Age: 31.
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio.
Occupation: Pianist.
Current home: Hollywood.
Marital status: Single.
Car: A white 1984 Mazda 626.
Working on: A special for PBS produced by WTTW, ”A Grand Night,” airing this month; an album of love songs, ”Isn`t It Romantic”; an album of cabaret songs; and my one-man Broadway show, to open next month.
The last good movie I saw was: ”Dream Child.”
The book I`ve been recommending lately is: ”The Life Energy in Music,”
by John Diamond.
Favorite pigout food: Good old greasy New York-style pizza.
Favorite performers: Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby.
Personal hero: Oscar Levant.
Every New Year`s I resolve: Not to work on New Year`s Eve again.
Nobody knows I`m: Hovering on the edge of insanity.
I`m better than anyone else when it comes to: Interpreting the lyrics of Ira Gershwin.
I`d give anything to have met: Jerome Kern and George Gershwin. Most of the people I`d want to meet are dead.
I hope I never have to: Work in a seedy piano bar again.
If I had a child, I`d want to teach him: Not to let the physical world color the greater realities of existence.
A really great evening to me is: Going to my friend Roddy McDowall`s house. He always has a perfect dinner, a perfect movie and perfect guests.
The worst advice my mother ever gave me: ”Don`t call June Levant.”
June, Oscar Levant`s widow, was responsible for my meeting Ira Gershwin, who was responsible for my career.
People who knew me in high school thought I was: Nuts. I was always spending time with people much older than myself.
My most irrational act: I accepted three dates to play the piano at three different parties on the same night at locations all over L.A.
When people first meet me, they think I`m: Charming.
