Ventriloquist Jay Johnson is doing a one-man (plus dummies) show in New York that I hope he'll do out here, or still be doing next time I get to Manhattan. Here's some info about it. I met Johnson briefly at a party for the legendary Señor Wences on the occasion of his 100th birthday. Jay and his monkey puppet had done a very funny performance…and seated in the front row were his two heroes, the Señor, plus Paul Winchell. It clearly meant a lot to Jay to do well in front of that audience with those men seated there, and he had. Even the monkey puppet looked a bit emotional over the experience.
Anyway, it's nice to see him doing well off-Broadway, too. And nice to see that the show's co-director, Murphy Cross, is getting kudos, too. And just in case she blunders onto this website: Murphy, the neighborhood hasn't been the same since you moved away from here.