New Years Eve 2027 with Varla Jean Merman

“Her best show ever” -Michael Musto

After putting her career first for over three decades and recently turning 29, Varla Jean Merman has realized her biological clock is in danger of grinding to a halt. Having “auditioned” many, many, many eager donors, she is thrilled to announce that she is expecting…to see you at her newest show! In Unlike a Virgin, everyone’s favorite daffy drag diva invites you to take a deep dive into the shallow end of the gene pool as she explores the mysteries of motherhood. Live on stage, Varla will give birth to eye-popping costumes, voluminous wigs, and hilarious new songs guaranteed to make your water break.

Written by Jeffery Roberson with additional material by Ricky Graham & Jacques Lamarre. Directed by Michael Schiralli

“A cyclone in a sequin factory!” – Los Angeles Times

“…a deliciously loony sensibility…a voice that suggests a happy collision of Shirley Bassey and Barbara Cook…imagine it in a lounge act of a much younger Ann-Margret as conceived by John Waters and you’ll have an idea of the irresistible insanity in store for you.” – Bay Windows

Varla Jean Merman (a.k.a. Jeffery Roberson Loe) starred in the musical Lucky Guy opposite Leslie Jordan in New York in 2011 and in the films Hush Up, Sweet Charlotte, Girls Will Be Girls, and Varla Jean and the Mushroomheads. Off-Broadway audiences have also embraced Mr. Roberson in the title role of Menotti’s opera The Medium, and the title role in the musical comedy farce Mildred Fierce. He played the role of Mary Sunshine in the revival of Chicago on Broadway and in the first national touring company. In 2010, he won Boston’s Elliot Norton Award for Best Musical Performance in Phantom of the Oprah. Mr. Roberson’s longtime collaboration with Ricky Graham has produced such hits as Hello Dawlin’!, Gone with the Breaking Wind, Steel Poinsettias, and Scrooge In Rouge. As Varla Jean Merman, Mr. Roberson has filled concert halls and cabarets across the world including the Sydney Opera House and Carnegie Hall. He made his network television debut on All My Children, guest starred in Ugly Betty, and was on Bravo’s Project Runway, Season 5 as the winning model for the show’s drag challenge.

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