Michael Longoria
You Want a Shake With Them Friars, Ma'm? Feting Frankie Valli, Piscopo Trots Out Ye Olde Sinatra Spoof
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Jersey boy: Piscopo.
At its annual gala at Cipriani on 42nd Street on Monday, June 16, the Friars Foundation, the charitable arm of the comedians’ clubhouse, presented a Creative Achievement Award to legendary singer Frankie Valli, 74, dressed in a woven ecru shirt that “I looked through my wardrobe and found,” he told the Transom. We noted his lack of neckwear. “I hate ties,” he said. That’s O.K., sir—we hate heels!
In attendance: actor Michael Longoria, who plays Mr. Valli in the hit Broadway show Jersey Boys, and Burt Bacharach protégé Steve Tyrell, wearing a black beaded jacket that he quipped came from “a read more »
