From Baseball to the Big Leagues
Story by Robert Macy

In 1999, Gans signed an eight-year contract with The Mirage, where his smash hit show in the Danny Gans Theatre is continually sold out. Gans has amassed a repertoire of some 200 voices over the years and is always looking for new challenges.

“The beauty of it now is that I’ve developed about three hours of material that I can switch around depending on the type of audience,” Gans said, describing his 90-minute show. His toughest challenge?

“Probably Frank Sinatra, because his voice changed so many times during his long career,” Gans said. “It’s okay now because I can do him both when he was older and younger,” the two most “distinctive” Sinatra voices. Any regrets about the baseball career that might have been?

“The only regret is, if I hadn’t gotten hurt, I would have liked to have known how far I could have gone. Could I have hit major league pitching?”

Still, he is thankful for a “fall-back” career that brought him stardom.

“I’m so fortunate. Most guys don’t have the options I had,” Gans said, a touch of melancholy in his voice. “I’m so humble that God gave me the opportunity to focus my energies on something that’s creative like this.”

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