Early life[edit]

Kaye was born in Phoenix, Arizona, the daughter of Shirley Edith (née Silverman) and Jerome Joseph Kaye, a physician.^[1] She attended UCLA, studying drama and voice.^[2][3] "Her voice spans three octaves. She started out as a mezzo and now sings all the way up to an E natural...but basically she feels she is now a soprano."^[4] She "easily shifts between Broadway belt and soaring soprano" according to Playbill.com.^[5]