Word: divas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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DIED. TAMMY WYNETTE, 55, country music's down-home diva; of a blood clot; in Nashville, Tenn. A beautician turned songstress, she performed often plaintive ballads that imitated her life story: five marriages, bankruptcy, a painkiller addiction and a kidnapping. Her iconic anthem, Stand by Your Man, made feminists wince--Hillary Clinton among them--but Wynette stood by her twangy tunes through more than 50 albums and 20 No. 1 hits. (See EULOGY below...
...next season's productions. It's a great opportunity to be involved in some musical theatre of true quality and a warm and friendly circle of people to boot. Don't be afraid--opera isn't as intimidating as it may seem at first. Get in touch with your diva (or techie) side and get involved. Chances are you'll enjoy...
...placing Rialto in the elite of the elite isn't a stretch: Zagat's guide rates only one Boston restaurant higher; critic diva Ruth Reichl of the New York Times proclaims, "[Rialto] clearly knows what it is doing.... This is the sort of food that makes eating in Boston so exciting"; chef Jody Adams is a winner of the James Beard award for best chef in New England...
...real tough cookie with a long history." Red-gloss lipsticked, black shades-wearing, teased hair-sporting, '80s Super Diva, "put up her dukes" and "let us get down to it" with her pain-rock. Her "best shots" hit below the belt every time! Thanks...
...midst of a standing ovation, which isn't given at the BSO, the conductor and the diva share a kiss. The audience, composed of older couples who probably think of going to such an event as this the way most people think about going to the movies and younger men looking to impress their dates, eased into the standing ovation the way people stand to do the wave at a sporting event. It was as if they weren't quite sure how to act around each other. In the end, they decided that they performance was worth the effort...