Tommy Kane’s buddies to hold tribute concert
Late brooklynONE co-founder was a Bay Ridge legend
The late Tommy Kane, co-founder of brooklynONE, a Bay Ridge-based theater company, loved writing, producing plays and acting, according to his friend, Anthony Marino. “He was big on collaboration,” Marino said.
But what Kane loved more than anything was music. “He bonded with people over music. Bob Dylan was his all-time favorite. He also liked Van Morrison. He loved going to concerts with people. I went to a Tom Petty concert with him one time. It was a great night. He was like that. You’d be talking to him about music and the next thing you knew, he’d be calling you up saying he was going to a concert and asking you to come along,” Marino told the Brooklyn Eagle.
Marino, who co-founded brooklynONE with Kane in 2006, is one of the organizers of a tribute concert to Kane that is set for Jan. 24 at Saint Patrick’s Church auditorium, 401 97th St., at 7 p.m.
Kane, who was legendary in Bay Ridge for his artistic endeavors, died in 2011 at the age of 53. He would have turned 56 on Jan. 21. In addition to his work in the arts, Kane was a journalist. He wrote the popular column “Citizen Kane” in the Brooklyn Eagle.