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Every time we ever performed in Philadelphia with the Peek-A-Boo Revue, instead of the usual "Pop a pastie!" or "Break a nail!" type of pre-show well-wishing, they would always declare that the show coming up would be "The best show ever." It's kind of like Murray Hill's saying too- "every show counts, kids." Monkey and I long ago adopted that same pre-show sentiment because it is really true. Each show should be your best performance that you could possibly give, at that time, with that audience, on that stage, in that particular show, on that particular night- and you just never know when your BEST day really will come. Ironically....our best performance thus far in our career DID come when we were with the Peek-A-Boo Revue March 2007. After their home of 9 years (The Five Spot) burned to the ground, they put on a hum-dinger of a fundraiser at the historic Trocadero Theater- http://www.thetroc.com/ The Trocadero was built in 1870 and has been a minstrel stage, vaudeville theater, burlesque house, art house cinema and current punk-rock club and is a gem of historical theater architecture. This building has major mojo, ghosts, history, vibe- whatever you want to call it. Even walking into the building for a midnight show that night- there was a buzz in the air- and it wasn't JUST because the previous show let out hours late and we had 20 minutes until doors opened. We were only in town to perform our 2 numbers to help out our friends who had lost their performing home, equipment and some costumes. We hadn't performed with them in over a year but we go way back. We even debuted our volcano number years ago on their tiny stage at the Five Spot where the ceiling was so low- when I stood on Monkey's feet- there was no sense of danger because I could literally extend my neck 1" and touch the ceiling with the top of my head to steady myself! Anyways- the Trocadero show was astounding! The stage was huge. The lighting was stellar. The dressing room was cavernous. The Peek-A-Boo Revue went nuts with elaborate choreographed dance numbers. Hosts Joey Martini and Scotchula were on fire. And about 800 people showed up to support them. We performed the fan dance early on and about 2/3 of the way into the show when we went on to do our "Total Eclipse of the Heart" number. That number is so great because it starts in the dark and you can literally hear the excitement when people hear the opening bars of piano and start to recognize the song. We had miles of stage to run and flip ourselves on and so much ceiling height- we really went for it- letting ourselves ride the wild tidal wave of Bonnie-Tyler-fueled emotion! Each part happened as it was designed to happen. The audience was effusive- a big orchestra pit of cabaret tables, standing room at the bar behind and a second floor balcony all filled up. When we were post-climax, after our number, we came out to soak up and give back some love and we were greeted with the Holy Grail of the performing world. The elusive, spontaneous reaction that is a heart warming sign of actually having "entertained"...a clapping, stomping, whistling STANDING OVATION! It was a total highlight in our 5-years of performing- and luckily it was filmed by pros and even edited by the best man to know in Philly- Mr. Scotchula himself. Here it is...even though you don't get to see it from our perspective (watching the audience from that amazing stage), it is still OUR BEST SHOW EVER.