“The songs are cheerfully and expertly delivered, the impersonations are loving and lived-in, and Saffert and Snow have such a chemistry that their comic banter shines as brightly as their glittering outfits.”

-Oregon ArtsWatch

DAVID SAFFERT
as Liberace

DAVID SAFFERT, like Liberace, is a classically trained pianist from Wisconsin. He has been seen on stage in sketch comedy, improv, solo piano concerts, and in his very own music & comedy variety shows. David has worked as a pianist (sans sequins) with such organizations as the Guthrie Theater (MN), Oregon Ballet Theatre, Portland Opera, Oregon Symphony, Portland Gay Men’s Chorus, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Portland Center Stage and the Interlochen Arts Camp.

Some of David’s favorite Liberace tribute highlights have been at 54 Below (NY), Feinstein’s at the Nikko (CA), Feinstein’s at Hotel Carmichael (IN), eSPACE King Edward (Calgary, AB), The Underground (MN), Portland Center Stage, Schnitzer Concert Hall, BodyVox, The Old Church, Broadway Rose Theatre, CoHo Theatre and All Classical Radio (OR). He appeared as the featured guest on two Under the Vegas Sun television episodes which were filmed at the Liberace Mansion in Las Vegas and is currently advised by Bo Ayars; Liberace’s music director from 1973-1985.

JILLIAN SNOW
as Liza Minnelli

JILLIAN SNOW is a singer and actor who graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City.  She has worked predominately in comedy, gracing the stages of Gotham Comedy Club, the Laugh Factory, and Comix NYC as a Liza Minnelli impersonator.  After seeing her perform, Michael Musto of the Village Voice said, “This could open up Minnelli to a whole new audience!”  Jillian temporarily hung up the Liza wig when she was offered the part of Janis Joplin in the Off-Broadway production of “27 Heaven.”  

Soon after, her love for portraying those for whom she idolized became a fruitful and fulfilling venture. Eventually, Jillian fled New York so she could get some sleep and found exile in Portland, Oregon.  She was recently featured in the U.S. premiere of Liza, Liza, Liza and is often invited to perform portraying not only Liza, but also Bernadette Peters, Marlene Dietrich, Patsy Cline, and Judy Garland. 

While her sharp comic timing and exaggerated Liza quirks will have audiences doubled over in laughter, it’s when she starts belting out songs that it quickly becomes clear that her talent is no joke.

BO AYARS
Musical Director “Maestro”

BO AYARS is a man who wears many hats and has literally performed, arranged and conducted himself around the world, appearing in concert halls in England, Germany, the Netherlands, Scandinavia and Australia, the Los Angeles Music Center, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D. C., the Metropolitan Opera House and Carnegie Hall in New York City. In the same capacity Bo has been Music Director in a variety of television productions featuring the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio City Music Hall's Christmas Special, Sunday at the Opera House in Sydney, Australia, The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Good Morning, America, Larry King, and the original Ed Sullivan show.

Bo has been active as the conductor, pianist, arranger and producer for many live concerts, recordings and television productions for such performers as Elvis Presley, Barbra Streisand, Diahann Carroll, Liberace, Judy Collins, Bob Hope, Connie Stevens, Robert Goulet, Carol Lawrence, Debbie Reynolds, Jim Nabors, Sandy Duncan, Steve Allen, George Gobel, Raquel Welch, Bobby Vinton, as well as the Walt Disney Company, Radio City Music Halls Christmas Spectacular, radio and TV commercials.