Mario Cantone

Mario Cantone says it was clear very early that he was a showbiz baby. "I was one of those kids born with the cord wrapped around his neck," he said, "only mine had a mike at the end of it and I was singing Swanee. " Cantone, who has re-invented himself more times than Madonna, will show New Orleans his latest comedy incarnation in "Mario Cantone Does Le Petit" Nov. 3 as a benefit for the historic French Quarter theater, arranged through fellow Broadway pal Bryan Batt.