A Bit About Russo and Noe

Gabe Russo

Born in the fifties in Philadelphia, Pa., Gabe comes from a showbiz family. His aunt, Helen O'Connell, sang with the Dorseys and his father was a saloon crooner of renown from Baltimore to New York. As a boy he received vocal instruction from Stoddard Smith and made soloist in the St. Johns Cathedral mens choir. Gabe began singing, tuxedo and all, with his father and pianist Junie Price at the age of eight. They continued to occasionally perform together, into the 1980s, in night clubs all over the north east; The cafe Continental, The Latin Casino, The Crescendo, and more.

In his teens, Gabe discovered rock and roll, singing lead vocals in several rock bands as well as playing guitar and bass guitar for many years. He has performed as a solo acoustic act, an on-air auctioneer for wfsu t.v., been a recurring character on an award winning, live radio show, and (very briefly) hosted his own T.V. show.

Russo has been an actor since 1973 when he played an orderly in One flew over the cuckoos nest. He has been fortunate enough to portray a host of characters on stage including; Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, Jeff Douglas in Brigadoon, King Arthur in Camelot, Emile DeBeque in South Pacific, Oscar Madison, twice, in The odd couple, and a many others.

Russo's background of 'youthful crooning', along with his years of acting and solo performing make him uniquely able to capture the ease and comfort on stage that typify the best of the crooners of bygone days.

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Jim Noe

Born in Atlanta, Ga., Jim has been performing in the Atlanta area for over twenty years.

Jim began studying voice and guitar in 1979. After graduating college in 1984 he began studying at the Alliance Theater School. He studied voice with Beverly Blouin and Sally Priester and received piano instruction from Jim Greer of The Atlanta Music Center.

He won the Post and Alley Award for outstanding achievement in choreography in West Side Story, and the Boss Award for Best Male Chorus Member as Sid Phillips in The Neighborhood Playhouse production of Singing in the Rain. Jim spent three seasons with the Atlanta Lyric Company, and two with The Atlanta Opera, at The Fox Theater.

In 1998 Jim became one of the founding members of the Holly Theater Company, in Dahlonega, Ga. He was last seen at the Holly in the role of Cole Porter in Red, Hot, and Cole!. Other Theater credits include; Daddy Warbucks in Annie, Curly in Oklahoma, The Dentist in Little Shop of Horrors, Paul Brattier in Barefoot in the park, Sir Lancelot in Camelot, Tommy Albright in Brigadoon and many more.

Jim's years of stage, his style and 'big voice' epitomize a level of performance and professionalism thought to be extinct today.

It isnt.