Do you remember that great 70s sitcom, She’s Got a Job!? If you do then you probably remember the irresistible secretary Callie Carter. I mean, who doesn’t, right? If you do then you also remember the incomparable Jillane Jenkins who played Callie. Wait, this doesn’t sound familiar? What if I told you this is all a ruse for the sublime talents of Nicole Parker (MadTV, Wicked on Broadway) to showcase her improvisational skills and her wonderful singing. Tuesday night Parker is performing as Jillane Jenkins in her show A Suitcase Full of Lies. The one-night only performance is at the Skylight Theatre in Los Feliz.
Parker has appeared locally at the Geffen Playhouse in These Paper Bullets and won an Ovation Award for her performance as Fanny Brice in the musical Funny Girl.
On MadTV she was known for her wild parodies such as in the clip below of Parker as Ellen DeGeneres singing a rewritten version of Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl.”
So imagine putting these qualities together for a 65-minute show that showcases all these strengths and serves as a parody for celebrity self-indulgent solo shows where the only thing on display is ego. It’s definitely a show not to be missed.
