two neighboring towns: Diva: Berkeley (represented by Chez Panisse) Mensch:...
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Aug 27, 20181 min read
Celebrity Death Watch: Harris, McCain, Simon
A triple header! Barbara Harris, John McCain, and Neil Simon.
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Aug 24, 20183 min read
Fabulous Friday - - "Liebestod"
Today I'm highlighting Bernstein as a conductor. Below you will hear him conducting Hildegard Behrens in a performance of the finale to...
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Aug 22, 20181 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 8/22/18
Today I'm spotlighting two San Francisco bookstores. City Lights is an internationally recognized landmark, home to Jack Kerouac and the...
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Aug 17, 20181 min read
Fabulous Friday - - Young People's Concert
Last week I featured Leonard Bernstein the composer. This week we have Bernstein the educator, with a clip from one of his Young...
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Aug 16, 20181 min read
Celebrity Death Watch: Aretha Franklin
Oh, such a sad day! An American treasure! She was an inspiration to so many for so long. Rest her soul.
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Aug 15, 20181 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 8/15/18
Continuing with our San Francisco theme: Diva: The Castro Mensch: The Mission
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Aug 10, 20181 min read
Fabulous Friday - - MAMBO!
The whole world is having a Leonard Bernstein moment right now, his hundredth birthday would be on 8/25. I'm going to devote the next...
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Aug 8, 20181 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 8/8/18
Diva: Fog. Mensch: Sun. You might think the Diva, who carries her own spotlight, would be the sun - - but no, the Diva is often a figure...
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Aug 6, 20182 min read
*This Ain’t No Disco,* 8/4/18
I saw *This Ain’t No Disco* at the Atlantic Theater Company on 8/4/18. It’s a new musical about Studio 54. It had gotten really terrible...
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Aug 3, 20181 min read
Fabulous Friday - - Mystery Guest: Tab Hunter
Yes, the late Tab Hunter was the Mystery Guest back in 1957, shortly after releasing his smash hit single "Young Love." Is it my...
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Aug 2, 20183 min read
*The Pattern at Pendarvis,* 8/1/18
David Jay and I saw *The Pattern at Pendarvis* on 8/1/18, presented by the New Dog Theatre Company and StreetSigns. My friend Bryon in...
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Aug 1, 20181 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 8/1/18
I was in San Francisco a couple weeks ago, I'm putting the finishing touches on my travelogue, will keep you posted on that. I had the...
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Jul 30, 20181 min read
Celebrity Death Watch: Gary Beach
Tony winner Gary Beach died last week. My friend Scott Seyforth and I met him outside the stage door of *La Cage aux Folles* in 2005 and...
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Jul 28, 20182 min read
*Carmen Jones,* 7/26/18
Ethlouise, Noel, and I went to see *Carmen Jones* at the Classic Stage Company on 7/26/18. This was the first major New York revival of...
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Jul 27, 20181 min read
Fabulous Friday - - "Show Off"
This is the best number in one of my favorite shows of the century - - "Show Off" from *The Drowsy Chaperone.* The whole number is...
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Jul 25, 20181 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 7/25/18
Diva: "The Star-Spangled Banner" Mensch: "America the Beautiful" I remember a lot of talk during the Clinton years about "America the...
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Jul 24, 20183 min read
*The Damned,* 7/20/18
I saw *The Damned* at the Park Avenue Armory on 7/20/18. It's a theatrical adaptation of the 1969 Visconti Nazi epic, starring Ingrid...
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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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