Morse coda
For years, concert promoter Don Law suffered the slings and arrows of Steve Morse, the Globe rock critic who just retired after 31 years. Monday, Law got a measure of revenge, playfully skewering our man Morse at a party that was equal parts roast and toast. ''Steve got it as right as he thought it was," Clear Channel's big cheese said with a smile. Dubbed ''The Steve Morse Review," the invite-only affair at the Paradise included testimonials -- some spoken, some videotaped, some e-mailed -- from such luminaries as Bruce Springsteen, Peter Wolf, Jimmy Buffett, Aerosmith, Billy Joel, and James Taylor. (Wolf was in the house.)
But the evening's highlight may have been Paul MacDonald's peculiar tribute. Law's longtime box-office manager, who reckons he's talked to Morse three times a week for 30 years, donned a black suede jacket, cowboy hat, and ski goggles a la Bono before crooning the Bond classic ''Nobody Does It Better." Morse enjoyed Monday's show from his seat at the Tweeter Center. Really. Law arranged to have the seats Morse typically occupied at the Tweeter Center and the Orpheum removed, and gave them to him as a gift. ''Wow," Morse said of the send-off, ''I feel like I should be headed back to the Vatican tonight." (He headed instead to the B-Side Lounge in Cambridge and, later, to J.J. Foley's on Kingston Street.) Boldfaced names who turned out to say a fond farewell included: Boston lead singer Brad Delp, songsters Dennis Brennan, James Montgomery, Livingston Taylor, and Christian McNeill, Allman Brothers manager Bert Holman, nightclub impresario Patrick Lyons, Guster manager Dalton Sim, Tweeter Center GM Bruce Montgomery, Fenway Recordings founder Mark Kates, Tea Party Concerts VP Dave Marsden, 'BCN jock Mark Hamilton, and rockerati Dean Johnson, Brett Milano, Tom Kielty, and Jon Garelick.
Cast visits ‘Little Women’ landmarks
Singer Maureen McGovern and other members of the cast of ''Little Women: The Broadway Musical" toured Louisa May Alcott's place in Concord yesterday. McGovern, who plays Marmee in the musical, was joined by Kate Fisher (Jo), Gwen Hollander (Amy), Autumn Hurlbert (Beth), and Renée Brna (Meg) on the tour of the historic Orchard House. (''Little Women" opens tonight at the Opera House.) Following the visit, the cast members lunched with the property's executive director, Jan Turnquist, and her staff before heading off to Walden Pond and Sleepy Hollow cemetery, where Alcott is buried.She’s the Celts’ hero
Hearty congrats to Marie Poulin of Quincy, who received the ''Mobsters and menus
Chef and restaurateur, yes, and now also brother of a mob boss. At least that's what chef Paul Delios, owner of Meze Estiatorio and Paolo's Trattoria in Charlestown, plays in Frank and Joseph Ciota's independent film ''Stiffs," starring Danny Aiello, who was shooting yesterday at Carr's Funeral Home in Everett. Delios plays a mob boss's brother who takes his mother and sister to a service. . . . Ed Costa of Vinalia and chef Cliff Clark have opened Zita, located at 101 Arch St. in the Financial District. Described as an Italian cafe, Zita is in the space formerly occupied by Osushi. . . . And at 1 Huntington Ave. in the Back Bay, chef Jamie Mammano is preparing for next week's ''soft opening" of Sorellina. . . . UConn's wildly successful women's basketball coach, Geno Auriemma, is opening a restaurant called Fast Break at the Mohegan Sun Casino, not far from the UConn campus. Names can be reached at names@globe.com or at 617-929-8253. 
