He received high praise in 1981 for his work in two different productions of Harry Ruby's "Songs My Mother Never Sang". The same year he starred in the one-act Off-Broadway production of "In Cahoots", part of the "Three Hopefuls MARATHON" (featuring two other one-act productions). He left to work in Los Angeles, but returned in 1984 to star in Bob Merrill's Musical "We're Home", and again in 1987's revised production of "Flora the Red Menace" (he also recorded songs for the cast album).