Diva Dish: Showbiz Gossip from the Son of a Hollywood Star
Long Beach Playhouse - Studio Theatre (5021 E. Anaheim St. Long Beach, CA 90804)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00*
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The last date listed for Diva Dish was Saturday August 26, 2006 / 5:00pm.
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Quotes & Highlights
- “Diva Dish is touching, hilarious and completely enthralling! Luke Yankee is such a marvelous storyteller that you’ll want to hear the stories he tells again and again!” --Rex Reed
- "An informal, unique and briiliant bit of theatre... it's worth ten times the ticket price!" --Desert Post Weekly
- “Fun…fascinating…a real trip through showbiz history…Luke Yankee is absolutely marvelous!” --KRON TV
- "Watch all the E! True Hollywood Stories and A&E Biographies you can get your hands on -- you still won't hear half of what Luke Yankee knows about the biggest names in showbiz history!" --Palo Alto Weekly
- "As he rattles off stories about the likes of Marlene Dietrich, Ethel Merman and Vivian Vance, he is a real life Patrick Dennis out of 'Auntie Mame'." --The New York Blade
- “A masterful storyteller…a heartfelt and wonderfully entertaining evening!” --Next Magazine
- "Yankee talks warmly about his encounters with various celebs over the years.” --The Hollywood Reporter
Description
Did you ever wonder what it was like to be a part of showbiz history? You know, Ethel Merman teaching you how to make martinis while Paul Newman gave you acting tips. And then, fielding all those annoying telephone calls from reporters the night your Mom won the Oscar? Welcome to the world of Luke Yankee, son of Broadway and Hollywood actress Eileen Heckart. In DIVA DISH, his one-man show playing at The Long Beach Playhouse Studio Theatre, that’s exactly what you’ll experience. This masterful performer and storyteller invites you into a world you’ve only dreamed about - full of showbiz gossip and behind-the-scenes tales of all your favorite celebrities. This multimedia theatrical event includes never-before seen photos of stars like Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren and Bob Fosse, rare video clips and scores of humorous stories.
Yankee, an actor and director who resides in Los Angeles, Palm Springs and New York, compiled DIVA DISH after his mother, Oscar, Tony, Emmy winner and Theatre Hall of Famer, Eileen Heckart passed away two years ago. “I realized I had this incredibly rich legacy of Broadway and Hollywood memorabilia and I had to do something with it,” says Luke. “The only thing I love more than knowing all these stories is being able to share them.”
During the evening, Luke “dishes” about the major divas in his life and his mother’s – Marlene Dietrich, George Cukor, Marilyn Monroe, Ethel Merman, Lyndon B. Johnson, Bette Davis, and Ellen Degeneres – to name a few – accompanied by video clips, photographs and even a rare audio tape of Joan Crawford. Adding to the fun of the evening, the audience shouts out names in the program as he rattles off hilarious anecdotes about Carol Channing, Paul Newman, Martha Stewart, Lucille Ball, Arthur Miller, Debbie Reynolds – and many more.
Luke Yankee has recently performed DIVA DISH at The Supper Club in New York City, the Los Angeles Theatre Center, for Celebrity Cruise Lines, at the William Inge Theatre Festival and at numerous venues on the west coast. He has upcoming bookings around the country next year and he is currently in negotiations for a book deal.
John Sgueglia director of Roseanne and Married With Children, directs this production that features Mr. Luke Yankee.
About the Ticket Supplier: Long Beach Playhouse
Seventy-five continuous years of quality live theatrical entertainment have established the Long Beach Playhouse as a landmark in the City of Long Beach. The Playhouse produces 16 shows annually with a new play or musical every three weeks on the the Mainstage or upstairs in the Studio Theatre. Long Beach's flagship professional theatre cuts across age, gender, ethnic, and cultural boundaries while being entirely self-supporting through ticket sales and membership support.