| Jimmy
Emerson
Jimmy Emerson is an entertainer in the Las Vegas,
Nevada area.
This bio is from Jimmy's website:
The Life and Times of Jimmy Emerson
From the time he was a toddler growing up in Orange,
Texas, Jimmy Emerson knew he wanted to entertain people.
In elementary school when the other kids said they
wanted to be firefighters or astronauts or police
officers, Jimmy told everyone he wanted to be a star.
With that in mind, he studied tap,
ballet, jazz and modern dance. He learned to ice skate
and twirl a baton. He took singing lessons.
Being a drama major at Lamar University
in Beaumont was not enough; Jimmy had to study mime
at Stockton State College, voice and speech with Lorraine
Condor and take an acting workshop at Weist-Barron.
Before he was old enough to vote,
he had appeared in numerous stage shows, using his
strong yet lyrical tenor voice as well as his acting
and dancing talents to pull in great reviews every
time.
His list of acting credits is impressive,
as he has played roles as diverse as Herbie in Sweet
Charity, Mr. Bumble in Oliver!, Captain Hook in Peter
Pan and Thomas Cromwell in A Man for All Seasons.
He has trod the boards at prestigious
venues, such as Dallas Summer Musical Theatre, Theatre
Under the Stars in Houston and South Jersey Regional
Theatre.
Somewhere along the line, he discovered
he had a talent for stand-up comedy and the sort of
glib, quick wit that made him much sought after as
an emcee. It was then that he created his first female
character: Roxie Starr.
In 1984, he auditioned for Breck Wall's
famous comedy-review Bottoms Up and was hired instantly
to be the lead in the touring company of the show,
while Breck continued to play the lead in the Las
Vegas company. When the tour ended, Breck hired him
on as a member of the Las Vegas cast.
From there, he went on to Atlantic
City for a stint in An Evening at La Cage, where he
developed comedy look-alikes as Peggy Lee, Tammy Wynette
and Ann Miller. He took the essence of the Wynette
character and developed a truly hysterical country-western
trailer-trash marvel who goes by the name of Tammy
Spraynette and has been a popular mainstay in Jimmy's
La Cage performances--and even appeared on the Phil
Donahue Show.
During the following years, he alternated
between top Las Vegas shows and his cabaret act, playing
all over the United States, as well as in South America
and Europe. He added several more characters, including
Roseanne and Anna Nicole Smith.
Somehow, he found a way to do all
that and also appear in commercials (including Dr.
Pepper and K-Mart), work in a couple of movies (Wise
Guys, Bleeding Hearts), and even do a stint on a TV
soap (The Center).
In his spare time, he started his
own successful production company, producing and directing
shows with up to 18 members in the cast.
But Jimmy wants more. He wants to
put together a one-man performance that would display
a variety of his original characters and allow him
to use all his talents in one presentation--acting,
dancing, singing, comedy and more. Yes, he has his
eye on Broadway and is working with a team of writers
to put together the show.
His downtime is spent cooking, entertaining,
swimming, jet-skiing and drinking copious amounts
of vodka.
Links of Interest:
Jimmy's
website
If you have more information you would
like to share about Jimmy Emerson, please e-mail the
webmaster at: nick@queermagnet.com
This page was updated
3/18/2006.
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