THE HEBREW HILLBILLY – Fifty Shades of Oy Vey
is BACK in-person! Join us for this special benefit performance!
is BACK in-person! Join us for this special benefit performance!
It’s a musical rock n' roller coaster ride, filled with humor and pathos, served with cornbread and cleavage.
A fabulous evening of theatre with Ms. Fisher, and support for the Playhouse – it’s a Win! Win! Win!
“Shelley Fisher rips the roof off with her bluesy, ballsy, autobiographical one-woman show – while ripping at the heart strings of her packed houses."
The longest-running musical solo show in America with the Down Home Diva herself is back at the Playhouse! Based upon her unique Dixie Fried background, Shelley created THE HEBREW HILLBILLY and collaborated with multi-platinum hit songwriters Ken Hirsch (Bette Midler, Air Supply, Barbra Streisand), Harold Payne (Rod Stewart, The Temptations, Bobby Womack) and Steve Rawlins (I Want To Win A Grammy Before I Am A Granny; arranger for The Emmys, Grammys, Smokey Robinson and more), to write 17 original songs for her hilarious and captivating production. Fisher unifies her packed audiences while poking fun at her Jewish upbringing in the South and makes topics like racism, discrimination, antisemitism and sexism somehow entertaining.
Relevant and slightly irreverent, THE HEBREW HILLBILLY, reminds us that we are more alike than we are different. Singer/songwriter, recording artist and performer Fisher grew up Jewish in Memphis at the end of segregation and the start of rock n’ roll - with a father who escaped Russia at the age of 11, raised a beautiful family in the racist Red Neck South and died of a brain hemorrhage at 45 - and a mother who quietly renamed pork, red roast beef, at the dinner table (paper plates of course) so she could serve it without being found out!
This universal show is both appealing and poignant to all groups, regardless of age or background, for its ability to bring folks together using Shelley’s warm Memphis charm and earthy Southern voice.
"Fisher's story of a good little southern Jewish girl with big rock and roll dreams gets fueled by fourteen show-stopping numbers co written with renowned hit makers, Kenny Hirsch (I've Never Been To Me, No One In The World) and Harold Payne (Bobby Womack, Snoop Dogg). The music packs an authentic Memphis punch blending rock with blues, and a lot of soul."
Over the course of her career, Shelley has recorded a solo album on Fantasy Records, wrote “Disgorilla,” the sequel to Rick Dee’s “Disco Duck,” and scored a vocal it with “Wonder Woman” on Road Show Records. Her live performance lineup includes the Playbox Clubs International, the Improv, Marina City Club, Moonshadows and BB King’s. Her unique blend of music and comedy has captivated audiences worldwide. In addition to “The Hebrew Hillbilly,” Shelley is the creator and star of the hit comedy cooking show, “ForkPlay®.”
Known as "The Memphis Belle of L.A.," anyone who has ever met Fisher, sweet as she is spicy, knows of her genuine, down home personality that puts you immediately at ease - and this warmth lies at the beating heart of The Hebrew Hillbilly.” Xaque Gruber, The Huffington Post.
Special One-Time Performance
Sunday, June 12 at 6:30 pm
Sunday, June 12 at 6:30 pm
Tickets are $39 and use code 10OFF for $10 off each ticket!
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