Grapes of Wrath Opera

“GRAPES” WAS A SMASH

Jane 18 Comments

People really liked it. I liked doing it. I LOVED doing it. It was an honor. A small group gathered in the dressing room and then more gathered at the post party. I’m too tired to write more and still...

INTERMISSION

Jane 5 Comments

It seems to have gone well. More applause than I expected after the numbers–richly deserved, I think. My cold is affecting me quite a bit and it showed once in my throat and I came in too early ...

Carnegie Hall

Jane 4 Comments

I am sitting in my dressing room about to go on stage at Carnegie Hall, narrating the concert opera of “Grapes of Wrath.” I am so excited bevause it’s such a powerful show with so mu...

Grapes of Wrath Opera

Jane 8 Comments

This is going to be a powerful event. So much talent. There’s the 160 member Collegiate Chorale with members from eighty-year-olds to high school students. There’s the 62 member American Symphony Orch...

Busy, Busy, Busy

Jane 47 Comments

Time flies. No time since Oscars to blog. The time fast approaching when I will tape my new exercise DVDs for boomers and seniors. I have been rehearsing, working on choreography, choosing music, what...

KENNY VANCE AND THE PLANOTONES

Jane 13 Comments

The other night Richard and I went to Cerritos to hear a concert by Kenny Vance and the Planotones. Both from Brooklyn, Richard and Kenny have been friends since Richard graduated from University of M...

A GALA FOR SING FOR HOPE

Jane 15 Comments

Click here to view some photos of event Don’t know who everyone shown here is but Dr Muhammad Yunus is the founder of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh whose work is lifting women out of poverty. He is n...