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About Me

After attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Lee decided He did not want to be an out of work actor so He used his voice training and created his own act.Lee does twenty three vocal impressions and recreates eight Legendary Ladies on stage. Lee's first and favorite character he performs, is Judy Garland.He began his career at the Duplex in Greenwich Village and worked his way uptown to Don't Tell Mama's and Theater East.He has toured the country extensively with his one man show, "StarCrazy," recreating the voices and illusions of the "Ladies of the Silver Screen." He followed in the foot steps of Mr. Charles Pierce and his other mentor, Michael Greer.Both actors had a strong influence on him in spite of the rivalry they had between themselves because they both did impressions of Bette Davis in their stage shows. When Lee performs his "Bette," She's the end result of both their influence.Lee has performed in several off-Broadway plays. He came full circle however when he starred in "Myself and I" which was based on his 18 year career.Lee has two CD's and is currently working on a DVD.He's never disappointed an audience or his friends.Lee's new celebrity look-a-like is Andy Warhol.Check out his MySpace videos or visit his websitehttp//www.leebyar.com

My Interests

Performing, Traveling and watching great DVD's

Music:

Broadway Musicals, if nobody is singing or dancing, I'm not listening or watching!

Movies:

A Star is Born (Judy Garland), Summer Stock (Judy Garland), I could go on Singing (Judy Garland), Meet Me in St. Louis (Judy Garland), The Harvey Girls (Judy Garland)and my all time favorite, The Wizard of Oz (Judy Garland).

Television:

Oprah, Rachel Ray, Ina Gartner and Tyler Florence

Books:

The Wizard of Oz and anything that author John Fritche wrote, writes or talks about.

Heroes:

Charles Pierce, Michael Greer, Lynne Carter and Craig Russell

My Blog

Times Are Not What They Used to Be

"The illusion that times that were, are better than times that are, has pervaded throughout the ages" said Horace Greeley. Since my career is based on illusion and set in the past, I would agree. I ha...
Posted by Lee Byar on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:59:00 PST

Im Not the Local 7/11 Convenience Store

This weekend, I had a wonderful dinner and evening with Frances and her friends. A thought occured to me that this lovely woman was giving me a gift, her time. When the evening ended, I realized ...
Posted by Lee Byar on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:12:00 PST

I Am My Expeirence

I write from my experience and I perform from them too. I bring to my performance all the studying about the ladies in my show, making notes about them, the endless hours of watching them perform and&...
Posted by Lee Byar on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:34:00 PST

Am I resting on My Laurels?

I find contentment with what I have and who I'm with, but never seem to find it in what I do. I'm content after a performance goes well, but it fades as the applause ends. I guess the saying "You...
Posted by Lee Byar on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 05:53:00 PST

A Different Point of View

When I write my blogs, it 's always from my point of view, not somebody else's. The reality is, that in life, there are always different points of view. Now I have the luxury of enjoyi...
Posted by Lee Byar on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 08:01:00 PST

I Know What My Problem is!

I have been fortunate to have people in my life that understand what a learning disability is. I understand that I have a reading disability (which I have, to a huge degree, been able to compensa...
Posted by Lee Byar on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:07:00 PST

The Best is Yet to Be

I remember Frank Sinatra sang a song, "The Best is Yet to Come." Robert Browning also wrote a poem, which had a verse I liked, "The best is Yet to Be." I'm not sure how many times you can re...
Posted by Lee Byar on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:36:00 PST

My Celebrity Look-alikes

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Posted by Lee Byar on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 06:48:00 PST

Turning Despair into Joy

I know that I'm living in a period of time that is turbulent and in transistion. I also know that times like this have existed before. I came to realize this after September 11 when I had already cont...
Posted by Lee Byar on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:37:00 PST

Being a Friend

I used to wrack my analytical mind about what being a friend meant until I found the road to finding friends is a series of events. First, how could anyone know me if I didn't know myself? Then once I...
Posted by Lee Byar on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:43:00 PST