In 1937, Gaye performed at the Casa Mañana 4,000-seat theatrical restaurant in Texas as part of the Fort Worth Centennial Frontier Fiesta exhibition produced by Billy Rose.
[5] k At the Holiday Theater, Broadway, New York City, on the marquee "On Stage Michael Rose Capers PARIS SPICE, in person Mara Gaye.
Her many shows were met with reviews such as "An Instant Hit" Boston Record,[6] Gaye was once the birthday surprise for Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop Phil Rizzuto.
On stage, she performed with Peaches at the Empire,[7] Lili St. Cyr at Minsky's, Lotus DuBois, Flash O'Farrell,[8] Georgia Sothern, and many others.
Her friends included Ann Corio, Comic Lou Ascol and his wife stripped talker Petti Dayne who named their child after Gaye.
Photographs of Gaye can be found in many of the early pin-up magazines and publications of the 1950s and 1960s, including Bold, Calvacade of Burlesque, Cherchez la Femme, Dazzle, Frolic, Gala,[11] Hollywood Confidential, Night and Day, Play, Playgirl, Pose, Tab, Tom Boy, Uncensored, and Vue.