The interview ranged from her love for the Broadway stage to her latest starring role in the Terrence Davies movie ‘A Quiet Passion’ for which she won rave reviews when it premiered in the Berlinale earlier this year, and which will open in the U.S. in the Fall.
Last summer Rik Ahlberg and queerguru covered ‘CandyLand’ P.Town’s Carnival for P.T.V. On the eve of this year’s Carnival ‘Back To The ’80’s’ here is a very brief look at some of the things + people we came across when we went looking for candy on Commercial Street.
PURL is the first new knitting and yarn store in P.Town for the past 40 years, and Ryan Cooke the creative force behind this new venture talks to queerguru for P.T.V. about why he is going to make this the Town’s new destination for knitting newbies and seasoned sweater makers alike. Ryan assures us (with a big smile on his face) that this new knitting phenomena is just as popular with (cute) men as it is with ladies of a certain age.
After we learn all about his speciality yarns we catch up with some members of an unofficial knitting circle that meets at Joe’s Coffee Shop in P Town every afternoon.
Varla Jean Merman has a very dirty laugh. We managed to grab some alone time (well, with our cameras) with this Southern Gal turned Super Star who regaled us with (some of) the dirt from her summer starring in her hilarious new show ‘A Little White Music’ at the Arthouse in P.Town. Miss Merman admits that she is a lady who just cannot say ‘no’ ( and we are not talking about her hot new beau Jessie), as she said yes again to Ryan Landry and is co-starring with him in his parody ‘Brown Is The New Pink’, plus directing Well Strung in their new summer show too.
Now in her 18th year performing in P Town, Varla Jean Merman is considered ‘Royalty’ by the crowds who pack her shows every night, but that still doesn’t stop het acting less of a lady when the mood takes her. Check out the interview and you’ll see just why P Town cannot get enough of this disarmingly charming 6’2′ redhead hunk in a frock.
Miss Merman is still not to busy to be ruthless however when need be, so she sat down with queerguru the other evening to talk about whatever happened to Mrs Danvers and other hilarious stories from her summer so far. The whole interview will go live and be aired on P.T.V. (and here ) very soon when our Editor stops laughing. Meanwhile here is a wee clip of our conversation with one of P Town’s Royalty and our favorite 6’2″ redhead in a dress.
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