TGIF! presents..."The Beauty Within" from "Starmites"!

From the 1995 Theatre Cedar Rapids production of "Starmites" . Love this musical! I portrayed Space Punk, leader of the band of boys called Starmites. It was our holiday show and a huge success. Though nominated for multiple Tony awards, it failed to win any and closed on Broadway after two months.

You know, this musical is like "Blood Brothers" - another musical I appeared in. People either love it or hate it - no middle ground. Janelle Lauer(left) and Lisa Bohn (right) portray mother-daughter.....ohhhh it's all confusing. Look it up - and enjoy the song.

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B.K. to J.I. = "Great job!"

A few months ago, my friend Janelle received an email from Barry Keating, who wrote the music and book for the "Starmites". He had just watched the videotape of the Theatre Cedar Rapids "Starmites" production Janelle and I were in wayyyyy back in 1995. So I emailed Barry myself and he sent me this lovely note:

Barry Keating on Facebook
March 24 at 4:50pm
"Hey Jeff - Just saw your performance on a dvd yesterday. Great job!"

Nice. That's me in the foreground (1995) decked out in leather, as Space Punk, leader of The Starmites. Kick-ass show. One of those shows you either like or hate. Not unlike the musical "Blood Brothers" which I was in 3 productions of - once as Mickey (one brother) and twice as The Narrator.

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