Crown Prince of Cabaret Singer Steve Ross

Hello 2013!

As I say goodbye to 2012 and reflect on my accomplishments for the year, I feel blessed to have chatted in person or on the phone to some great people. Chief among them are Vikki Carr - who remains my # One favorite singer of all time. Also, Donald Margulies, a terrific playwright and lovely man, Michael Weston, who is such a funny and talented actor. Loretta Swit was a late surprise and was delightful to chat with, as were Helen Reddy, Elaine Paige, Victoria Clark, Kaye Ballard, Donna McKechnie, George Hamilton, Roger Bart, Doug Sills and Rich Little. It was a great year of interviews...and performances.
2013 just got off to a resounding start with an uber chat with Cathy Rigby, the one and only Peter Pan. I feel so blessed and hope the year brings other great surprises, as I am open and ready to forge ahead.

Christmas Eve 2012

Michael & Eduardo's house in NoHo for the Christmas Truck, good cheer and then on to Newberry Park to Carol and Tony's gorgeous new home for food and family fun!

A Laugh Riot for Holiday Shoppers!

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Chuck Pelletier's new song "Christmas Came Rushing"...

...makes total sense to me.

Last year at Christmas we bought a piano

Dragged that thing up both the two flights of stairs

I polished the wood like that old man Geppetto,

Opened the door so it could breathe fresh air

My fingers were shy

Not sure they would still know

All the chords to the carols

I played years ago

Then Christmas came rushing back into my head

Don’t recall what I’ve given, or gotten, or said,
But Christmas came rushing back into my head

In a song

It drew my mind back to when I was just seven

We had a room downstairs we called the music room

My dad used to play an old walnut piano

And every December we’d ask for those tunes

He’d pause for a moment

He’d stare at the keys

Then play, just like magic

Those old melodies

And Christmas came rushing back into his head

We’d sing ‘til he carried us off into bed

And Christmas came rushing back into his head

In a song

            
That’s when I thought what this piano needs

 Is a few little hands dancing along the keys

So this year I badgered my brothers,

Got them to fly to LA, to spend Christmas out here

And my little nephew crawled up on the bench

To play jingle bells like he does every year

But he got discouraged

He couldn’t remember

Cause he hadn’t played it

Since last December

Then Christmas came rushing back into his head

You could almost see sugar plums dance in his head

Yeah, Christmas came rushing back into his head

Into his tousled-haired, four-year-old head                        music & lyrics by:

In a song.                                                                        Chuck Pelletier           

                                                              

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