Kaye Ballard At The Bay

Kaye Ballard's comedy and song routine will take center stage at the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor Saturday night. The dynamic actress and singer has enjoyed a long career in almost every form of show business - burlesque, vaudeville, nightclubs, movies, records, radio, and television, as well as the stage.

Rex Reed once described Ms. Ballard as "the funniest woman in New York"; The Daily News dubbed her "one of the great irrepressible clowns of the musical theater - entertainment at its best." Her career was launched with the musical "The Golden Apple," and Broadway audiences have also seen her in "Carnival," "Funny Girl," "Chicago," "Wonderful Town," "She Stoops to Conquer," and Joseph Papp's all-star revival of "The Pirates of Penzance."

She has also wowed audiences with her one-woman shows "Kaye Ballard - Working 42nd Street at Last" and "Hey, Ma . . . Kaye Ballard," both of which received Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations. On tour, she was seen in "Nunsense" and in "The Odd Couple" with Sandy Denis, and her appearances on comedy and variety TV programs include "The Perry Como Show," "The Doris Day Show," and more than 150 appearances on "The Tonight Show."

Ms. Ballard's Bay Street performance will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday. Tickets, at $25, can be reserved by calling the theater's box office.