Gearing Up for the 69th Tony Awards

Best Play and Best Musical Nominees

Everyone seems to be gearing up for next weekend's Tony Award show.The Tony Awards is not the most glamorous award show on TV. Egad, remember Frances McDormand's get up from the 2011 awards. It was like she awakened from an afternoon nap, threw on a maxi dress and denim jacket and ran over to the Beacon. This year though, according to the Post, Vogue's Anna Wintour will step in and try to glam up hand selected Broadway's leading ladies. We will see...  

In the meantime, check out Vogue Magazine's The 9 Best Tony Awards Performances of All Time by Steven Dam - LINK

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I Finally Make it to the Fisher Center at Bard College

Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of seeing The Aaron Diehl Trio featuring Cécile McLorin Salvant at the stunning Frank Gehry designed Richard B. Fisher Center at Bard College. 

It was truly a pleasant getaway. I started the Spring evening by having a Mediterranean inspired dinner at The Corner at the art-filled Tivoli Hotel. While sipping cocktails on the patio, I watched passerbys in the small Hudson Valley town and then I got busy with my tagine chicken and the rest of my meal. 

After coffee, I headed down the road to the Fisher Center. It was a sight to behold as I descended on this piece of art. I truly wish I had given myself a little more time to just stand outside on the perfectly manicured grounds and admire the structure and backdrop.

The evening only got better as I was transported to another time - a Jazz age - as Cécile McLorin Salvant, and the Aaron Diehl trio augmented with a brass section of musicians honored the music of Billie Holiday. Ms. Salvant, a true talent, served Billie Holiday well, making those who never had the opportunity to see THE original live, understand why we are still moved in 2015, Billie Holiday's centennial birth year.

Overall, just a wonderful evening... 

And with that, here is a piece that Ms. Salvant pointed out in her tribute - a recorded live performance of Jeepers Creepers featuring the incomparable Billie Holiday. 

  

Quote from Jon Robin Baitz's "Other Desert Cities"

Brooke in Jon Robin Baitz's Other Desert Cities: 

...I need seasons to mark where I am. Last winter I was still pretty blue, as you know, but this odd thing - when spring started to just hint - those crazy flowers popping up out of the snow - it matched where I was, I was coming out of it. My winter. I was popping up too.