The Mother Kitty’s Blog

The Mother Kitty’s blog is a historical repository of Melissa’s Kitties blog, which published consistently from 2006 to 2022. (May 2026: The blog may be revived and continued in the near future.)

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Melissa Connolly 11/28/21 Melissa Connolly 11/28/21

Celebrating Stephen Sondheim

The Kitties honor a musical genius.

Melissa Connolly 6/9/15 Melissa Connolly 6/9/15

Johnny Kitties: Celebrating Johnny Depp Film #48. Into the Woods (2014)

Follow your favorite fairytale characters on a new adventure in this film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's musical. But beware the Big Bad Wolf!

Melissa Connolly 12/9/14 Melissa Connolly 12/9/14

Theatre

New York City beckoned me to Broadway.

Melissa Connolly 8/27/14 Melissa Connolly 8/27/14

King

The Kitties reenact a classic.

Melissa Connolly 12/22/13 Melissa Connolly 12/22/13

Spirit

Even Scrooge can catch the Christmas spirit!

Melissa Connolly 9/23/13 Melissa Connolly 9/23/13

Johnny Kitties: Celebrating Johnny Depp Film #36 — Sweeney Todd (2007)

This Tim Burton masterpiece earned Johnny his third Oscar nomination for his turn as the Stephen-Sondheim-singing, serial-killing barber. I am delirious!