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Downsizing Treasures
You just never know what you’ll find in those boxes of memorabilia. I just got this from the wife of an old friend of Howard’s (like the kind of old friend you shared a playpen with). It’s something...
View ArticleA March 14 Thing
March 14 will ever be a blue day in our home. It will ever make me stop and think. But the truth of the matter is, it is a day like any other. And I miss Howard, as we all miss those we’ve loved and...
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A Birthday Thank You
Once again, it’s Howard’s birthday. He would be 65 years old today. Which means he’d be eligible for all sorts of goodies by now. His AARP membership would be in good standing, Medicare and Social...
View ArticleLittle Shop of City Center
Well that was fun. First the Supreme Court agrees that people, all people, have the right to marry. And be healthy. Then Little Shop of Horrors and Ellen Greene manage to raise the roof off City...
View ArticleAria For An Animator
Years ago, a guy named Dan Lund contacted me for rights to a song written by Howard. He didn’t know the song but had heard of its existence and thought it might be good for animation. I didn’t think...
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Twenty Five Years
I’d like to thank the Academy for this incredible honor… Wait, that’s not it. Right, here we go now… I’d like to thank Sam Smith for kinda screwing up his acceptance of an Academy Award for best song....
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Howard’s Birthday
May 17, 1979 was Howard’s 29th birthday. He had a show at the WPA Theater and it was opening night. Opening night at the WPA wasn’t really as impressive as, say opening night at the Schubert. The...
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Metaphorically watching Beauty and the Beast
There has been much talk lately of Howard having written Beauty and the Beast as a metaphor for AIDS. This is just plain not true and bugs me to the extent that I have come out of blog retirement to...
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A New Beauty, A New Beast, A Legacy Forever
I had no idea that there would be a legacy. When Howard died, and for many years after, it really didn’t occur to me that his work, and even more so, his name would survive much beyond a few years. In...
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He Wasn’t Always A Hero
Sunday was Mother’s Day and I reminded Mom that May 17 is coming up. Howard would have been 67 years old. “No,” she said. Well, yes. In Mom’s memory, Howard’s either her blue eyed little boy who sang...
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