Diva complex / Michael Montlack Sappho: love, I implore you in polyester lapels / Michael Broder Queen Elizabeth I: heart of a king / Patrick Letellier Virginia Woolf: this perpetual revision of thought / Brian Teare Margaret Dumont: duchess of dignity / Christopher Murray Bessie Smith: empty bed blues / Sam J. Miller Claude Cahun: masks, makeup, meaning / Peter Dubé Gracie Allen: comic muse / Lloyd Schwartz Lotte Lenya: divine Weltschmerz / David Bergman Gloria Swanson: Sunset Boulevard / Edward Field Marlene Dietrich: falling in love again / Walter Holland Joan Crawford versus Bette Davis: "But ya AHHH, Blanche!" / David Trinidad Lucille Ball: flaming redhead / Lawrence Applebaum Mahalia Jackson: divine one / Forrest Hamer Julia Child: life's ingredients / Bill Fogle Billie Holiday: lady day / Alfred Corn Edith Piaf: a share of pain / Gregory Woods Evita Perón: Santa with a soundtrack / Guillermo Castro Grace Paley: O stone! O steel! / Mark Doty Ava Gardner: Small-town girl / C. Cleo Creech Aurora de Albornoz: tía divina / Scott Hightower Joan Sutherland: Dame Joan and I / Gary Ljungquist Eartha Kitt: Purrrfectly detached / D.A. Powell Betty Berzon: dinners with the diminutive diva / Jim van Buskirk Jeanne Moreau: living dangerously with Jeanne / Collin Kelley Jennifer Paterson ["Two fat ladies"]: cocktails with Jennifer / Jack Lynch Audrey Hepburn: adoration and the icon / Joseph Campana Ms. Kiki Durane: her sound and fury / Christopher Schmidt Elizabeth Taylor: the über-diva / Scott F. Stoddart Anna Moffo: her funeral / Wayne Koestenbaum Nina Simone: I got it bad for bangles and diamonds / Regie Cabico Julie Andrews: my first Maria / Mark Wunderlich Tina Turner: Tina and I / Jim Elledge Karen Black: diva of the deranged / Michael Schiavi Raquel Welch: as my mother / Ron Palmer Julie Christie: the Cocteau girl / Cyrus Cassells Helen Reddy: before anarchy / Richard Tayson Wonder Woman: exploring the Amazon / Jeff Oaks Diana Ross: how to reign supreme / Jericho Brown Rocío Dúrcal: the day she died / Rigoberto González Bette Midler: first loves / Steven Cordova Jessye Norman: Als ob Ich säuseln hörte / Dante Micheaux Liza Minnelli: everybody loves a winner / Jason Schneiderman Cher: history (1987-2000) / Aaron Smith Laura Nyro: all she asked of living / Michael Klein Stevie Nicks: "and wouldn't you love to love her?" / Michael Montlack Jessica Lange: isn't it a laugh? / Allen Smith Patti LuPone: Patti's turn, in the key of diva / Jonathan Howle Wendy Waldman: seeds and orphans / Paul Lisicky Cyndi Lauper: the sadness in her rasp / Steven Riel Rickie Lee Jones: the duchess of coolsville / Timothy Liu Annie Lennox: desire, despair, desire / R.J. Gibson Siouxsie Sioux: black eyeliner and dark dreams / Benjamin Harper Auntie Mame: "I'm going to open doors for you, doors you never even dreamed existed" / Lewis Desimone Kate Bush: the invisible diva / Reginald Shepherd Jamie Lee Curtis: when the artist met his muse / Vince A. Liaguno Sade: the other material girl / Christopher Lee Nutter Taylor Dayne: "Tell it to my heart" / Peter Covino Endora ["Bewitched"]: afternoons as Endora / Richard Blanco Björk: with regards to Ms.Guðmundsdótter / John Dimes Kristin Hersh: "Is sticky ever blue?" / Mark Bibbins Céline Dion: cirque du Céline / Jim Nason Parker Posey: a pocket full of Posey / Michael J. Andrews Margaret Cho: how to break every oriental stereotype in the book / Kenji Oshima Mary J. Blige: I take shallowness seriously / Jeffery Conway Princess Leia: Leia's kiss / Christopher Hennessy
