[NEOPAL]Put Varla Jean Merman in that Easter basket!
Dan Kilbane
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Wed Apr 12 12:41:04 PDT 2006
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Raymond Bobgan
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216-631-2727 ext. 202
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VARLA JEAN MERMAN RETURNS TO CPT IN
"I'M NOT PAYING FOR THIS!"
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PERFORMANCES MAY 4-13
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Jeffery Roberson is Varla Jean Merman in
I'M NOT PAYING FOR THIS
Directed by Michael Schiralli
May 4-13, 2006
The Gordon Square Theatre
CLEVELAND, OH - Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to
welcome back Varla Jean Merman as she returns to Cleveland for her fifth
year in a row in "I'M NOT PAYING FOR THIS!" The production runs May 4th
through 13th. The cabaret-style seating for the show once again =
includes
tables of ten that can be reserved for an additional charge by a group. =
New
this year for the run: Saturday night shows at 10:00pm. =20
Varla Jean Merman takes you on a guided tour of the Seven Deadly Sins in =
her
brand new show "I'm Not Paying For This!" which runs from May 4th - 13th =
.
>From the Garden of Eden to her own den of iniquity, who better to =
explore a
Dante's Inferno of lust, gluttony, greed, envy, pride and anger than =
that
award-winning, flame-tressed celebutante? Feel the burn as Varla rains =
down
fire, brimstone, hilarious new videos, sassy songs and dancing pickles. =
Like
most of the men in Varla's life, you'll leave shouting, "I'm not paying =
for
this!"=20
The Cleveland Plain Dealer calls her "Outrageously Hilarious!" The New =
York
Times commented "...a first-rate singer and actor...awesome." The =
reviewer
for The Opera News calls her show "the best club act I've ever seen."=20
VARLA JEAN MERMAN
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With the help of intense self-hypnotherapy, Varla Jean Merman came to
realize one day that she, herself, was the golden child and only spawn =
of
the thirty-eight day marriage of Ethel Merman and Ernest Borgnine. But =
even
with such showbiz royalty in her relative midst, Miss Merman has worked
tirelessly and exhaustingly to make it on her own. Planting her roots =
firmly
in one-woman experimental cabaret, Miss Merman dazzled several Bourbon
Street piano bar patrons in her hometown of New Orleans with such heart
wrenching one-woman musical revues as "Songs My Mother's Estate Ordered =
Me
Not To Sing"; "She's De-lightful! She's De-Lovely! She's De-linquent!"; =
and
"More Songs My Mother's Estate Ordered Me Not To Sing."
But it was while working in the kitchen of a suburban dinner theatre =
that
Varla went from chopping green onions to chewing the scenery, when she =
was
handed the plum role of Laura in Tennessee Williams' "The Glass =
Menagerie",
turning the play into a one-woman star turn after the entire cast was
ravaged by an intestinal bacterial infection. From this groundbreaking
performance, Varla garnered several certified letters from the Tennessee
Williams Estate as well as an all-expense paid bus ticket to New York,
personally paid for by the surviving cast. Drawing on her experiences in =
New
York, she then wrote, produced, waitressed, and starred at =
Eighty-Eight's
Cabaret in her one-woman, Brechtian-inspired "Are You Gonna Finish =
That?"
But her biggest break came in 1994 when Miss Merman channeled yet =
another
tragedy (having her kidneys stolen in a Dress Barn fitting room) into =
the
one-woman musical revue "You Could Have Had My Heart." While waiting for =
a
donor, Miss Merman has been traveling the world, from Pasadena to
Provincetown, starring in more of her own one-woman cabarets. Upcoming
projects include lobbying for the title role in the live-action film =
version
of the cartoon "Strawberry Shortcake", her Judy Blume revue "Are You =
There
Blubber? It's Me Superfudge", and a one-woman musical based on the life =
of
catalog queen Lilian Vernon, "Somebody Needs This." Varla is thrilled to =
be
at the Cleveland Public Theatre for the fifth time!
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JEFFERY ROBERSON co-starred in the 2003 film "Girls Will Be Girls", for
which he received a Best Actor Award from the 2003 Outfest Film Festival =
and
a Best Actress Award from the Aspen HBO Film Festival. He also appeared =
on
Broadway in the role of Mary Sunshine in the revival of the hit musical
"Chicago." Jeffery made his network television debut on ABC's "All My
Children" in the recurring role of lady of the evening Rosemary Chicken.
Last spring he made his Australian debut with "Varla Jean Merman's Girl =
With
A Pearl Necklace" which played the Sydney Opera House, the Perth
International Arts Festival and the Forum Theatre in Melbourne. He also =
won
rave reviews as Miriam in "Hush Up, Sweet Charlotte" last year at the
Lorraine Hansberry Theatre in San Francisco. Jeffery wrote and starred =
in
the short "Improve Your History With Varla Jean Merman: Stonewall!" =
which
can currently be seen on MTV's new gay television network LOGO. =20
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Last November Jeffery appeared at the Long Wharf Theatre in Hartford =
Stage's
production of "The Mystery of Irma Vep" directed by Michael Wilson
performing the roles originally made famous by Charles Ludlam. Other =
film
and TV credits include HBO's Dragtime, E!'s Fashion Emergency, E! Goes =
to
Cannes, MTV's True Life: Mardi Gras, and Francesca Page with Rossy =
DePalma.
