Playing flamboyant Mame Dennis in the musical version of Patrick Dennis’s comic tribute to his bohemian auntie is not exactly opening a new window for Leslie Uggams. After all, she has a history of being associated with the songs of composer-lyricist Jerry Herman. She appeared on Broadway in the retrospective revue, Jerry’s Girls and played Dolly Gallagher Levi in Hello, … [Read more...]
‘Journal Keeper’ a compelling meditation on life, love and death
Phyllis Theroux offers readers a gift by letting us peek into the journals she kept during six years of her life beginning at age 61. The Journal Keeper excels on several levels – for the pure enjoyment of Theroux’s evocative writing, as a tribute to the art of journal writing, and as a meditation on life, love and death. Aspiring writers would do well to study Theroux. Her … [Read more...]