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FROM SOVO.COM: Shut up, Sweet Varla Infamous drag queen takes on horror classic By JIM FARMER

‘Shut Up Sweet Charlotte!’ Jan. 22 – 31 14th Street Playhouse 173 14th Street 404-733-5000

LADY BUNNY ISN'T THE ONLY NOTABLE DRAG performer hitting Atlanta this month. Next week, gay actor Jeffery Roberson, better known as the statuesque redhead Varla Jean Merman, bows in the comedy “Shut Up Sweet Charlotte!”

“Shut Up Sweet Charlotte!” is inspired by the 1964 horror film “Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte” with Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland, which is itself a gay favorite. The Southern Gothic film is well known for its campiness and its casting of angelic de Havilland in the villainess role.

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