Monteith and Rand were a comedy team who had their own Broadway show at the Booth Theater in 1979, produced by James Lipton, after a successful off-Broadway run.
"[3] Suzanne Rand and John Monteith met in the early 1970s at The Proposition, a Boston improvisational theatre.
They developed their first act together in 1976, performing in Boston, Cape Cod and landing appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.
In 1982, they were slated to make a dramatic debut in Monte Merrick's A Hell of a Town but the production folded for lack of funds before opening.
[citation needed] Rand was originally based in Boston but moved to New York, where Monteith lived, in 1982.