Hello, Dolly! = Hello, Bette!
Based on the buzz, cheers and applause that greeted even familiar songs in the overture, Bette Midler, could’ve performed Dolly Levi with a bag over her head and received standing ovations. Well, not quite, but you get the idea. Increasingly preconceived theater opinions seem to have reached a pinnacle. When ticket costs are substantial and […]
Jacqueline B. Arnold Talks About An Evening with Phyllis Hyman
Old friend It’s so nice to feel you hold me again No, it doesn’t matter where you have been My heart welcomes you back home again “Old Friend,” Thom Bell, Linda Creed Variety once described Phyllis Hyman’s voice as “sultry, sassy, and vocally surprising.” It was that voice that reached out to Jacqueline B. Arnold […]