VARLA
JEAN MERMAN DECKS TOWN HALL FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY TO BENEFIT GOD'S
LOVE WE DELIVER!
The Illyria Theatre
in association with Whole Foods Market present Varla Jean Merman in
Benefit featuring Betty, Jackie Hoffman, The Kinsey Sicks, Maggie
Moore, Seth Rudetsky and Kristine Zbornik.
"VARLA-LA-LA-LA.
LA-LA-LA-LA" was heard from the Westside highway to the FDR as the
holiday hoofer, Varla Jean Merman, rehearsed with her very special
friends for an upcoming holiday concert to benefit God's Love We Deliver.
VARLA-LA-LA-LA, LA-LA-LA-LA! - a feel-good Yuletide extravaganza -
is coming to New York's TOWN HALL (123 West 43rd Street, NYC) on December
17th at 8:00 pm and it will be Varla's only New York appearance this
year. This legendary entertainer has chosen The Big Apple as this
year's recipient of the best Christmas gift she could ever give --
a big piece of herself wrapped up in the zaniest holiday concert to
ever hit the boards. Tickets are available for $25, $45 $75 by calling
Ticket Master at (212) 307-4100 (www.ticketmaster.com
or in person at the Town Hall box office.
And she's not alone! With
the help the loudest belter this side of Prague, Kristine Zbornik,
Ms. Merman has traversed afar to help cook up a splendid array of
holiday chestnuts. And what holiday show would be complete without
the help of the Harlem Boys Choir? Well, this one! Also performing
for God's Love We Deliver, will be the band Betty, Jackie Hoffman,
The Kinsey Sicks, Maggie Moore and Seth Rudetsky.
Directed by Gordon Greenberg,
VARLA-LA-LA-LA-LA, LA-LA-LA-LA will give New Yorkers a delicious occasion
to watch Miss Merman takes on the Grinch and Shirley Bassey in the
explosive SILVER AND GOLDFINGER; be strangely dazzled and horrified
as Miss Merman turns the Rosemary Clooney classic SUZY SNOWFLAKE into
"classy" burlesque; and witness a reunion of Miss Merman and her estranged
dead mother.
Varla Jean Merman is the
"rumored love child" of Ethel Merman and Ernest Borngnine and is the
creation of Jeffery T. Roberson who recently made his London debut
in "The Very Worst of Varla Jean Merman" at the Soho Theatre on the
West End. He is currently performing a five week run of his new show
"All Washed Up" until December 2nd at the Renberg Theatre in Los Angeles.
Mr. Roberson has played the role of Mary Sunshine in the hit Broadway
musical "Chicago" and has toured internationally with his award-winning,
critically-acclaimed multi-media cabaret acts.
Whole Foods Market is
proud to be baking up high-heeled gingerbread cookies for an in-store
appearance by Varla Jean Merman on Monday, December 3rd from 6:30
pm to 8:30 pm. Varla Jean will be teaching her fans how to decorate
Holiday cookies -- Move over Martha -- here comes Varla! If you love
the way Ms. Merman tackles a can of easy-cheese on stage, wait until
you can see what she can do with a pastry bag! Whole Foods Market
is the nation's largest retailer of Natural and Organic foods with
over 120 stores from coast-to-coast. New York City first got to experience
the wonder of Whole Foods Market earlier this year when they opened
their doors at the intersection of 7th Avenue and 24th Street in Chelsea.
Whole Foods Market is a proud supporter of God's Love We Deliver.
The mission of God's Love
We Deliver is to improve the health and well-being of men, women and
children living with HIV/AIDS by alleviating hunger and malnutrition.
God's Love We Deliver prepares and delivers fresh, nutritious, high-quality
meals to people living with HIV/AIDS who are unable to provide or
prepare meals for themselves.
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