We had a blast doing the concert in Bridgeport, Connecticut at the Downtown Cabaret Theatre! Bridgeport is about and hour and a half out of NYC, and the audiences were great! Three full houses, and a lot of memories. The DCT was my first job when I moved to NYC and they're doing a series of Cabaret Nights, bringing back some people who had performed there. I did the shows PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES, OLIVER AND ROCKY HORROR SHOW, in my run there. My intrepid pianist Scot Woolley, joined me in a duet on "Dammit, Janet" from ROCKY, and then we did "As Long As He Needs Me" from OLIVER... I hadn't sung either of those songs in... well let's just say since I performed them on that stage!! My musicians were fantastic... Scot Woolley, my musical director, pianist and great friend, was joined by Mitch Perrins on drums, and Jordan Jancz on bass, both of whom I have worked with before. I was so excited to get them back again, and in fact they will be doing my show in January at the Iridium (more on that later). They were joined by Gary Ruggiero, Mike and John (sorry on the last names guys!!) But they were fabulous - it's the biggest band they've had at the DCT, and Joe on sound did a fantastic job. By the way, Joe was my soundman back in the day, as well. Most painful moment? - when a guy taller than me, with a shaved head and a really deep voice said, "Bet you don't remember me?" It was PJ, one of my Oliver's who of course was only 4 ft. tall when I knew him... Oy vey, kill me now...

Well, I just got back from Charlotte, North Carolina, where I did a concert with my friend and pianist, Scot Woolley. It's alway such a pleasure to work with Scot, he's such the consumate entertainer and pianist - it always feels like a night out with friends instead of an actual concert! Anyway, the show went really well, the audience at Firethorne were great and we couldn't have asked for a better evening. My news however, occurs the morning before the concert. My friend Shari took me to her gym for a "little" work out, around 9 in the morning... Little did I know I would be working out beside the likes of Jeff Reed, kicker for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and some really hard core Athletes! (including my friend Shari, she kicked my butt!) Needless to say after 2 hours I finally yelled "uncle", and decided to "save" it for the performance that night - after many advil and ice packs - I was able to do the show.