At 93, Marilyn Maye says (and sings) “I’m still here”

CBS Sunday morning recently introduced Marilyn Maye, a 93-year-old cabaret favorite, who spoke about the effect of the pandemic on her and her audience.

“They always smile and clap a lot, get up and clap and laugh a lot, but this year they cried,” Maye said. “They sat at their tables and cried.

Watch the interview, which also features Maye singing “Come Rain or Come Shine,” “Cabaret,” “What the World Needs Now” and Stephen Sondheim’s classic “I’m Still Here,” above.

Maye’s “Too Late Now”, recorded on his RCA The lamp is weak album, was chosen by the Smithsonian Institute and included in its 20th century permanent collection. She made 76 appearances on Johnny Carson the Tonight Show and was nominated for a Grammy Award in the mid-1960s as Best New Artist. Maye has also appeared in productions of Can-Can, Madness, Mame and Hello Dolly!. She has toured the country for decades in concert halls and nightclubs and recently featured in a PBS concert filmed during the pandemic.