BayWindows.com – by Hannah Clay Wareham – Staff Reporter
Varla Jean Merman, the fictional creation of actor Jeffrey Roberson and the purported love child of Ernest Borgnine and Ethel Merman, will be descending upon Boston in all her glory for a special Valentine’s Day performance at Machine. On the heels of an “Ugly Betty” guest spot, this performance is the next step in Merman’s national takeover of all things theatrical — she’s performed at Carnegie Hall, judged a “Project Runway” episode, starred as Mary Sunshine in the Broadway revival of “Chicago,” produced and starred in an animated short for LOGO, and is the only drag queen we can think of who doesn’t lip-synch. Ever.