Florence Henderson

One of my BFF's who is in town for a few weeks seemed a little dubious when I told him I was taking him to see Florence Henderson perform live in Hollywood on Friday night at the Catalina Bar & Grill. I'd interviewed her for a preview piece and been invited and dammit, he was going with me. And boy, were we glad we did. It was a pretty magical night. Even before Florence walked out to do her first number, you looked around the room and there were famous faces left and right. I almost fell out of my chair when I realized ... Read Full Story

One of my BFF's who is in town for a few weeks seemed a little dubious when I told him I was taking him to see Florence Henderson perform live in Hollywood on Friday night at the Catalina Bar & Grill. I'd interviewed her for a preview piece and been invited and dammit, he was going with me. And boy, were we glad we did. It was a pretty magical night. Even before Florence walked out to do her first number, you looked around the room and there were famous faces left and right. I almost fell out of my chair when I realized ... Read Full Story

One of my BFF's who is in town for a few weeks seemed a little dubious when I told him I was taking him to see Florence Henderson perform live in Hollywood on Friday night at the Catalina Bar & Grill. I'd interviewed her for a preview piece and been invited and dammit, he was going with me. And boy, were we glad we did. It was a pretty magical night. Even before Florence walked out to do her first number, you looked around the room and there were famous faces left and right. I almost fell out of my chair when I realized ... Read Full Story

After all those years of watching Florence Henderson on television, who knew I'd get the chance to interview her not once, twice but three times - all in the past year. She kinda reminds me of my own mom: a very pretty and youthful 70-something with impeccably-coiffed blonde hair who is equal parts warmth and iron will. Florence and I got the chance to chat again last week about her new live show that I'm going to be seeing in Hollywood on Friday night and I've written a story for Friday's Daily News. Here it is your you a few days early: A nyone ... Read Full Story

Bruce Vilanch called the other day but he was too late to be included in my article on Florence Henderson which runs in today's LA Daily News. But I was happy to chat with the funnyman anyway. He had a good excuse for not calling earlier: he's busy writing material for next month's Oscar telecast! Bruce has written the lyrics for the opening number ("Have I Been Lifted?") of Florence's one-woman show which kicks off its national tour in Hollywood tonight. "It answers the question everyone in the audience has been wondering," Bruce hints. "She is amazing," he says of Henderson, who turns 75 ... Read Full Story