This Is TONY Week, Darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                       Let's be honest, girls!  Aren't you sick of all the talk about FIFA, the World Cup, the NBA Finals, not to mention how CBS News prioritizes sports?????????????   I certainly am!!!!!!!!!!!!

                          Well, screw them, darlings, because this is OUR--Theater Queens--week, leading up to the 79th TONY Awards show on Sunday.

                           Later on, this week, I will give my predictions.  But this is not an easy year, because, while I saw almost everything, there will be huge discrepancies between what I want to win and what I think actually will.  Moreso this year than others I can remember.

                            If only fate would intervene and replace Pink with another host!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                            I could do it, hons!  Because Liza and I are the last of the belters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Pride Month!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                          June is Gay and Gay is June!  Happy Pride Month, darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                         Whether replicating Jennifer Holliday in "Dreamgirls," or Doris Day as Ruth Etthing singing "Shaking The Blues Away," from "Love Me, Or Leave Me," this is the month to be out and proud.

                           But remember, girls to control yourselves.  We have a long year ahead of us.

                             This month is ours, so I am urging all to do whatever pleases you, as long as it is not harmful.  And this month may the viciousness between the Theater and Opera Queens be kept to a minimum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                            So many things to consider this month!  What do I wear??????????  Something pink, of course!!!!!!!!!!  What special movies and programs to watch????????  Maybe a re-read and reviewing of "Valley Of The Dolls????????????????????"

                              How appropriate we are seeing "The Rocky Horror Show" on June 18!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They better do it justice!!!!!!!!!!!!  And I plan on doing the "Time Warp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

                              Oh, girls, it is simply DIVINE to be gay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                             Happy Pride Month, dolls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Because It's June! June, June, June! Just Because It's June! June!!!!!!!!!! June!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

                                   June seems to be the month with the most songs, girls, as there will another one later this month as we transition into summer.

                                    Yes, this wonderful lyric from R and H's masterpiece, "Carousel," is the best way to usher in this month.  I cannot believe it has been eight years since David,

and I saw this magnificent production.  The same year my father passed away.  How he would have loved to have seen it!!!!!!!!!!!

                                               There you have it, girls, enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                   Like 'Sgt. Pepper,' this song will be included on this post.  Sung by the great Renee Fleming.

                                     Yet another reason to welcome in June!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"It Was Fifty-Nine Years Ago Today.................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

                          And what comes after that number, girls???????????  Sixty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                         Yes, on this day fifty-nine years ago, when all the world and us were younger, The Beatles released what I consider their masterpiece, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonelyhearts Club Band."  The cover alone made history, but what was inside was even more astonishing.  This pushed the group into a whole new realm.  And while some consider "Abbey Road" better, without this masterwork, the other would not have been.

                               Was this the first concept album???????????  Some say so, and I fully agree.

                               For those of us at the time it was and remains a life changing experience!

                               So, once more we celebrate its being.  

                               Watch out; next year, there is sure to be a party!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                Here is the album's celebrated opening, which includes Ringo's solo "With A Little Help From My Friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

                                 Enjoy, and remember!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

June Is Joy, Darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                        Here we are in the sixth month of a twelve-month year.  Hard to believe, darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                      June is filled with excitement and joy, but today was sad for me, as I found out a former coworker and friend had passed away.  Today would have been her 72nd birthday, and I will report more on this in the forthcoming month.

                                          Today's posts may be short, but it is June, and there is lots to cover.

                                          Not to mention it is TONY week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Farewell To May!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

                              Girls, can you believe five months of the year have gone by already?  And next month we will be halfway through.  As Judy Collins sings "Who knows where the times goes?"

                                 Memorial Day weekend was a washout, and I struggled with some minor health issues, but May was filled with shows and movies.  We saw what I consider the season's best show, "Schmigadoon."  It had damn well better win the TONY Award for Best Musical, although I am sadly afraid it is going to go to "The Lost Boys."   Which is just another "Outsiders" with vampires!  La dee dah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We also saw "Jerome" (better to forget it) and "Titanique" which I can you is even bigger and better in its Broadway  move.

                                   And who cold forget the beauty and heartbreak of "Fried Green Tomatoes??????"  To think, thirty- five years have passed.  The two Marys looked so young.  And so did I thirty five years ago.  I still want to look like Jnnifeer Jones in "The Song Of Bernadette," but I never will. I will always be Pearl Chavez!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                       I hope your May was as fun and exciting as ours.  Now, if the weather would only improve.

                                       June, of course, is PRIDE month, so a happy one to all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                       See you next month, darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope Your Month Was Not Like This, Darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

                                   It really was not for us, but there was one weak and week spot.  I had run out of Gabapentin, and my PCP was on vacation, and after several days I started feeling loopy.  I mean, I could have collapsed like Barbara Jean in "Nashville."  Luckily, I did not.

                                      But after being off this med for several days, I started not feeling right.  I was having equilibrium problems; I had moments of dizziness and lightheadedness.  Most of all, I felt depressed lost concentration.  I did not go near a book for three days, and I am currently plowing my way through "Lonesome Dove," which is enthralling when I can get to it.

                                         I am back on the med and feeling better each day.  But I still feel a little tired; maybe allergies or the weather.  Maybe I will discuss it with my doctors.

                                           In any case, dears, do not make the mistake I did.

                                           Stay on top of your meds.  Or you could end up looking like THIIS!!!!!!!!!!!!