Jeffery has appeared in many TWEED Fraktured Classiks productions in New
York City, including "The Mailman Always Comes Twice", "Screen Door" and
"CAGED!" with Lily Tomlin, Joan Rivers and Isabella Rossellini, =
"Lypsinka is
Harriet Craig", "The Miracle Worker" (with Charles Busch) and "Varla =
Jean
Merman is The Bad Seedling". Jeffery has opened for Jennifer Holliday =
and
has also shared the stage with Betty Buckley, fulfilling his utmost gay
fantasy, singing excerpts from the notorious Broadway flop "Carrie" as =
part
of Ms. Buckley's cabaret act at the Bottom Line.
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Upcoming appearances include "Varla Jean Merman's Girl With A Pearl
Necklace" in Toronto in late May, "Varla Jean Merman's Under A Big Top" =
at
the Victoria Theatre in San Francisco this June, and a world premier new
show in Provincetown this July and August. For more info please visit
www.varlaonline.com
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Photo by Michael Wakefield
Thursday, May 4th at 7:30 pm
Friday, May 5th at 8:00 pm
Saturday May 6th at 8:00 and 10:00 pm
Thursday, May 11th at 7:30 pm
Friday. May 12th at 8:00 pm
Saturday, May 13th at 8:00 and 10:00 pm
Ticket Prices
Thursdays
$19 General Admission
$15 Seniors
Under 25 - $10
Fridays and Saturdays
$24 General Admission
$21 Seniors
Under 25 - $10
Call the box office for special rates for table seating!
Tickets can be purchased by phone by calling 216-631-2727
or online at www.cptonline.org
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<strong><b><font face=3DArial><span =
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Roberson is Varla Jean Merman in<br>
I'M NOT PAYING FOR THIS<br>
Directed by Michael Schiralli<br>
</span></font><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
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2006</span></font><font
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The Gordon Square Theatre</span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
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<font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:black'> - Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan =
is proud
to welcome back Varla Jean Merman as she returns to =
</span></font><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:black'>Cleveland</span></font><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>
for her fifth year in a row in "I'M NOT PAYING FOR =
THIS!"
The production runs May 4th through 13th. The =
cabaret-style
seating for the show once again includes tables of ten that can be
reserved for an additional charge by a group. New this year =
for the
run: Saturday night shows at </span></font><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:black'>10:00pm</span></font><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>. &nb=
sp;
</span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Varla Jean Merman takes you on a =
guided
tour of the Seven Deadly Sins in her brand new show "I'm Not =
Paying
For This!" which runs from May 4th - 13th . From the Garden =
of Eden
to her own den of iniquity, who better to explore a Dante's =
Inferno of
lust, gluttony, greed, envy, pride and anger than that =
award-winning,
flame-tressed celebutante? Feel the burn as Varla rains down fire,
brimstone, hilarious new videos, sassy songs and dancing pickles. =
Like
most of the men in Varla's life, you'll leave shouting, "I'm =
not
paying for this!" </span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>The Cleveland Plain Dealer calls =
her
"Outrageously Hilarious!" The New York Times =
commented
"...a first-rate singer and actor...awesome." The
reviewer for The Opera News calls her show "the best club act =
I've
ever seen." </span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>VARLA JEAN MERMAN<br>
<br>
With the help of intense self-hypnotherapy, Varla Jean Merman came =
to
realize one day that she, herself, was the golden child and only =
spawn of
the thirty-eight day marriage of Ethel Merman and Ernest Borgnine. =
But
even with such showbiz royalty in her relative midst, Miss Merman =
has
worked tirelessly and exhaustingly to make it on her own. Planting =
her
roots firmly in one-woman experimental cabaret, Miss Merman =
dazzled
several </span></font><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Bourbon =
Street</span></font><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:black'> piano bar patrons in her hometown of =
</span></font><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:black'>New Orleans</span></font><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>
with such heart wrenching one-woman musical revues as "Songs =
My
Mother's Estate Ordered Me Not To Sing"; "She's =
De-lightful!
She's De-Lovely! She's De-linquent!"; and "More Songs My
Mother's Estate Ordered Me Not To Sing."</span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>But it was while working in the =
kitchen of
a suburban dinner theatre that Varla went from chopping green =
onions to
chewing the scenery, when she was handed the plum role of Laura in
Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie", turning the =
play
into a one-woman star turn after the entire cast was ravaged by an
intestinal bacterial infection. From this groundbreaking =
performance,
Varla garnered several certified letters from the Tennessee =
Williams
Estate as well as an all-expense paid bus ticket to =
</span></font><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:black'>New York</span></font><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>,
personally paid for by the surviving cast. Drawing on her =
experiences in </span></font><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:black'>New York</span></font><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>,
she then wrote, produced, waitressed, and starred at =
Eighty-Eight's
Cabaret in her one-woman, Brechtian-inspired "Are You Gonna =
Finish
That?"</span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>But her biggest break came in 1994 =
when
Miss Merman channeled yet another tragedy (having her kidneys =
stolen in a
Dress Barn fitting room) into the one-woman musical revue =
"You Could
Have Had My Heart." While waiting for a donor, Miss Merman =
has been
traveling the world, from </span></font><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Pasadena</span><=
/font><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:black'> to </span></font><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DArial><span
=
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Provincetown</sp=
an></font><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:black'>, starring in more of her own one-woman =
cabarets.
