By Chip Deffaa***I was shaken by the passing on January 22nd—due to complications from a stroke he suffered in July 2023—of entertainer Floyd Vivino. To countless fans, he was “Uncle Floyd,” the comic who rose […]
Bruce Paul Hopkins, a director and a cabaret performer—well-known in the cabaret community—was perhaps most well-known as a star of the bewigged and bejeweled all male opera troupe La Gran Scena Opera Company. He was […]
Editor’s Note: With the Laurie Beechman Theatre about to reopen, here’s a Who Was Who! about the talented actress-vocalist for whom the venue was named. Laurie Hope Beechman was born on April 4, 1953 and […]
Entertainer, Jerry Scott, pictured below on the left, spent 40 years as a popular singer-pianist with a huge following in Manhattan and beyond. Scott died on April 4, 2013 at age 67, after a struggle […]
Comedienne Beverly ‘Pudgy” Wines became an icon when female comics were rare; there was Phyllis Diller and Totie Fields, with Joan Rivers yet to really emerge. Pudgy grew up on Chicago’s West Side and eventually […]
Editor’s Note: Although he’s not a performer from the past, we remember John Minnock (1959-2024) now to celebrate his posthumous album release on April 26 via Dot Time Records. The recording, A Different Riff: Minnock […]
By Kati Neiheisel***This February 4 would have been Barry Levitt‘s 77th birthday. Now, more than six years after his passing, the cabaret, jazz and musical theater worlds still reel in disbelief that the pianist, arranger, […]
Before he began interviewing Broadway performers, Rick McKay sang in cabarets and on cruise ships; he also produced segments about the arts on television station WNET (channel 13), among other TV projects. It seemed inevitable […]
Several years ago, we launched the Who Was Who! series with singer-songwriter Charles DeForest, who was active in New York’s clubs from 1954 until his death from metastatic colon cancer in July of 1996. Now, […]
Composer, lyricist, musical director, arranger, pianist and actor, Brian Alan Lasser was born on February 8, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois. He died at age 40 on November 20, 1992 in New York, a victim of […]
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