For Immediate Release
November 20, 2010
YouTube Sensation Miranda Sings Makes Her Chicago Debut for Two Shows Only in
Miranda Sings Live! An MSG Productions, LLC Presentation
Highland Park, IL, November 20, 2010 – YouTube sensation Miranda Sings makes her Chicago performance debut today when her hilarious cabaret musical comedy Miranda Sings Live! premieres in Highland Park for two performances only. Starring New York-based actress and singer Colleen Ballinger as Miranda Sings, the shows are at 2:00pm and 8:00pm at The Music Theatre Company Space in Highland Park. An MSG Productions, LLC presentation, Producer Missy Greenberg brings another national talent to the place she calls home. Performing with Miranda are Chicago actors Heather Lundstedt, Patrick Martin, Nate Lewellyn and New York singer/actress Malynda Hale. Featuring Chicago music director/lyricist and composer Will Buck as the accompanist, . In the past year, Colleen Ballinger as Miranda Sings has sold out at venues across the world in cities that include New York, Dublin, Sydney, London, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Tickets are $30; $20 for students and can be purchased at http://www.theatermania.com/chicago/shows/miranda-sings-live_174128/ or call: 866-811-4111.
Miranda Sings is a character created by New York-based comedian and singer Colleen Ballinger. Her videos have gone viral via YouTube with nearly 11 million hits. The character is a satire of increasingly common YouTube videos featuring mediocre or even bad, but egotistical, singers who film themselves singing as a form of self-promotion and who ignore the realistic or cruel comments of “haters” commenting on their videos. Miranda Sings is supposedly from Tacoma, Washington. She sings comically off-key, is self-absorbed and has a sassy attitude. She responds to viewers who take the videos seriously with the catchphrase “Haters back off!” telling her critics that they are “just jealous” and that “haters make me famous”. The character includes facial tics, particularly unusually active eyebrows, a crooked smile and pronunciation quirks. In place of lyrics that she cannot remember, the character “scat” sings. She also wears lipstick drawn beyond the borders of her lips, dresses in mismatched and out-of-style clothing and often dances stiffly to the music she is performing.
LINKS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW-Qy3ZXn8g
http://www.youtube.com/user/mirandasings08
To arrange an interview with Colleen Ballinger or for photos:
CONTACT: Abbe Sparks @ abbe@abbesparksmediarelations.com or 224.567.9166
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