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R.I.P. “UNCLE FLOYD” VIVINO—A REMEMBRANCE by CHIP DEFFAA

January 26, 2026

Floyd Vivino honed his comic skills working everywhere from circuses to burlesque shows. When his "Uncle Floyd Show" ended its 24-year run, it was the longest-running New Jersey-based show in television history. But Floyd always said his first love was performing "live," and he'd perform as many as 300 "live": shows in a given year. [more]

The New Yorkers: A Sociological Musical Satire

March 29, 2017

Herbert Fields’s book was based on a story by E. Ray Goetz and New Yorker cartoonist Peter Arno. This clunky concert adaptation by Jack Viertel is crammed with double entendres, puns, anachronisms, and contemporary inside jokes that mostly thud. [more]

ON THE TOWN … with CHIP DEFFAA (Dec. 21, 2015)

December 23, 2015

It did my heart good to see Matanya Solomon dancing all-out after being pretty much sidelined as a "Nutcracker" dancer, due to injury, for the last two years. I greatly admire all good dancers for their dedication and hard work; but to not give up after being hampered for so long is extra admirable. And he was fun as the Grandfather, making the most of the part (and interacting well with others) in the prologue (staged by Victoria Mazzarelli and Tim Melady). [more]