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	Theater Go Round Provincetown,MA --Lea Delaria
		She is joining forces with The Public Theater's 2nd in command Peter Dubois, and creating a wild ride of a show with plans to tour world wide ultimately ending with a television special.
		This should solidify Lea DeLaria as a true music, comedy, and performance master, as well as; as John Fordham of the UK’s Guardian puts it,
		Lea DeLaria's albums and live performances have earned her glowing reviews - Q magazine commented "Lea DeLaria is blessed with one of the most beautiful voices around", and Time Out claimed "the gal can certainly swing".
	www.theatregoround.com /lea_delaria.htm (331 words)

	Lea DeLaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lea DeLaria (born May 23, 1958 at Belleville, Illinois) is a US comedian, actor, and jazz musician.
		An extremely prominent figure in the world of lesbian stand-up comedy, she is noted for her raunchy persona and inflammatory, irreverent political commentary, which have proven controversial inside and outside the gay and lesbian community.
		However, unlike Bernhard, DeLaria focuses on traditional and modern be-bop jazz.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lea_DeLaria (340 words)

	Tim Tyrrell \| Lea Delaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Lea stopped by to talk about her new CD and live performances at Caroline's Comedy Club.
		Lea was featured in the film "The First Wives Club" in which she played a lesbian in a gay bar.
		Lea, herself a self described out lesbian was excited to do her scene with Goldie Hawn.
	members.aol.com /timtyrrell/035.html (104 words)

	Oasis: Delaria boasts new album, roasts Ellen
		Delaria says the next in the pecking order is mailmen, doctors, lawyers, shipping agents, pretty much any regular person in the gay community.
		The media went crazy after Delaria, on a stage in front of the Capitol, said she was glad about Clinton being elected because there was finally a first lady in the White House that she wanted to sleep with.
		Delaria says this is not a new trend, but it is one that causes us the most grief as a community, because it pits us against ourselves and makes us easier targets.
	www.oasismag.com /Issues/9704/cover.html (2945 words)

	glbtq >> arts >> DeLaria, Lea
		Lea DeLaria hails from Belleville, Illinois, where she was born on May 23, 1958.
		DeLaria relocated to Massachusetts in the late 1980s, spending seven years developing her acts as both a comedian and singer.
		DeLaria was grateful to Wolfe for casting her even though she was then much better known for her stand-up comedy than for her acting.
	www.glbtq.com /arts/delaria_l.html (849 words)

	CD Review of Lea DeLaria - Double Standards on Telarc @ jazzreview.com
		Not only does Lea DeLaria dismiss the ossified notions defining what jazz should be—and what material a jazz singer should cover—but also she chooses lyrics that may induce panic among the more gentile listeners who think that bebop is the latest innovation that the genre has to offer.
		DeLaria’s intentions on Double Standards (such a perfect name for her debut album on Telarc!) are insistently to identify alternative rock songs and adapt them to the jazz idiom.
		Once DeLaria has captured her listeners’ attention with lyrics of dubious morality—or that question the validity of society’s mores—only half of her task is done.
	www.jazzreview.com /cdreview.cfm?ID=9231 (676 words)

	Lea DeLaria: Double Standards
		Lea Delaria has been called “the best singer in the world” by comedian/actress Sandra Bernhardt.
		And like Lee, DeLaria may not be taken as seriously as she should because she sings popular songs.
		Another reason that DeLaria may not be taken seriously is that she began her career as a lesbian-themed comedian who then morphed into a jazz/cabaret singer.
	www.jazzitude.com /delaria_double.htm (718 words)

	Lea DeLaria Biography :: Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The daughter of jazz pianist Robert DeLaria, she actually began her career as a jazz singer at age 16.
		By 1982, DeLaria had relocated to San Francisco and was persuaded to try her hand at standup.
		DeLaria gave a nicely modulated performance as a lesbian bar owner who helps a teenager struggling with his sexual orientation in "Edge of Seventeen" (1999).
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/fulldetail/id/191438 (813 words)

	LEA DELARIA
		Lea has also toured Europe performing at the Montreux and London Jazz Festivals and was the master of ceremonies for Just for Laughs in the Montreal Comedy Festival.
		Lea DeLaria is coming to the Bay Area to star in Once Upon a Mattress, presented by 42nd Street Moon (show runs Dec 8, 2004 - Jan 2, 2005).
		DeLaria plays Carol Burnett’s original role of Princess Winnifred the Woebegone, newly arrived in a distant kingdom to see if she can become the Prince’s bride by passing a test set by the wicked Queen (is there any other kind?).
	www.queerculturalcenter.org /Pages/DELARIA.html (674 words)

	Lea DeLaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sweet, bright-eyed, and ecstatic, Lea DeLaria sits in her New York apartment on the brink of stardom.
		DeLaria got the role of Hildy through Heidi Griffiths, the lesbian assistant casting director at the Public Theater.
		In fact, DeLaria says that being out was more important to her than any specific love relationship or the approval of her family.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/1in10/97/09/DYKE_ON_BROADWAY.html (1313 words)

