Bobby Crush Stars In LIBERACE LIVE FROM HEAVEN From 10/13 Thru 11/8

Chris Davis for Norwell Lapley in assocation with That's Entertainment Productions presents Bobby Crush in LIBERACE LIVE FROM HEAVEN, written and directed by Julian Woolford.

February 4, 1987: Liberace, Mr Showmanship, arrives at the Pearly Gates. Will Saint Peter and the angels let him in or damn him to hell? Tonight Liberace plays for his life... his eternal life!

Bobby Crush stars as Liberace in "Liberace Live From Heaven", written and directed by Julian Woolford. It's a high-camp show with, of course, heavenly piano playing.

"Liberace Live From Heaven" premieres at Leicester?Square Theatre, from Tuesday October 13 to Sunday November 8.

Bobby Crush has had a 35-year career as a pianist, songwriter, broadcaster, actor and TV presenter. He became a household name when he won Hughie Green's ITV talent show, "Opportunity Knocks", for six consecutive weeks in the early 1970s. He received the Variety Club of Great Britain award for 'Best New Artist' in 1972. His West End successes include three seasons at the London Palladium co-starring alongside Jack Jones, Vic Damone and Julie Andrews; a year with Max Bygraves in "SwingalongaMax" at the Victoria Palace and an appearance in "The Royal Variety Performance" before Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. In 1982 Bobby wrote "Orville's Song" for ventriloquist Keith Harris, which reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart, with 250,000 sales and was awarded a silver disc. He has also appeared in four musicals, starring as Frank N Furter in "The Rocky Horror Show", Vernon Gersch in "They're Playing Our Song", L.M. in "Pump Boys and Dinettes" and Billy Flynn in "Chicago". He presented the daytime ITV game show "Sounds Like Music" between 1989 and 1991. He made his straight theatre debut appearing as Liberace in the courtroom drama "Liberace's Suit" at Jermyn Street Theatre, London, and in 2007 he appeared on Blackpool's North Pier in the Liberace tribute show, "Liberace - Live From Las Vegas".

Wladziu Valentino Liberace (May 16, 1919 - February 4, 1987), better known by only his last name Liberace (pronounced "Liber-Ah-chee), was one of the most flamboyant entertainers the world has ever seen with a love for over the top bling. A pianist of Polish and Italian descent, his act evolved to include over the top fur coats, outrageous diamond rings in the shape of baby grand pianos, and dancing fountains. When Elvis Presley and The Beatles were at the height of their popularity, he was the highest paid entertainer in the world. Liberace began playing the piano at four and while his father took the family to concerts to further expose the children to music. Liberace's prodigious talent was in evidence early. He memorised difficult pieces by age seven. He studied the technique of the famous Polish pianist and later family friend Paderewski. Liberace worked tirelessly to refine his act. He added the candelabra as a signature prop, dressed in white tie and tails, and adopted "Liberace" as his stage name. By 1947, he was billing himself as "Liberace - the most amazing piano virtuoso of the present day". Liberace's final stage performance was at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City on November 2, 1986. His final television appearance was on Christmas Day that same year on the Oprah Winfrey Show TV talk show. He died at the age of 67 on February 4, 1987 at his winter home in Palm Springs, California due to complications from AIDS.

 

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