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Vintage Tunes, Modern Gal was written and performed by Plucky Rosenthal.
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BIO:
Plucky Rosenthal is an award-winning musical comedy variety act, specializing in bringing her signature warmth and vintage-tinged original songs to rooms across the country. A seasoned emcee, she's a mainstay on the Chicago variety scene and national fringe festival circuit, bringing her live game show, solo hour, and shorter sets to sold out ballrooms and dive bars with 6 people in them alike. Previous Minnesota Fringe shows include: "Big Honor Student Energy" (2025), "One-Woman Beaches" (2022), "Songs to Caftan In" (2019), and "The Plucky Rosenthal Show" (2016). National festivals include: Andy Kaufman Awards, NYC (semi-finalist), Minnesota Fringe Festival, Elgin Fringe Festival ("Spirit of the Fringe" winner), Green Bay Fringe Festival, IndyFringe, Old Greeny Fringe Festival, Twin Cities Jewish Humor Festival, Windy City Burlesque Fest, Chicago Women's Funny Festival, and Artscape Baltimore. |
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Vintage Tunes, Modern Gal is my love letter to my earliest memories of variety and solo shows–watching Marx Brothers movies with my dad, Sonny and Cher reruns with my mom, Looney Tunes with my brother, and Mel Brooks DVDs with any friends who were also down to finish the movie and then immediately start it again with the director's commentary.
I bought my first ukulele from Hogeye Music in Evanston, IL and played it at my high school talent show. My act was a mashup of "Kumbaya" and "Hey Ya!" and I've never looked back. This show is for the lone wolves out there who are still getting their footing back in expressing themselves and finding their people. In making the show, I forced myself to take a lot of first ideas - even if they felt silly or not good enough - reconnecting with the creativity that came so easy to me before a certain pandemic got in the way. And it's also been a practice not getting mad at myself when I needed to spend a lot of time on getting another idea just right. Some things started to come back naturally, and some were really work! Special thanks to David Rhoads, Vanessa Valliere, Richie Whitehead, Andrew J. Daniels Photography, the Neo-Futurists, and the vibrant, supportive, and deeply deeply strange Fringe community. Love, Plucky |