Pixie Esmonde, a costumer for Broadway and touring shows and a comedian, moved to Manhattan in 1977.

Dealing with noise in the studio; riffing on the alphabet; 39 years in NYC—first time in Bushwick; Catholic girls school; working with the Moscow Circus; eluding the KGB in ’75; Timbuktu production; working with KISS, Eartha Kitt, Melba Moore, Marlene Dietrich, Sammy Davis Jr.; 33 years in the same NYC apartment; meeting Alvin Ailey and Arthur Miller; squares on smartphones; teaching the nieces and nephews.