Wow. This looks amazing. So glad they are restoring the Kings theater which is about 3 blocks away from Erasmus High School. I bet some of these past Erasmus students hung out at the Kings Theater.
Betty Comden, (1933); playwright; Broadway musical songwriter with Adolph Green. Neil Diamond, attended Erasmus from 1954–56; singer/songwriter. Bobby Fischer (dropped out in 1960); chess champion. Susan Hayward (Edythe Marrenner), (1935); Oscar-winning actress Lainie Kazan (Lainie Levine), (1956); actress and singer Dorothy Kilgallen (1932); journalist and TV celebrity. Bernie Kopell (1953); actor Stephanie Mills, (1975); actress/singer. Don Most (1970); actor Beverly Sills (Belle Miriam Silverman), coloratura opera singer, attended Erasmus in the mid-1940s and transferred before graduating. Mickey Spillane (Morrison Spillane) (1936); author of detective and mystery fiction. Barbara Stanwyck (c. 1922); stage and screen actress, dancer. Barbra Streisand (Barbara Joan Streisand) (1959); actress, singer, director, producer. Eli Wallach, (1932); actor. Mae West (Mary Jane West) (1911); actress, comedienne, playwright.