Jewish singer brings 'lost' popular, historic music to the Fringe

My mother loved Judy Garland and Deanna Durbin. She would have loved Melanie Gall.

My husband, Larry, and I first became acquainted with Melanie Gall, a Canadian chanteuse, in 2019, through our friends Mike and Teri Chaves. The three had met in a Cancun resort, where Melanie was on vacation the week before her performance at the Orlando International Fringe Festival. The Chaves, with whom we had already made plans to go to the event, insisted that we join the three of them for dinner.

Over white wine and baked trout. I learned more about Melanie and about what we had in common. We both grew up...