Jeffrey Johnson: Edie Beale LIVE at Reno Sweeney
Presented in association with Ganymede Arts

Show Description

LITTLE EDIE BEALE'S INFAMOUS 1978 CABARET ACT RE-STAGED!

"Excellent and pure perfection. TRULY ASTONISHING!"
-Albert Maysles

"Jeffrey Johnson's "Little Edie Beale" is Flawless!"
-Sandra Bernhard

Jeffrey "has channeled Little Edie AS IF HE KNEW HER. This show is so close to being in the company of Little Edie. This one of a kind performance reunites me with my friend."
-Jerry Torre (the Marble Faun)

"Jeffrey Johnson skillfully, unsentimentally and yet with compassionate insight, explores a lost chapter of the ever fascinating Edie Beale saga."
-Charles Busch (Tony nominated playwright and star of Die, Mommie, Die! and Vampire Lesbians of Sodom)

“An unlikely source, Jeffrey Johnson, brought such a loving, moving portrayal of Edie Beale to our stage. Our audience left the show half expecting to step out into 1978.”
-Joe's Pub

"Brilliant"
-MetroWeekly

"Johnson's Little Edie is both Grand & Gratifying!"
-Washington CityPaper

"Johnson is Spot On"
-Washington Blade

"Fascinating"
-DCist.com

Written by Gerald Duval, Edie Beale's manager for the Reno Sweeney event, After the Garden brings back to life those 7 nights in 1978 that only a handful of people had the opportunity to see. Ganymede Arts, DC's Complete GLBT Arts company, is pleased to bring back to Joe's Pub it's world premier hit!

More information at www.ganymedearts.org/ATG.htm