Maureen McVerry Comes To Eureka Theater With VERRY McVERRY
Maureen McVerry stars in VERRY McVERRY and is making her Solo Debut at the Eureka Theatre in SF. The show will run Sun. June 6, 2010 - 7:00 pm for one night only. Musical Direction is by Dave Dobrusky
Critically-acclaimed musical theater singer and comedic cabaret artist Maureen McVerry presents her ever-evolving cabaret show VERRY McVERRY, with a NEW salute to female lyricists, love, and the pursuit of gratefulness. Musical direction is by Dave Dobrusky. This performance is part of the C.O.O.L. Cabaret Festival - Sunday Spotlight Series. VERRY McVERRY will be performed for One-Night Only, Sun. June 6, 2010 - 7:00 pm at EUREKA THEATRE, 215 Jackson St. (at Front St.) in SF 94111. Tickets are $17. General Admission. Tix Available at http://brownpapertickets.com
For more info call 415/ 347- 5625.
You tube link of a performance clip:
http://verrymcverry.com/pressvideos.htm
To arrange an interview with Maureen McVerry,
please call publicist Lawrence Helman at 415/ 661-1260
Acclaimed singer and performer Maureen McVerry created VERRY McVERRY in 1993 and brings this new evolved version to the Eureka Theatre in SF for the first time. As a cabaret singer in San Francisco she has performed at the New Conservatory Theatre, Herbst Theatre, the Plush Room, the Venetian Room and the Alcazar. VERRY McVERRY has also been performed at 88's in NYC and the Gardenia Room in LA, and at other venues nationally.
VERRY McVERRY follows right after Maureen's starring role as Winnie Spofford in the 42nd Street Moon production of Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein's Very Warm for May (May 8 - 23, 2010) As a stage actress Ms. McVerry celebrates over 25 years in the theatre At ACT she played Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion, Kitty Packard in Dinner at Eight, the Gypsy in Scapin, Carrie in the House of Mirth, and Sister Gabriella in the infamous The Pope and the Witch. At ACT she also played Mrs. Schlemiel in Schlemiel the First and went on with the show to the ART in Cambridge, MA and the Geffen Playhouse in LA. McVerry was featured as Kay in the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival production of Oh Kay! and in two long-running San Francisco shows, Noises Off and The Curse of the Werewolf. At Marin Theatre Company she has appeared in Side by Side by Sondheim, You're Gonna Love Tomorrow, Born Yesterday, Me and My Girl, and Room Service. Maureen has also appeared in four different productions of Noises Off and gladly would do that show weekly to stay in shape. She is the winner of six Bay Area Theatre Critics' Circle Awards and two Drama-Logue Awards. McVerry's film credits include Nine Months, The Dead Pool, True Believer, Big Business, The Ox and the Eye, and on TV in "Full House."
On the Peninsula, Maureen is the Pied Piper of youth theatre at two different schools where she directs musical theatre. For this work she has been told she will be given entry into heaven with no questions asked. She has been married to Rick Alber, who is known as "Dr. Web" on KGO radio, for approximately 4000 years and has two children, Jack and Flannery.
Maureen is currently nominated for a 2009 Bay Area Theatre Critic's Circle (BATCC) Award for her star turn in Wildcat at 42nd Street Moon.
ARTIST WEBSITE: http://verrymcverry.com
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