	Lea DeLaria @ Filmbug
		Lea is not the girl next door, in fact, she not even allowed in the neighborhood.
		She is a writer, singer, stand-up comic and actor whose brash style landed her in the world spotlight including the first appearance of an openly gay comic on national television via The Arsenio Hall Show and as a host of Comedy Central's first all-gay special Out There.
		Lea's first stand-up gig was April 19S2 in San Francisco where she became an immediate hit with the gay and lesbian community.
	www.filmbug.com /db/111740 (315 words)

	Celebrities
		One of stand-up comedy's brightest stars, DeLaria, who has also gained fame as a talented jazz singer and a successful actor, is hailed as the queen of gay comedy.
		The daughter of strict Italian Catholics, DeLaria credits her many years of Catholic school for her sense of humor, and straight women for her success.
		DeLaria has made incredible waves, especially considering that she has never tried to be anything other than an in-your-face, unabashedly butch lesbian with a big heart.
	www.planetout.com /entertainment/starstruck/feature/package.html?sernum=9 (294 words)

	Lea Delaria
		Entertainment Weekly sums it all up with "A star is born with Lea DeLaria." Whether she's stunning theater-goers with her exuberant stage performances or amazing nightclub audiences with her expert jazz interpretations and riveting mastery of scat, Lea DeLaria leaves an indelible impression on everyone who sees her work.
		A celebrated musical performer, Lea is currently receiving rave reviews for her revival of Meat Loaf's roles as Eddie and Dr. Scott in Broadway's THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, playing at Circle in the Square Theater.
		Lea also performed in City Center Encores!' 'LIL ABNER as Marryin' Sam and appeared as Big Mama Morton in the national tour of CHICAGO.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/theat/leadelaria.shtml (706 words)

	Aisle Say (NY): WARNER BROTHERS LAUNCHES LEA DeLARIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		DeLaria, who was known mainly as a downtown artist until her performance as Hildy in both the Delacorte and Broadway Public Theatre productions of "On The Town," is a difficult performer to pigeonhole.
		I've seen Lea DeLaria on stage and in films any number of times, but I almost missed her when she passed in front of me. She's about a foot shorter than I am -- I'm always astounded when larger than life performers aren't giants.
		DeLaria held up the artwork for the invitation, a caricature of her wielding a knife dripping blood and words proclaiming "Lea Kills." "What's with the pearls?" she asked, referring to the neck adornment in the artwork.
	www.aislesay.com /FTR-DELARIA.html (1294 words)

	Lea Delaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Delaria's voice occasionally gets stretched a bit thin, but she's a first-rate interpreter with a fine sense of tempo and nuance who's willing to take risks in the arrangements as well as in her choice of songs."
		Lea Delaria sings two songs "Hot Patootie" and "Eddie's Teddy" in the recent Broadway cast recording of
		Lea Delaria appeared with a jazz quartet from October 25 through November 18, 2001, at Joe's Pub in the East Village of Manhattan.
	www.johnrpierce.com /delaria3.html (301 words)

	The Task Force - Media Center - Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Lea DeLaria's recent productions might offer a surprise to her long-time fans.
		DeLaria, whose one-woman show, "It's Delightful, It's Delicious, It's DeLaria," has played to sold-out venues across the country, now appropriately takes her comedy and musical act to this year's Creating Change conference.
		It is a homecoming of sorts of DeLaria, as she lived in San Francisco in the mid-80s.
	www.thetaskforce.org /media/release.cfm?releaseID=11 (667 words)

	CD Review of Lea DeLaria - Play It Cool on Warner Bros. @ jazzreview.com
		I have been a great fan of Lea DeLaria's comic work for years and am pleased to say her musical talents are even more impressive.
		You can hear Sarah and Ella clearly in DeLaria's elegant, and soulful performance as she stays strong in the Jazz tradition yet is creatively forging her own style.
		With her heart stopping low register and playful, relaxed delivery, Lea DeLaria has added to the Jazz songbook and created some new standards with her "Play It Cool".
	www.jazzreview.com /cdreview.cfm?ID=1165 (348 words)

	Here's Hildy! Comic Lea DeLaria dons a dress and stands Broadway on it's ear - Brief Article - Interview Advocate, The ...
		Actually, DeLaria explains, singing was her first professional job: As a teenager she accompanied her jazz-pianist dad in jazz clubs in the Midwest.
		DeLaria's big break into musical theater came last summer when George C. Wolfe, producer for New York City's Public Theater, mounted a limited-run revival of On the Town.
		DeLaria obliged by turning the supporting role of Hildy into the show's must-see performance, winning an Obie and a New York Theater Award in the process.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1589/is_n768/ai_21114613 (524 words)

	AfterEllen.com - Interview with Lea DeLaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		If you enjoyed Lea DeLaria’s celebrated 2001 jazz vocal debut disc Playin’ It Cool and have been anxiously awaiting her next foray into jazz vocals, your patience is about to be rewarded.
		Where openly gay DeLaria, best known for her stand-up comedy and acting roles, previously reinterpreted the songs of Broadway with a jazz flair, she now turns her gaze to modern rock standards, such as Green Day’s “Longview” and Los Lobos’ “Kiko and The Lavender Moon,” reinventing them in ways few might have ever imagined.
		Lea DeLaria: The music industry is going through a state of flux right now, trying to deal with the free music on the internet and all those sorts of things.
	www.afterellen.com /Music/2005/3/delaria.html (720 words)

