George Burns--What A Life!

Starring Alan DeValerio

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  George Burns--What A Life! 
    starring Alan DeValerio
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    I thought George Burns was standing in front of me when I was at Alan DeValerio's George Burns show at the D.C. Fringe Festival.  His delivery was perfection and those funny jokes from vaudeville's golden years hit home.  Bravo Alan!

Joel Markowitz
D.C. Theater Reviews

  ...the audience appreciated your impersonation of George Burns very much.  From quiet smiles, through restrained chuckles to outright guffaws, everyone found their way to both laugh and cry.  Some felt they were visiting with an old friend, while the younger members of the audience simply appreciated learning about the life of a comedian whom they admired.

Leah Brown
Executive Director
Augusta JCC

Alan,
Thank you so very much for your performance of George Burns.  It was brilliant!   To think that George Burns and Gracie Allen performed on the stage of the Maryland Theatre and now it has happened again, it was truly a marvelous event. Please come back and entertain us again.

Brian Sullivan
Executive Director
The Md. Theater (www.mdtheatre.org)

    

    Alan DeValerio has created a one-man show as the late, great comedian George Burns. Alan takes you on a trip down memory lane in a humorous and touching tribute to a unique character in the annals of the entertainment industry. 
   
George Burns (born Nathan Birnbaum in 1896) had a career that spanned almost an entire century, from his start in vaudeville to his memorable days with Gracie Allen, and beyond to his starring roles in "The Sunshine Boys" and "Oh, God", and his later career on the stage.  


    Alan (as George Burns) relates all the fascinating details of the great entertainer's career, and he even does some of the old vaudeville routines with the offstage "voice" of Gracie Allen! This is a must see show for those who fondly remember the humor of George Burns. 


NEXT PUBLIC PERFORMANCE:  The National Theatre, Washington, D.C., Feb. 23, 2009 at 6:00PM and 7:30PM

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PAST PERFORMANCES:  Charlie Hall's Dinner Theater (R.I.), Strier JCC (Mass.), Greater Pittsburgh JCC, Damascus Senior Center  (Md.), Holiday Senior Center (Md.),  Mt. Airy Senior Center (Md.), Brockport Kiwanis Club (N.Y.), Westminster Senior Center (Md.), Gaithersburg Arts Barn (Md.),  The Capital Fringe Festival,  Augusta, Ga. JCC, The Maryland Theater, Evergreens @ Columbia Town Center, The Gardens of Annapolis, Atrium Village (Baltimore), Linden Ponds (Mass.), Firehouse Center for the Arts (Mass.), Brightview Commons (R.I.), South Bay Manor (R.I.), The Willows at Westborough (Mass.), Loomis House (Mass.), The Greens at Cannondale (Ct.), The Glenridge on Palmer Ranch (Fl.), Carriage Club (Fl.), Cypress Village (Fl.), Aston Gardens at Pelican Marsh (Fl.),  among many others...

NEXT PUBLIC PERFORMANCE:  The National Theatre, Washington, D.C.




 

 
 Be sure to visit page 2 on this web site (place cursor over "home", above left)  to see a short video clip of the show and to order a DVD...The entire show runs approximately one hour.