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Entries by David Finkle from 05/2012

Easy Reader: Margery, Sheldon Harnick Visit 'The Outdoor Museum'

| Posted 05.04.2012 | Books
Read More: Sheldon Harnick, New York City, Photography, The Outdoor Museum, Poetry, Margery Gray Harnick, Books News

The idea behind the coffee-table tome is to tribute New York City as a sprawling site which may boast of being home to several actual museums but is -- more than those institutions imply -- a five-borough living-and-breathing museum.

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First Nighter: Smash's Hilty Does Right by Gentlemen Prefer Blondes but Is No Marilyn Monroe

| Posted 05.10.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Broadway, Marilyn Monroe, Megan Hilty, Carol Channing, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Smash, Entertainment News

The truth is that proficient as she may be, Megan Hilty lacks the whatever-it-is -- the je ne sais quoi -- that Channing and Monroe had that made Lorelei such a forceful, such an unforgettable presence.

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First Nighter: Sheera Ben-David 'Rains' Supreme at Feinstein's

| Posted 05.16.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Feinstein's at Loews Regency, Cabaret, Sheera-Ben-David, Entertainment News

Sheera Ben-David is, consciously or unconsciously, hewing closely to the small-room conventions that 1920s Germans called "kabarett." A dramatic mezzo, she's drawn to less well-known songs that plumb the darker emotional depths.

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Easy Reader: Peggy Pope of Nine to Five Tells Her Irresistible Show-Biz Story

| Posted 05.23.2012 | Books
Read More: The Village Voice, Smith College, The Obie Award, Marilyn Monroe, The Actors Studio, Peggy Pope, The New York Stock Exchange, Billy Crystal, Sag, Joe Papp, George Clooney, Muzeeka, Mame, House of Blue Leaves, The Rose Tattoo, Iuniverse, Harvey, Ann Miller, Smash, Atta Girl: Tales From a Life in the Trenches of Show Business, Books News

Her show-biz resume began accumulating credits not too long after she'd settled in Manhattan -- and all of it Pope recounts with great humor. She's a naturally funny woman when she's merely recounting the facts. Laughing out loud through these pages is a regular response.

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