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Varla Jean Merman to Present Foreign Tongue at Ultra Suede

Varla Jean Merman
(© Peter Palladino)
Varla Jean Merman
(© Peter Palladino)

Varla Jean Merman, the purported love-child of Ethel Merman and Ernest Borgnine, will return to Los Angeles with < a href="http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/141124" target="_blank">Varla Jean Merman Loves A Foreign Tongue at Ultra Suede, February 28 -March 27. Directed by Michael Schiralli, the show is co-written by Jeffrey Roberson (aka Varla Jean Merman) and Jacques Lamarre and features special guest, Mark Cortale.

Roberson’s other shows include Varla Jean Merman’s I’m Not Paying For This, Girl With A Pearl Necklace, An Act Of Love, Under A Big Top, Holiday Ham!, All Washed Up! and The Very Worst of Varla Jean Merman. His work has been seen at Carnegie Hall, the New York Public Theater, London’s Soho Theatre, LA’s Renberg Theatre, and San Francisco’s Victoria Theatre, among other venues.

For more information visit www.varlaonline.com.