Who Loves You, Baby?

Directed by Taylor Negron
Starring Tom DiMenna as Telly Savalas
Written by Hunter Nelson

“Tom DiMenna channels and performs Telly with comedic gusto and 70’s chic bravado.”
Paul Stein, Artistic Director, Comedy Central Stage

“Oh Yeah!”
Libby Molyneaux, LA Weekly

“We need to get this show to Vegas!”
Fern Champion, Fmr. Casting Dir. of KOJAK

Directed by veteran actor/comedian Taylor Negron, this comic celebration of Telly Savalas’ strange grip on the culture of the 1970’s stars Tom DiMenna as the Golden Greek; the quintessential man’s man of that era. Negron met DiMenna at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival two years ago and they’ve been working on the show since.

“Who Loves You, Baby?” pays homage to the contagious catchphrase, swaggering charisma, and iconic bald head of the "little Greek kid with the big nose from the neighborhood,” who became an international sensation with the mega hit “Kojak” and the first global TV star of his kind.

Savalas was so dominant in the 70’s, he went on to become a recording artist. Though not a gifted singer, he prided himself on “interpreting” such love songs as You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’. He even recorded a #1 hit in Europe with a cover of Bread’s IF. “Who Loves You, Baby?” is a resurrection of Savalas the Interpreter, who has returned from heaven to help the bed-headed twenty-somethings of today re-connect to that lovin’ feeling that made Telly, and the era he embodied, so unique.

See Telly live at the Comedy Central Stage here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59-5SYFmqJQ

See LA Weekly’s article on the show here:
http://www.laweekly.com/2010-02-26/calendar/a-kojak-moment/