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Philanthropist Jean Shafiroff With Kim Maresca & Miss U.S.A. Sarah Rose Summers Story & Photos By Lieba Nesi s -- It is rare to attend a fashion show and be greeted by Secret Service unless you are Zang Toi and dress Ivana Trump, Jean Shafiroff  and Marla Maples. Toi dresses royalty all over the world and celebrities including Sharon Stone, Meg Ryan and Pattie LaBelle.  Those who don't know fashion darling Toi are surprised to learn that he is 57 since he looks 37 and that he was born in the Kuala Krai district in Kelantan Malaysia. He arrived in New York City at the age of 19 and attended the Parsons School of Design, eventually opening his own atelier in 1989.  Zang's shows are romantic, exciting and elegant. The attendees are friends, family, customers and lovers of Zang and his fashion. This evening was extremely special to Zang as he was celebrating arriving in New York 38 years ago and he paid homage to the America he cherishes and appre...

Kim Maresca Feinstein’s/54 Below will present the triumphant return of Kim Maresca in her all new show IT’S MY PARTY AND I’LL BELT IF I WANT TO! next Wednesday, September 21st at 7 PM. Kim exploded onto the New York theatre scene last season with her starring debut as Judy Denmark in the Off-Broadway smash RUTHLESS! THE MUSICAL. Fresh from that “auspicious Off-Broadway debut” (Entertainment Weekly) in RUTHLESS!, Kim Maresca returns to Feinstein’s/54 Below to celebrate her birthday with IT’S MY PARTY AND I’LL BELT IF I WANT TO! Come get to know the gal that has “all the makings of a great big Broadway star!” (Gay City News) in this buoyant evening of songs that make her giddy, songs that make her dream…and songs that scare the sh*t out of her! With the aid of a top-notch, seven-piece band of Broadway musicians led by music director Jon Balcourt (THE BOOK OF MORMON), this evening of some of Kimmy’s favorite standards and Broadway showstoppers features sparkli...