Singing for my Diva Mondays is a joy. The comments are projected on a big screen and every single one gives me life. Everyone is filled with such joy and they are there for me - for us - cheering us on and giving me happiness that comes only from performing. It's hard because sometimes because I think no one is showing up and sometimes the numbers are scary: Will we generate enough tips so I can pay my devoted and wonderfully talented band? Whatever the tally turns out to be there is always one …
A Great Big Diva!: Never too late to make that dream happen!
I am finally fulfilling a dream I've had for decades: writing & performing my own one woman show. It will be funny (of course) and it's a musical but I will also share a couple moments of heartache as well. I am collaborating with a monstrously talented writer in L.A. named Andrew Barrett and it's been an amazing experience. (all thanks to my "angels:" former Young & the Restless Head writer P kay Alden and her husband Vern Nelson) my producers: Ira Antelis and Tom McDonald. Still, I …
Random Thoughts from A GREAT BIG DIVA
Random Thoughts from A GREAT BIG DIVA: It's so scary to produce an original piece of work. People have asked me: "Why are you doing this? (My one-woman show)" I have only one answer: Because I have to. I am compelled to do this work. I have tried to ignore it for years - ever since my days at University. It's something that has never gone away. But it was safe in my head, in my notebooks and computer. Now I will put it out there, and that's scary as Hell, exciting and crazy! It (I) will be …
Choose Love. Choose Hope.
We must not let the horrors of humanity ruin us. There is so much negativity buzzing around us, so much hate and lack of empathy - yet there is more than a small bit of good still out there. We create it every time we show empathy for others. There is no sense in what has happened in Las Vegas. We must feel the shock, the horror of it. There is only the choice to pray (for non-believers, prayer can be a meditation or wish of goodwill), hope, and search for the goodness in all of us remaining as …
Give In to Hope and Love.
I am so inspired and moved by people who get past the horrible headlines and just continue their work of helping others. It's an honorable calling. The mess that we witness every day makes some of us piss and moan but it also motivates us all to care. It is easy to criticize and berate our country and everyone else, but actually there are many great souls out here. Don't forget that and remember to count your own soul while you're at it. We can not give in to despair or cynicism. Yes, be …