Hearing a soul and jazz powerhouse like Andy Bey is a lovely, only-in-New-York sort of indulgence, a memory that even a casual fan of jazz should treasure.

Actresses Megan Mullally and Stephanie Hunt have built a friendship out of shared interests; both are triple-threat singers and dancers with a flair for the subversively comedic. The pair has also been performing music together at cabarets and theaters across the country as the “punk-vaudeville” duo Nancy And Beth.

He was the unlikeliest of pop stars in the hairsprayed and shoulder-padded MTV era, a thin-lipped, stringy-haired Florida ne'er-do-well whose thin, scouring-pad voice sang anthemic highway-ready pop choruses about the feelings you wish you didn't have and the bad decisions you have to learn to live with.