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Thank you for posting, YouOverThere. No doubt the problems lie deep, but it does sound like new management might be in order. Some views Letter to the editor, Washington Post Letter to the editor, Baltimore Sun Article

Thanks for posting, Mashinka. Congratulations to Cohan, although I wish they hadn't waited quite so long. A nice profile from January:

Thank you for posting, FPF. My first reaction was that maybe the writer of the review should switch to decaf. The issue of weight is a fraught one for women and not only in ballet, but I can actually think of worse ways to remind someone that she needs to keep the extra pounds off. Judging by the accompanying photo, Ms. Sills had a lovely figure with delightful curves but I can also see how in a weight-gaining state of health it might have become a mite too curvy. Of course, I haven't read Sills' book and that might change my mind. I look forward to reading it in any case. Ms. Preger-Simon's book looks interesting as well. I do like that photo with "the witch" -- or warlock, I suppose -- Balanchine on one knee before Sills, demonstrating.

I hadn't heard that about the figure skating element. Interesting. I have some issues with the ballet, but the scene where Manon gets passed from man to man is just wonderful – summing up the milieu, the status of women, and the character perfectly in dance form.

Our own canbelto has already weighed in, and Robert Greskovic's review is also up (behind a subscriber wall, alas). Links to their reviews and the NYT review.

I know at least one millennial who is happily discovering them.

Sorry they won’t be showing Pajama Game. Also sorry they won’t be showing Lullaby of Broadway, in which Day dances with Gene Nelson.

Cute story, Buddy, thanks, Particularly nice of the Boss when you consider that Bono’s fans apparently failed to recognize the “friend.” I saw the very good documentary “20 Feet from Stardom” recently and Springsteen impressed me with his perceptive remarks, as he usually does in interviews -- easily the most thoughtful and articulate of the stars who appeared. He's a serious person.

This is a crushing loss for dance fans. There's nothing on the internet that replaces BR. The announcement holds out some hope that the hiatus will not be permanent, so I will cling to that, for now.....

This piece by Laura Cappelle in The Financial Times looks at companies who are experimenting with crowdfunding.

Skippy was miscast, being neither female nor a Schnauzer. Still, a very capable performance.

Ajax is great and it also fits one of the recommendations for dog names, which is that it be short. (I remember the other as being that the name should end in a vowel.) I don’t know why Lassie and Lady made the cut but Lad didn’t. Nobody at that site ever read “Lad: a Dog”?? Worse, I would think. Not everyone would get the Cerberus reference, but calling your puppy Cujo would be like the Seinfeld episode where Elaine's boyfriend has the same name as a serial killer.

A list of 140 names for our canine friends. Not sure I'd want to saddle a new puppy with "Havisham."

Thanks for posting your review, YouOverThere. Yes, they probably did make some dramatic-license decisions to help the audience focus.

I tend to agree. The implication appears to be that Mearns’ willingness to perform with Ramasar has something to do with their status as ex-lovers. I have no idea what that's doing in a review of the performance. Fair enough, and I actually had thoughts along those lines after I’d posted. The expedient thing to do was sack them all pronto and cut off the noise, and even if the company was found to be in the wrong later on it was a risk worth taking - they would have only to honor contracts, not pay off the former employees. Good thing Ramasar and Catazaro had a union to argue for them.

From the NYT article, which I link to again for convenience: This appears to have happened at NYCB. The company leadership acted in panic mode and it backfired. They can point to the upholding of the suspensions, and apparently the company and union are in discussions about standards, which is positive.

Thanks for posting this news, Deflope. The picture could combine musical elements and drama (the article notes that new songs are being composed for the movie) without being a full-fledged musical - or it could be. I'm sure more details will be forthcoming. I think you are right about Dornan - the only other character he could play is Escamillo and somehow he doesn't seem the type. I'm not sure that I've actually seen Dornan in anything - does anyone know what he was like in the Fifty Shades series?

It is getting mentioned here and there, but not with the prominence it deserves. I see that the Manson Family connection is getting some play. Day’s only child, the late Terry Melcher, produced records for the Byrds and the Beach Boys, among others, and he was introduced by one of the latter to an aspiring songwriter named Charles Manson. Melcher passed, which did not go down well with Charlie. Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski rented the house where Melcher had once lived, and the rest is history – although Manson was not, apparently, out for revenge against Melcher that fatal night. Melcher ended up having to testify at the trials of Manson and Tex Watson. Apparently Day’s house was one of the residences visited by Manson and friends on a “creepy crawly” expedition.

Grant didn’t seem resentful or sullen, or even as if he were phoning it in, just….embarrassed. Frankly, he deserved a Purple Heart for getting through those scenes at the hotel in Bermuda. OT: Betty was hard for me to take. I did like her in "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek" as the girl who can't remember which soldier knocked her up.

Thanks for that link, pherank. Day could sound very sexy on occasion. Hitchcock preferred Grace Kelly to anybody. So Day shouldn’t have taken that too much to heart.:) As miliosr’s box office data reflects, Day didn’t become huge until the Sixties with the “professional virgin” sequence of romantic comedies, much maligned in some quarters and highly praised in others. It’s possible to appreciate Day’s competent professional women, capably fending off lecherous creeps. She made this breakthrough exceptionally late for a female star, pushing forty when she finally made it big. Those who have seen “That Touch of Mink” will recognize it as one of the movies attended by Ignatius Reilly at the Prytania (“How dare she pretend to be virgin! Rape her at once!”) I will say that Ignatius’ reaction to the movie is justified; by that time the formula was wearing thin and material that’s okay for Rock Hudson just embarrasses Cary Grant. I should note that many people like her in the Ruth Etting biopic “Love Me or Leave Me” more than I do. “Midnight Lace,” produced by Ross Hunter, is a guilty pleasure of mine – Rex Harrison gaslighting rich American wife Doris. They both shared a certain tomboyish quality, and a general physical resemblance. Day didn't have anything like Hutton's Too Much intensity, probably to Day's benefit.

You are also welcome, Buddy. The song certainly bodes well for the new album. His Broadway show is now available on Netflix but I have not seen it yet.

Yes. I see she was taken by pneumonia, "the old man's friend," so I hope her death was an easy one. I can't say I was a big fan, but Lover Come Back and Pillow Talk hold up well for me, and she had a nice way with a ballad, as the AP obit notes. Associated Press The Guardian Photo gallery Thanks for posting the topic, cubanmiamiboy. I hadn't heard.

Tom Phillips reviews Pepperland for danceviewtimes, in no uncertain terms.

Thank you for posting, Buddy. I had read that he had some new material. He's sounding very mellow and folky on this one and the voice sounds good for his age.

Good thing you weren't around for Golden Age Hollywood. :) I used to work in offices when smoking was still allowed in such places and I can't say I miss it. Excellent film.