Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer
Veronica Klaus is brassy and confident onstage discussing her sex change in ‘Family Jewels.’ In person, though, she protects her privacy.
In her one-woman show, “Family Jewels,” the flame-haired chanteuse Veronica Klaus picks up an antique tuba, hoists it over her shoulder and plays the upbeat lament “All of Me.” It’s a great image for a cabaret performer to offer a crowd — a slice of 21st century vaudeville — but also an ironic one, given that Klaus, 5-foot-10 and gorgeous, is a transsexual.