Upcoming projects include lobbying for the title role in the =
live-action
film version of the cartoon "Strawberry Shortcake", her =
Judy
Blume revue "Are You There Blubber? It's Me Superfudge", =
and a
one-woman musical based on the life of catalog queen Lilian =
Vernon,
"Somebody Needs This." Varla is thrilled to be at the =
Cleveland
Public Theatre for the fifth time!<br>
<br>
JEFFERY ROBERSON co-starred in the 2003 film "Girls =
Will Be
Girls", for which he received a Best Actor Award from the =
2003
Outfest Film Festival and a Best Actress Award from the Aspen HBO =
Film
Festival. He also appeared on Broadway in the role of Mary =
Sunshine in
the revival of the hit musical "</span></font><font size=3D2
color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Chicago</span></font><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DArial><span
=
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>." &nb=
sp;
Jeffery made his network television debut on ABC's "All My
Children" in the recurring role of lady of the evening =
Rosemary
Chicken. Last spring he made his Australian debut with =
"Varla
Jean Merman's Girl With A Pearl Necklace" which played the =
Sydney
Opera House, the Perth International Arts Festival and the Forum =
Theatre
in </span></font><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span
=
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Melbourne</span>=
</font><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:black'>. He also won rave reviews as Miriam in
"Hush Up, Sweet Charlotte" last year at the Lorraine =
Hansberry
Theatre in </span></font><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>San =
Francisco</span></font><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:black'>. Jeffery wrote and starred in the short
"Improve Your History With Varla Jean Merman: =
Stonewall!" which
can currently be seen on MTV's new gay television network =
LOGO. <br>
<br>
Last November Jeffery appeared at the Long Wharf Theatre in =
Hartford
Stage's production of "The Mystery of Irma Vep" directed =
by
Michael Wilson performing the roles originally made famous by =
Charles
Ludlam. Other film and TV credits include HBO's Dragtime, =
E!'s
Fashion Emergency, E! Goes to </span></font><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Cannes</span></f=
ont><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:black'>, MTV's True Life: Mardi Gras, and Francesca =
Page with
Rossy DePalma. Jeffery has appeared in many TWEED Fraktured =
Classiks
productions in New York City, including "The Mailman Always =
Comes
Twice", "Screen Door" and "CAGED!" with =
Lily
Tomlin, Joan Rivers and Isabella Rossellini, "Lypsinka is =
Harriet
Craig", "The Miracle Worker" (with Charles Busch) =
and
"Varla Jean Merman is The Bad Seedling". Jeffery has =
opened for
Jennifer Holliday and has also shared the stage with Betty =
Buckley,
fulfilling his utmost gay fantasy, singing excerpts from the =
notorious
Broadway flop "Carrie" as part of Ms. Buckley's cabaret =
act at
the Bottom Line.<br>
<br>
Upcoming appearances include "Varla Jean Merman's Girl With A =
Pearl
Necklace" in Toronto in late May, "Varla Jean Merman's =
Under A
Big Top" at the Victoria Theatre in San Francisco this June, =
and a
world premier new show in Provincetown this July and August. =
For more
info please visit <a
=
href=3D"http://cptonline.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=3DPAABAAAZaQAAoYY"
target=3D"_blank">www.varlaonline.com</a><br>
<br>
<br>
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Roman"><span
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<p><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Thursday, May 4th at =
</span></font><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>7:30 pm</span></font><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><br>
Friday, May 5th at </span></font><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>8:00 =
pm</span></font><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:black'><br>
Saturday May 6th at </span></font><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3DArial><span
=
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>8:00</span></fon=
t><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:black'> and </span></font><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>10:00
pm</span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Thursday, May 11th at </span></font><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7:30
pm</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><br>
Friday. May 12th at </span></font><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8:00 =
pm</span></font><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><br>
Saturday, May 13th at </span></font><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
=
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8:00</span></font><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> and
</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>10:00 pm</span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Ticket Prices<br>
Thursdays<br>
$19 General Admission<br>
$15 Seniors<br>
Under 25 - $10</span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Fridays and Saturdays<br>
$24 General Admission<br>
$21 Seniors<br>
Under 25 - $10</span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Call the box office for special rates for table =
seating!<br>
<br>
Tickets can be purchased by phone by calling =
216-631-2727</span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>or online at <a
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target=3D"_blank"><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;text-decoration:none'>Visit the CPT =
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