Marilyn Maye (born April 10, 1928) is an American cabaret singer and musical theatre actress.
 She began her career as a young child performing in Kansas in both live concerts and on the radio.
 After graduating from high school, she moved to Chicago, Illinois, where she drew the attention of Steve Allen, performing first on "The Steve Allen Show" and later "The Tonight Show".
Michelle DeYoung (born 1968, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States) is an American classical vocalist who has an active international career performing in operas and concerts.
 Raised in Colorado and California, DeYoung is a graduate of the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artists Development Program.
 She won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 1992 and has been a regular performer at the Met ever since.
 In 1995, she was the recipient of the Marian Anderson Award.
 In 2009, she completed her Bachelor's Degree (that she had to put on hold after going to The Met's Young Artist Program) in Music from California State University, Northridge.
 Prior to graduation, Michelle sang in the adult choir every Sunday at Our Lady of Lourdes in Northridge, CA, under the direction of Sterling Branton.
 In May 2010, the University honored her with a Doctorate in Fine Arts for her contributions to the music industry.
 Past recipients include Michael Eisner, and Carol Vaness.
Christina Cruz is a pornographic actress.
 She was previously known as Christian Cruz during an earlier career performing in gay pornographic films.
 In 2009, she came out as a trans woman (pre-operative) and changed her name to Christina.
 She is the second known performer (after Stonie became Brittany CoxXx) to have transitioned from gay male to trans woman pornographic actress.
James F. Stuart (23 December 1928, Baton Rouge, Louisiana — 7 March 2005) was an American opera director and operatic tenor.
 He began his career performing and touring with Dorothy Raedler’s American Savoyards.
 He became a specialist in the patter roles of Gilbert and Sullivan, including Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B. in "H.M.S. Pinafore", Ko-Ko in "The Mikado", and Reginald Bunthorne in "Patience" among others.
 In 1979 he founded the Ohio Light Opera in Wooster, Ohio, serving as the company's artistic director for two decades.
 During his tenure there he also often worked as producer, stage director, translator, and performer.
 He himself performed in fifty of the more than two hundred productions mounted by the company while he was director.
 He also sang on twenty of the company's live operetta recordings, which encompassed works by both Americans and Europeans.
Chris Burnett Quartet was formed when the American saxophonist and composer, Chris Burnett, return home to live in the Kansas City area in 2001.
 Thus, he began another new phase of his career as a performer.
 The Chris Burnett Quartet debuted with a performance on the main stage of the Roots Festival at Paola, Kansas in 2002.
 In 2003, he was contacted to open at the Adam's Mark in Kansas City for Maynard Ferguson by the jazz trumpet legend's management.
 As a result of that successful performance, an official of the Elms Resort and Spa who was in the audience, contracted CbQ to appear as the featured group at their 4th Annual Jazz and Wine Festival in Excelsior Springs, Missouri in 2004.
 Other recent performances included performing and successfully hosting the "Blue Monday Jam" at Kansas City's famous Blue Room jazz club in 2004 - thus validating the viability of his artistry within the historic " 18th and Vine Jazz District" scene too.
 Burnett also participated in a special broadcast performance for the popular "The Jazz Scene - 2004 Holiday Show" radio program hosted by David Basse for Kansas Public Radio.
 Although 2005 was primarily a year of sideman work for Mr. Burnett, he engaged each opportunity with equal enthusiasm, artistry and professionalism.
 He has been welcomed back home to the Kansas City area as an artist by such notable leaders as Ahmad Alaadeen, Bobby Watson and David Basse, resulting in participation in several significant jazz performances at regional music festivals and other significant live music events in the area.
 In May 2006 Chris Burnett became a featured artist, performing monthly at The Drum Room in the historic Hilton President Kansas City located within the emerging Kansas City Live!
 Downtown Entertainment District (see source link below).
 The group remains active.
Feinstein's/54 Below is a cabaret and restaurant in New York City owned by Broadway producers Steve Baruch, Richard Frankel, Marc Routh and Tom Viertel.
 It has hosted shows by such notable performers as Patti LuPone, Ben Vereen, Marilyn Maye and Barbara Cook.
 It is located in the basement of Studio 54.
Marisa Galvany (born June 19, 1936) is an American soprano who had an active international career performing in operas and concerts up into the early 2000s.
 Known for the great intensity of her performances, Galvany particularly excelled in portraying Verdi heroines.
 She was notably a regular performer at the New York City Opera between 1972 and 1983.
Barbara Kessler is an American folk-rock singer-songwriter.
 She began her career performing in clubs on Cape Cod and driving an ice cream truck, then began performing at open mikes in Boston, and continues to be part of the Boston folk scene.
 Perhaps her best-known composition is "Deep Country", which first appeared on 1994's live "Stranger to this Land".
Vincenzo Calvesi (fl.
 1777–1811) was an Italian operatic tenor and impresario.
 A skillful lyric tenor, he began his career performing in opera houses in Italy during the 1770s.
 He was active in Dresden in 1782 to 1783 and then spent most of his time performing in Vienna from 1785 to 1794.
 He is best remembered today for creating the role of Ferrando in the world premiere of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Così fan tutte" in 1790.
 That same year the Viennese publication "Grundsätze zur Theaterkritik" described him as "one of the best tenors from Italy…with a voice naturally sweet, pleasant and sonorous."
 He was later active in Rome as an impresario up until 1811.
Jenny Reynolds is an American folk singer-songwriter.
 She began her career performing at open mics in the Boston area in the early 1990s, while working as a high-school English teacher.
 After several years of performing, she quit teaching to pursue music full-time, though she continues to do creative writing workshops with schoolchildren.
 She moved to Austin, Texas in 2003, and was a Kerrville New Folk Finalist the same year.

Question: What performer who has hosted a how at  Feinstein's/54 Below  began her career  performing in Kansas?
Answer: Marilyn Maye