{{short description|American dramatist}} '''Danny Alias''' (Duane Scott Cerny) is an American house music artist and playwright born in Norridge, Illinois. In 1984, he co-founded Persona Records with David Bell and released the single "Civil Defense," an early example of Chicago house music which was played by DJ Ron Hardy.<ref>[http://www.waxpoetics.com/features/articles/persona-records-launched-producer-career-frankie-knuckles-showed-world-house-music-really-sell]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Wax Poetics Issue 53. Retrieved on 06 May 2014.</ref> The label went on to release the first two singles by Jamie Principle and Frankie Knuckles: "Waiting on My Angel" and "Your Love". In 2012, "Civil Defense" was re-issued on Kill the DJ, a French label founded by DJ Ivan Smagghe.<ref>[http://killthedjrecords.blogspot.com/2012/01/release-danny-alias-civil-defense.html], Kill the DJ press release. Retrieved on 06 May 2014.</ref>
In 1990, Alias created Chicago's Broadway Antique Market, a 20,000 square-foot multi-dealer shop specializing in mid-century modern collectibles.<ref>[http://www.whendannymetsally.com/storage/MADwdms.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016133449/http://www.whendannymetsally.com/storage/MADwdms.pdf |date=2013-10-16 }}, Maine Antique Digest, May 2011. Retrieved on 06 May 2014.</ref> In 2018, Thunderground Press published his book <em>Selling Dead People's Things: Inexplicably True Tales, Vintage Fails & Objects of Objectionable Estates</em><ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/40194206-selling-dead-people-s-things], <em>Selling Dead People’s Things</em> - Goodreads book page.</ref> with anecdotes from his career as a vintage dealer.
Alias has also written two LGBT comedic spoofs, "Mrs. Hyde and the Case of the Gaslight Buggerings," which debuted at the Athenaeum Theatre in 2009,<ref>[http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/mrs-hyde-and-the-case-of-the-gaslight-buggerings/Event?oid=1087378], Mrs. Hyde and the Case of the Gaslight Buggerings - Chicago Reader review.</ref> and "The Bloody Fabulous Curse of Dragula," which debuted at Mary's Attic Theatre in 2010.<ref>[http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/Event?oid=1531189],"The Bloody Fabulous Curse of Dragula" - Chicago Reader review.</ref><ref>[http://chicagotheaterbeat.com/tag/the-bloody-fabulous-curse-of-dragula/] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140510182247/http://chicagotheaterbeat.com/tag/the-bloody-fabulous-curse-of-dragula/ |date=2014-05-10 }},"The Bloody Fabulous Curse of Dragula" - Chicago Theater Beat review.</ref><ref>[http://www.centerstagechicago.com/theatre/shows/8920.html],"The Bloody Fabulous Curse of Dragula" - Centerstage review.</ref>
==External links== * [http://www.discogs.com/artist/201585-Danny-Alias] discography at Discogs * [http://bamchicago.com] Broadway Antique Market * [http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/danny-jeffs-vintage-collection-138267] home tour at Apartment Therapy * [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/08/booming/traces-of-a-man-who-disappeared.html?_r=0] "Traces of a Man Who Disappeared" personal essay in The New York Times * [https://sellingdeadpeoplesthings.com] Selling Dead People's Things
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