Saucy, Cher-ish, Funny and then BOOM!

Finding the right title to stand out in the over-crowded marketplace is not easy.  I wanted it to get noticed, to let people know there would be "Cher-ing," and that this comedy is a bit saucy.  So, I started asking for title suggestions from friends and family. 

(Marvin Nathan as Cher pictured below)

It was the intelligent, talented and beautiful Mr. Randy Roberts who came up with the current working title.  For those of you who do not know Randy, please google him.  He is an immense talent who sings live and does an array of wacky characters and impersonations.

So, what was his title?  Can't tell you just yet.  But, soon...

I asked Randy to be one of the cast members in this new undertaking.  Although he is booked most of the year, he kindly offered to contribute ideas and come to a meeting with myself and Marvin Nathan.

Marvin and I appeared together on the TV sitcom, "The Nanny" years ago.

(Marvin Nathan as "Cousin Ira" as he lip-sync'd to my vocals coming down the stairs.)









          (Me bandaged up as "Cher")

Marvin had been living and performing in Florida.  He decided to move back to Las Vegas and ended up staying with Gene and me until moving into his new apartment.  Randy came to our home on a break from performing in San Francisco.  And there we were, all three of us at my home to discuss the ideas I had put together thus far for this play.

Although there were some disagreements, mainly between myself and Randy, there were also some great ideas which were born from them.  We went over a few scenes, recorded a few songs in the studio and basically got some things ironed out as to basic direction.

(Randy Roberts pictured below)

 

Randy went back to San Francisco and on to his many gigs.  It was then decided to be more beneficial to get another person to sub for Randy in the workshop and development of the play.  So, I called upon my friend and fellow performer, Tony Torres, who has been a mainstay featured performer in "Tony and Tina's Wedding," currently at Bally's here in Vegas.

While Tony has never been a drag queen, he can certainly bring the talent.  We continued onward.

The script and songs began to take on a new life.  But some twists and turns in my own life began to impede the further progress of the play.  Drama, drama and more drama unfolded as if my life was mimicking a bad soap opera.  Sometimes when you are getting close to something huge, the barriers get even bigger.  I was feeling like a modern-day "George Bailey" with all of the rocks and boulders being thrown at me at the same time.

Get ready to hear some unbelievable turn of events and what I did to handle them!  (Hint:  Legal battles, health issues and a string of "tomorrows" that created a financial fiasco!)  But what doesn't kill us makes us stronger!  And nothing is as powerful as an idea whose TIME HAS COME!!!!

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