Divamensch

How does this happen, when will I learn. A few weeks ago I was expressing wonder over the fact that I was about to break my previous...

The pair for this week is our second reader-chosen pair, submitted by Jayne Reuter and chosen by our international panel of judges:...

We did Walk MS NYC today and had a great time. Thank you to everyone who made a donation - - for those of you who are still thinking...

In honor of seeing La Midler in *Hello, Dolly!*, I'm trotting out my review of her show at The Garden in June 2015. * * * Scott, Richard,...

Before I get to my review, I keep forgetting to mention - - bit by bit I've been taking my past reviews and posting them in my archives...

Richard, John, David, and I saw *Hello, Dolly!* on Broadway on 4/25/17. It's starring the one and only Bette Midler. This is her first...

Saturday Night Live in 1976 had a fake commercial for a product called Shimmer. Gilda Radner and Dan Akroyd play the bickering married...

Frank and I saw *Red Scare on Sunset* on 4/24/17. It was a one-night-only staged reading of the Charles Busch play from 1991. Only the...

I saw *Oslo* on Broadway on 4/23/17. It's a new play by J. T. Rogers about the top-secret peace negotiations between Israel and...

Richard, Barbara, and I saw a new production of Richard Strauss's *Der Rosenkavalier* at the Met on 4/21/17. Richard and I saw the Met's...

Jere, Dale, Mike and I saw *La Belle et la Bête* at The Town Hall on 4/20/17. It was being screened/performed as part of the Tribeca...

The divine Diane Schoff just sang the role of The Baroness in *Vanessa* a few weeks ago, so in her honor I'm resurrecting my review of...

Lucy and Ethel! You might know that my husband Richard is a world-renowned expert on *I Love Lucy.* Of course I had seen quite a lot of...

Yes, today is my birthday! This is the last year of my 40s, I'm considering MANY options for how to celebrate the big five-oh. ...

Richard, Stephen, Robert, and I went to see *War Paint* on 4/14/17. I liked it, Richard did not like it, Stephen and Robert didn't like...

I saw *Amélie* on Broadway on 4/13/17, a new musical based on the adorable French film from 2001. I'm a fan of the movie, I was curious...

I'm highlighting this show in honor of Tim Piggot-Smith, who just died. He was incredible as King Charles, and I feel so fortunate to...

Monday was Sibling Day, so in honor of my brothers Howard and Patrick, and in honor of siblings everywhere, the diva / mensch pair for...

Karen, Bruce, and I saw *The Hairy Ape* at the Park Avenue Armory on 4/7/17. This was an early hit for Eugene O'Neill - - it's from...

I know that Throwback Thursday is a Thing, but I have a standing date on Wednesdays on my site (the weekly announcement of that week's...