	Telarc International:
		The unstoppable Lea DeLaria, a unique performer whose multi-dimensional identity includes recording artist, stand-up comic, Broadway actress and more, gives the jazz treatement to a diverse selection of rock classics on her new Telarc release, Double Standards.
		DeLaria’s brash and brilliant renditions of hit tracks by these and other rock and pop artists is a convincing demonstration that the criteria for finding great songs knows no boundaries.
		Q magazine claimed “Lea DeLaria is blessed with one of the most beautiful voices around,” while Time Out declared “the gal can certainly swing,” and the Guardian summed her up as a performer who “talks like a coffee grinder, and sounds like a cross between Ella Fitzgerald and a Broadway diva.”
	www.telarc.com /gscripts/title.asp?gsku=5509&mscssid=UVTJ1PN6HNXU9PMD6N0JWNL5UNNNAJ3B (1073 words)

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		Lea DeLaria was polling the audience at the Plush Room in San Francisco.
		DeLaria swings sweet havoc with the Pretenders’ “Tattooed Love Boys” and Green Day’s “Longview.” “But this isn’t lounge against the machine,” she says.
		The daughter of jazz pianist Robert, Lea accompanied her dad to nightclubs in East St. Louis, Ill., as a girl.
	www.out.com /print_article.asp?id=10079&catid=16 (374 words)

	Lea DeLaria
		DeLaria's popularity has led to a blossoming acting career, including several upcoming film roles and recent appearances on TV's Friends, Matlock, Saved by the Bell, The John Larroquette Show and Food Network's Chef Du Jour (the dyke tosses a mean caesar salad).
		Lea DeLaria will be in the Chicago area Sunday, Aug. 11 for performances at Northalsted Marketdays and Temptations in Franklin Park.
		I'm not the first Lea DeLaria either, it's a family name-every generation of DeLaria from Sicily, there's been a Lea DeLaria.
	www.windycitymediagroup.com /archives/outlines/archives/aug96/delaria.html (1167 words)

	Lea DeLaria
		Lea DeLaria has been breaking rules all her life.
		Read all about it as Lea falls hard for the girl of her dreams...reveals how Judy Garland helped her to find her first New York apartment...and gives an appreciation of sex toys that is as outrageous as it is heartfelt.
		Lea DeLaria is primarily known as the first openly gay comic to appear on national television, with appearances on The Arsenio Hall Show and Comedy Central's all-gay special, Out There, which she hosted.
	www.queertheory.com /histories/d/delaria_lea.htm (713 words)

	Lea DeLaria brings down the house in 'Mattress' revival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		But DeLaria quadruples the comic energy each time she walks, charges, flounders or staggers onstage, and multiplies the musical pleasures as well.
		DeLaria takes the role long owned by Carol Burnett and invests it with her own comic sensibilities, playing with it, wrestling it into submission, puffing it back up, mocking herself and making it her own.
		Enter Princess Winnifred, called Fred (DeLaria), who swims the moat to get into the palace and almost demolishes the court with the blunt force of her brassy voice as she introduces herself as "Shy." Dauntless is smitten, if only in admiration of her swimming prowess.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/12/13/DDG6RAA7LT1.DTL&type=performance (710 words)

	BBC - Radio 4 - Woman's Hour -Lea DeLaria
		The American performer Lea DeLaria was once described as the anti-Ellen - by which they presumably meant the unsanitized face of lesbian comedy.
		As well as being a stand up, Lea has starred in Broadway musicals and in numerous TV programmes and she's well known in her native United States as a very out and proud lesbian activist.
		Lea DeLaria singing Call Me from her new album and tells Martha who she choose the music for it.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio4/womanshour/22_09_03/saturday/info1.shtml (141 words)

	Amazon.com: Double Standards: Music: Lea DeLaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Lea Delaria has an alto that is nicely sultry and smoky and it adds heft to some of these songs that wasn't always present in the originals.
		DeLaria's singing comes more into its own on this second outing even if the first effort took on her home turf Broadway.
		Lea manages expertly the difficult task of translating rock songs into a traditional jazz vocabulary and the band is excellent.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0007QJ1F2?v=glance (1507 words)

	Lea DeLaria \| Play It Cool
		After all, Lea DeLaria is known for her work as a comic and for her appearances on the Broadway stage neither of which is a breeding ground for jazz musicians.
		DeLaria wisely includes two unjustly neglected gems, Cy Coleman’s “With Every Breath I Take” and Stephen Sondheim’s “Losing My Mind.” Unfortunately, her improvisations on these ballads tend to wander a bit distracting from her otherwise attentive reading of the lyrics.
		DeLaria is simply indulging in a private passion or if she intends to continue singing jazz on a regular basis.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=8759 (572 words)

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