S.F.: VARLA JEAN AND THE MUSHROOMHEADS
Direct from guest starring on Ugly Betty and appearing on Logo's TV special Dragtastic: One Night Standup, RRAZZ ROOM at THE HOTEL NIKKO (222 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA - 415-394-1189) presents Varla Jean Merman in an all-new show, from Wednesday, April 7th through Sunday, April 18th. "Varla Jean And The Mushroomheads" is directed and choreographed by Donna Drake, who was in the original Broadway cast of A CHORUS LINE and recent director of Jungle Red at the Victoria Theatre and Christmas with the Crawfords. The show also features New Orleans natives Ricky Graham and Brooks Braselman with Tom Shaw on piano and Roberta Drake on drums. Varla Jean, the purported lovechild of Ethel Merman and Ernest Borgnine, is perhaps best known for her role in the cult classic film Girls Will Be Girls. Jeffery Roberson's incomparable drag creation shared the Outfest Film Festival "Best Actor" Award and the Aspen HBO Film Festival "Best Actress" Award with his costars Jack Plotnick and Clinton Leupp for his featured performance in Girls Will Be Girls (Sundance 2003) directed by Richard Day. He also played the role of Mary Sunshine in the revival of Chicago on Broadway. Last May, he was the opening act at Vienna's LifeBall, Europe's largest fundraiser for AIDS research, where he performed on the same bill with Sharon Stone, Catherine Deneuve and Naomi Campbell. Performance times and cover charges vary by date, so see the RRRAZZ ROOM website for details: http://www.therrazzroom.com/ .
