The Marty Show

On this episode of The Marty Show, host Marty Milquetoast sits down with Lavon Chi, the Good Time Guarantee, a Savannah-based burlesque performer bringing the glamour, the good chi, and just the right amount of chaos to the stage. From discovering the magic of burlesque at the Savannah Burlesque Festival to teaching herself costume design, building elaborate acts, and pursuing her aerial performan...

Host Marty Milquetoast plugs the Marty Milquetoast Halloween Extravaganza at Victory North on October 31 , promising a variety show with drag, burlesque, juggling, mentalism, comedy, a costume contest, and sponsors Starship Novelties, Savannah Paranormal Museum, and Hair Do Salon.   Guest Will Nunziata , a Savannah-based comedian/improviser/actor from New York, discusses getting into performing th...

Host Marty Milquetoast unbuttons the details on the Marty Milquetoast Halloween Extravaganza at Victory North on October 31 with tickets at victorynorthsavannah.com, and notes sponsors including the Savannah Paranormal Museum, Hairdo Salon, and Starship Novelties providing costume contest prizes.   He interviews Savannah-based operalesque performer Vandora Mahler , who combines opera singing with...

Marty Milquetoast interviews local Savannah improv comedian and performer Garrett Zayjac and promotes Marty Milquetoast’s Halloween Extravaganza on October 31, 2026 at 8:00 PM at Victory North Savannah, where Garrett will perform mentalism.   Garrett discusses how improv is his main focus, why he performs (“safety in attention”), and early performances including a fourth-grade weather video and a...

Marty Milquetoast introduces an episode featuring burlesque performer Arabica Black and promotes Marty Milquetoast’s Halloween Extravaganza with ticket info (victorynorthsavannah.com) and sponsors Hair-Do Salon Savannah (hair-docrew.com) and Starship Enterprises/Starship Novelties (8114 White Bluff Rd, open late).   Arabica explains her stage name comes from a love of coffee (arabica bean; “black”...

Host Marty Milquetoast welcomes local drag queen Amara Fiyera , teasing his upcoming Marty Milquetoast’s Halloween Extravaganza on Oct. 31 at Victory North Savannah, announcing sponsor Hairdo Salon Savannah, and plugging “sponsor a skeleton” via martymilquetoast@gmail.com, plus the joke you were/are waiting for.   Amara shares she’s been doing drag nearly seven years, explains her name (Amara mean...

Host Marty Milquetoast welcomes longtime Savannah drag performer Blair Williams to The Marty Show.   Blair shares how she picked her “real-sounding” stage name from a phonebook, what inspired her to start performing after seeing a drag show at 18, and that her first gig was at Scorpio in Charlotte, where other queens mentored her. She talks about being Miss Gay America about a decade ago, balancin...

Host Marty Milquetoast welcomes Savannah burlesque performer Mona Chrome , promotes Marty Milquetoast’s Halloween Extravaganza at Victory North in Savannah with performer submissions via email/Linktree, and briefly apologizes for a nearly-handy joke.   Mona shares how American Idol/The Voice, Taylor Swift, Disney Channel, and early vocal training led her to performing, including her second-grade t...

Host Marty Milquetoast welcomes listeners to The Marty Show and announces a planned Halloween spectacular at Victory North, aiming for a spooky old-school variety show with burlesque, comedy, and a mentalist.   Marty welcomes comedian Chris Davison who chats about why he performs, his first stand-up set at Live Wire Music Hall, and when he first felt like a performer through roasts and winning ove...

Marty Milquetoast opens The Marty Show by orienting listeners to Savannah’s performance scene, explaining that Club One, a long-running Savannah gay club associated with Lady Chablis, is closed as of June 2026 while awaiting renovations for a move, and noting Savannah Cabaret, a music-and-singing performance group started by producer/author Rick Garman.   In the interview segment, drag and theater...

Host Marty Milquetoast introduces The Marty Show , an entertainment podcast, and tells a pun-contest story before interviewing actor and musician Chris Stanley.   Chris describes being inspired by seeing The Boys Next Door at Merrimack Repertory Theatre, playing Daddy Warbucks in middle school, and later returning to theater in high school before switching from painting to performing arts at SCAD....

Host Marty Milquetoast opens episode two of The Marty Show with a monologue answering the question, "Was he in fact forced to start a podcast?".    This week on The Marty Show, we welcome guest Ginger Darlin, a Savannah, Georgia burlesque performer and Savannah’s Best Burlesque Performer for 2025 and 2026 .   Ginger describes growing up as an intense dance kid, early recitals and competitions, and...

In episode one of The Marty Show, Marty interviews performer JinHi - behold the King of Plaque!   Watch the full video version on YouTube: The Marty Show Podcast on YOUTUBE   JinHi describes being inspired by films and plays in Amberg, Germany, especially watching Jesus Christ Superstar and staging playground performances at age six. JinHi’s first official performance was as the “King of Plaque” i...