Wow!

There is nothing like being whipped into submission by a legend and that is what just happened at The Jackie Gleason Theater.



I knew it was going to be special when the band leader announced, “And, now, please give a warm Miami welcome to Miss Eartha Kitt!” The screams were deafening; I love gay audiences when a camp icon is involved and all of gay Miami—and then some—was there..


I was very shocked at the energy, sensuality, and strength of the 79-year-old who was just treated for cancer. She carried out some moves that, admittedly, even I can’t do and I am accomplished at some rather fancy ones. And what can one possibly say about singing the Peggy Lee hit, “Come On a My House…” in Japanese?

It was one of those major evenings of diversion and testimony to the spirit of “going on” (and that is exactly what we are all trying to do). Wow.