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Lorna Luft pays tribute to Laura Nyro

Lorna Luft paid tribute to late David Geffen protégé Laura Nyro at Birdland on Monday with a medley of songs. The songbird sister of Liza Minnelli was joined at the “Lorna’s Living Room” gig by Ann Hampton Callaway and Carrie Manolakos, and the trio’s Nyro set got a standing ovation. Luft also performed tributes to Broadway’s Betty Comden and Dorothy Fields. Minnelli was seen at an earlier Luft date at the club with Barry Manilow.