For most single women over 60, trying to find their prince means having to kiss a Great Lake full of toads, only with slightly more warts.
But for the surprise hit “The Golden Bachelor,” ABC found a charmer — 72-year-old Gerry (pronounced Gary) Turner, a lean, handsome, aw-shucks retired Indiana restaurateur with Midwestern manners not seen since Coach John Wooden. I mean, the guy starts his texts with “Dear …” Read More...
If you or someone you know needs help, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) or visit suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You can also text a crisis counselor by messaging the Crisis Text Line at 741741.
Sonia Weiser is a writer.
A year ago, I tried to kill myself.
No one knows how to respond when I tell them about that part of my past. It’s okay. That might feel abnormal in our culture of nonstop communication, when there’s always something to be said, whether it’s via voice or text or meme or gif or emoji. Read More...
At the start of “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” the award-winning extravaganza now at the Kennedy Center Opera House, two showgirl characters do a circus trick — a sword-swallowing act — seeming to ingest the blades until only the hilts are visible, before drawing the weapons out safely. If only the rest of the show pulled off its bold moves with as little damage.
A cynical steamroller of a production, “Moulin Rouge! Read More...
