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MUSIC LEGEND TO APPEAR IN PALM DESERT FOR
ONE SHOW ONLY
Roberta Linn To Star In “An Afternoon With
Roberta”, Sunday, June 2, 2019
PALM DESERT, CA – One of the desert’s
favorite performers, Roberta Linn, will perform
a special cabaret concert on Sunday, June
2, 2019 at the Arthur Newman Theater at the
Jolsyn Center in Palm Desert. The show will
feature many of her signature songs along with
insider stories about her life, career, and close
friendships with some of the biggest names in
show business. Joining Roberta will be a trio
led by Kevin Tokarz on piano, with Danny Flahive
on Bass, and Gary Whiteside on drums.
The show will kick off the 11th season of Les
Michaels’ Cabaret On Sundays Series that will
run through September 29th. Tickets for this
one show only performance will be sold at the
door for $15 cash only at the Arthur Newman
Theatre’s box office that opens at 1 PM and
located in the Joslyn Center at 73750 Catalina
Way in Palm Desert. For questions please call
Les Michaels at 760-325-2731
Roberta Linn has been in show business since
the age of three, appearing in a string of films
along side Shirley Temple, and in the Our
Gang series. By 17 years old, Roberta Linn WHEN: Sunday, June 2, 2019 at 2 PM
was entertaining television audiences weekly
as Lawrence Welk's original Champagne
WHO: Roberta Linn in “An Afternoon With
Roberta”
Lady. Shortly after leaving the Welk Show, her
first engagement in Las Vegas was to co-star WHAT: A cabaret concert with Kevin Tokarz
at the New Frontier Hotel under the musical on piano, Danny Flahive on bass, Gary Whiteside
on drums.
direction and arrangements by Nelson Riddle,
choreographed by Charlie O'Curran and gowns
designed by Edith Head. The performance HOW: Tickets are sold cash only for $15 at the
received rave reviews. "Variety"-Las Vegas door beginning at 1 PM
wrote, "Roberta Linn, the best friend a song
WHERE: Arthur Newman Theatre, at the Joslyn
Center, 73750 Catalina Way, Palm Desert.
ever had". She then went on to appear with
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Version Questions: on-line. desertdailyguide.com
Call Les Michaels at 760-325-2731
ta Linn won TV's coveted "Emmy Award", as
the Outstanding Talent Of The Year when she
starred coast-to-coast in her own television
show, Roberta Linn's "CAFE CONTINENTAL"
sponsored by the Gas Appliance Dealers of
America. At the same time this was being televised,
she also appeared in the syndicated TV
show "FROSTY FROLICS". She has appeared
in numerous feature films, countless TV guest
spots, and a long list of recordings in addition
to her travels performing around the world and
headlining shows at top hotels and nightclubs
in Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe, and Reno including
five years at the Stardust and Desert Inn
Hotels. Roberta, who is now resides here in the
desert, will be the first of 18 Sunday shows of
the Cabaret On Sundays Series that will run
through September 28, 2019
Roberta Linn in “An Afternoon with Roberta”
is Sunday, June 2, 2019 at 2 PM; with $15
tickets sold cash only at the box office at the
Arthur Newman Theatre at the Joslyn Center,
73750 Catalina Way in Palm Desert. Doors
open at 1 PM and open seating at 1:30 PM.
The complete schedule for the series my be
found at lesmichaels.com/Joslyn.html