I'm past due to tell you about my pal who tours the world with his amazing one-man-and-a-pianist show, An Evening with Groucho. If you haven't seen it, you've gotta see it. And you can see Frank Ferrante if you're in Bellport, NY (February 1-2) or if you're in Louisa, Virginia near Charlottesville (March 21) or if you're in Morristown, NJ. which is not too far out of New York City (March 27).
And this may interest some of you: He'll be doing his Groucho thing here in California…in Solana Beach (it's near San Diego) on April 13 and 14. Why this may interest some of you is that WonderCon in Anaheim ends April 12 and Solana Beach is only 60 miles from Anaheim. I may go from one to the other and you can, too.
Later this year, rumor has it, Frank will be back in Chicago at the new outlet of Teatro Zinnzani for an extended run so there may not be that many opportunities this year to see an Italian kid transform himself before your very eyes into one of the greatest comedians of the previous century. So if you get the chance, grab it. And after the show, if you approach Frank and say the secret words — "I heard about you on Mark Evanier's blog" — he'll pose for a photo with you. Just see if that will work with Paul McCartney!