Karla DeVito

Karla DeVito grew up in Mokena, Illinois, about 35 miles southwest of Chicago, which at the time was a small farming town. From her earliest years, she showed an artistic bent, and a love of music and performing. After graduating from high school, she enrolled at Loyola University in Chicago with a major in theater. It didn't take long for her to get noticed among the theatrical community in other productions. Karla did Children's Theatre with Bill Murray at "Second City" and was in national companies of the popular musicals "Hair" and "Godspell". She branched out and became a backup singer for Bruce Springsteen, Meat Loaf and 'Blue Oyster Cult'. She became a lead singer in her own right, and opened for Hall & Oates and Rick Springfield. Karla's first solo album "Is This a Cool World or What?" was released by CBS/Epic in 1981. In 1981, she also got the female lead in "The Pirates of Penzance" on Broadway, replacing Linda Ronstadt. A short time later, Robby Benson was cast to play h