Category: Top Diva

Theatre Review: “I’ll Eat You Last”

May. 08 Editorial, Entertainment, Movies, Movies, Theatre, Theatre, Top Diva no comments

One of Broadway's biggest stars is back — as one of Hollywood's biggest star-makers! BETTE MIDLER returns to Broadway as the legendary Hollywood superagent in I'LL EAT YOU LAST: A Chat with Sue Mengers. For over 20 years, Sue's clients were the talk o

What a great way to end the Broadway season! I’m definitely a fan of Bette Midler, and, somewhat more randomly, a fan of the real-life woman she’s portraying, Sue Mengers, the first female Hollywood superagent, who dominated the town during the wild and woolly 1970s. So I had a great time simply being in the presence of Midler and Mengers, as squired onto the Broadway stage by a writer and director who are among the best and brightest Broadway has to offer (John Logan and Joe Mantello, respectively).

Read more

Theatre Review: “The Nance”

Apr. 25 Drag Queens, Editorial, Entertainment, Most Fabulous, Theatre, Theatre, Top Diva no comments

nance-popup

This is Douglas Carter Beane’s best play yet! In The Nance, he delves into a world that has long fascinated me, the world of effeminate gays as characters in nightclub entertainment of the early 20th Century.

Read more

Theatre Review: “Motown”

Apr. 22 Editorial, Entertainment, Most Fabulous, Music, Music Review, Theatre, Theatre, Top Diva no comments

Motown: The Musical Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

I’ll admit I’m biased – I may not be a boomer who lived through the glory days of Motown, but I have loved Detroit soul for as long as I can remember. So, even though Motown the Musical isn’t as well constructed as, say, Dreamgirls (ahem), I still had a royally good time.

Read more

Cabaret Review: Marilyn Maye

Mar. 06 Editorial, Entertainment, Most Fabulous, Music, Music Review, Theatre, Theatre, Top Diva no comments

Marilyn Maye 2013

“The Marvelous Marilyn Maye” – it’s a phase that me and my husband have come to say with relish, and we get excited every time we get to see her. Ella Fitzgerald once called Maye “the greatest white female singer in the world”, and I can tell you that’s no exaggeration. There are younger singers who have more powerful voices, but I can think of no other singer who possesses Maye’s combination of interpretive ability, rhythmic verve and vocal range, still the envy of singers many years her junior.

Read more

New & Underground: “Fantasy” by MS MR

Feb. 28 Editorial, Entertainment, Most Fabulous, Music, Music Review, Top Diva, Underground Thursdays no comments

MS MR Fantasy

How much longer can we call rising stars MS MR underground? Not much longer I think – may they puke glitter all the way to the top (you’ll see what I mean)! Video after the jump.

Read more

%d bloggers like this: