Jeffrey Johnson to Bring EDIE BEALE LIVE to RRazz Room, 4/29

The RRazz Room At The Raven presents Jeffrey Johnson in Edie Beale LIVE at Reno Sweeney on April 29th, at 7:30PM in New Hope, PA.

"Little Edie" Beale, of GREY GARDENS fame, performed a cabaret act at Reno Sweeney Nightclub in New York City over the New Year's week of 1978...this is that act.

Gerald Duval, Edie's producer during the time of her appearance at Reno Sweeney has re-created the essence of those seven magical nights into one 75 minute show using dialogue, songs, and text from the historic shows resulting in a not-to-be-missed, intimate evening of theatre. Enjoy, experience, and witness what happened when Edie Beale was LIVE at Reno Sweeney.

The production also includes James Finley as Gerald and Zack Ford as David, the pianist. The production was originally staged at Ganymede Arts in Washington D.C. and was co-directed by Jeffrey Johnson and Rick Hammerly. In addition to D.C. the show has played at Joe's Pub, at The RRazz Room in San Francisco, Show at Barre in Los Angeles, RTP in Richmond, VA, as well as appearing at four times to sell out houses at the prestigious 54 Below in NYC. Mr. Johnson has had the honor of having his Edie performance filmed by Albert Maysles and that performance is now in the Maysles' Grey Garden Archives.

Edie Beale LIVE at Reno Sweeney plays The RRazz Room At The Raven, New Hope (385 West Bridge Street, New Hope, PA 18938) on April 29th at 7:30PM. Tickets are $25 and available at http://www.therrazzroom.com/ or call 888.596.1027.

Mr. Johnson was the Artistic Director of the LGBT Theatre Company, Ganymede Arts, in Washington D.C. While he was there he conceived and starred in an all-male version of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, staged a punk rock version of The Rocky Horror Show at DC hottest nightclub, staged the east coast premiere of Lilies, as well as began the Ganymede Arts Fall Arts Festival which included participation of over 100 LGBT Artist from all genres of the arts and featured performances by such icons as Karen Black (where she wrote and debuted her one woman show), Justin Vivian Bond, Holly Woodlawn, Charles Busch and Julie Halston. Since closing the company in 2011, Mr. Johnson has focused on brushing off his musical background through a character he created during his tenure as artistic director, Special Agent Galactica. His galactic assassin appears next in a brand new show, A Romp Around Uranus, this summer at the Capital Fringe Festival in Washington DC.

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