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Mark Cortale Presents:
Varla Jean Merman & Well-Strung, The Singing String Quartet.
(A Double Bill)
International Drag Sensation Varla Jean Merman aka Jeffery Roberson returns to London for the first time in 10 years joining newcomers Well-Strung, The Singing String Quartet to double your pleasure for a two-act evening of sublime entertainment.
Varla Jean is best known for her role in the cult film Girls Will Be Girls, starring on Broadway as Mary Sunshine in the musical Chicago and for appearing on TV's Project Runway.
Act One of the evening is Well-Strung recently described as "The hottest thing with a bow since Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games" by the NY Daily News is a mash-up of string quartet and boy band putting their own spin on the music of Mozart, Vivaldi, Pink, Rihanna and more. The group stars Edmund Bagnell (first violin), Christopher Marchant (second violin), Daniel Shevlin (cello) and Trevor Wadleigh (viola). The show fresh from two successful Off-Broadway runs this season, features material written by Donna Drake (original cast member of A Chorus Line), Mark Cortale and Jeffery Roberson. Musical arrangements by David Levinson; additional arrangements by Daniel Shevlin.
Act Two of the evening is Varla Jean's The Book of Merman featuring hilarious new songs, videos and monologues. Varla Jean recently starred in the new Off-Broadway musical Lucky Guy opposite Leslie Jordan prompting The New York Times to rave, "If Carol Burnett and Harvey Korman had stood in front of the right pair of funhouse mirrors, they might have resembled Ms. Merman and Mr. Jordan in stature as well as comedic talent". As Varla Jean, Jeffery Roberson has filled cabarets and concert halls across the world including the Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall, the New York Public Theater, and London's Soho Theatre.
Both Well-Strung and Varla Jean's The Book of Merman are directed by Donna Drake.
Varla Jean Merman & Well-Strung, The Singing String Quartet.
(A Double Bill)
International Drag Sensation Varla Jean Merman aka Jeffery Roberson returns to London for the first time in 10 years joining newcomers Well-Strung, The Singing String Quartet to double your pleasure for a two-act evening of sublime entertainment.
Varla Jean is best known for her role in the cult film Girls Will Be Girls, starring on Broadway as Mary Sunshine in the musical Chicago and for appearing on TV's Project Runway.
Act One of the evening is Well-Strung recently described as "The hottest thing with a bow since Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games" by the NY Daily News is a mash-up of string quartet and boy band putting their own spin on the music of Mozart, Vivaldi, Pink, Rihanna and more. The group stars Edmund Bagnell (first violin), Christopher Marchant (second violin), Daniel Shevlin (cello) and Trevor Wadleigh (viola). The show fresh from two successful Off-Broadway runs this season, features material written by Donna Drake (original cast member of A Chorus Line), Mark Cortale and Jeffery Roberson. Musical arrangements by David Levinson; additional arrangements by Daniel Shevlin.
Act Two of the evening is Varla Jean's The Book of Merman featuring hilarious new songs, videos and monologues. Varla Jean recently starred in the new Off-Broadway musical Lucky Guy opposite Leslie Jordan prompting The New York Times to rave, "If Carol Burnett and Harvey Korman had stood in front of the right pair of funhouse mirrors, they might have resembled Ms. Merman and Mr. Jordan in stature as well as comedic talent". As Varla Jean, Jeffery Roberson has filled cabarets and concert halls across the world including the Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall, the New York Public Theater, and London's Soho Theatre.
Both Well-Strung and Varla Jean's The Book of Merman are directed by Donna Drake.