Between her musical performances on the Broadway stage and her twirls on a certain televised celebrity ice rink, Deborah Gibson proved there is much more to her teeny-bopper image and that, unlike some of her contemporaries of that time, she was no mere eighties pop relic.Born Aug. 31, 1970 in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, NY, Gibson’s love of performing started early when she appeared on stage in community theater productions at the age of five. Within a few years, she was singing at the Metropolitan Opera House as part of the children’s chorus. By age 12, she was appearing on Broadway
