It�s All About Me - Dame Edna returns to Broadway

Australia�s most honored, beloved, (and Tony-winning) housewife, Dame Edna Everage, is to return to Broadway with her new show, It's All About Me, a glorious celebration of everything Edna.

Performances for this very limited engagement will begin early-March at a Shubert Theatre to be announced.

This is Dame Edna�s third return to Broadway, following her (Tony Award-winning) 'Dame Edna: The Royal Tour' in 1999, and 2004�s Tony Nominated 'Dame Edna: Back with a Vengeance.'

It's All About Me will be directed by four time Tony award winner Jerry Zaks, who most recently directed Chazz Palminteri�s solo Broadway show 'A Bronx Tale.'

The press release desribes Dame Edna Everage as "housewife, megastar, investigative journalist, social anthropologist, children's book illustrator, diseuse, chanteuse, swami, monstre sacr�, polymath, adviser to British royalty, grief counsellor, spin doctor and icon is, arguably, the most popular and gifted woman in the world today."

Barry Humphries created 'Dame Edna Everage' in his native Australia in the 50's, where he quickly gained a cult following. He first preformed her character on the British stage at the Fortune Theatre in 1968 in 'Just a Show' which received a mixed reception from the critics, though rave notices from writers such as John Osborne. This led to a short-lived television series on BBC 'The Barry Humphries Scandals.'

Though Austrailian, Barry Humphries has found a special place in the British hearts where his characters Dame Edna Everage' and 'Sir Les Patterson' - Australia's foul-mouthed cultural attach� to Britain - are household names. Humphries is a regular guest on British chat shows, such as 'The Graham Norton Show,' and 'Parkinson,' hosted by Michael Parkinson. Parkinson's chat show ran on British TV from 1971 - 1982 and 1998 - 2007). Parkinson honoured Dame Edna by asking her to be his final guest on his final show, which was watched by 8.3 million viewers.

Barry Humphries was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to Entertainment in 2007, the same year as his native city Melbourne re-named a city street (Dame Edna Place) in his honour.

Dame Edna Everage is a character who refuses to accept her fictional status, in numberous interviews Dame Edna has commented that she finds the idea of a man dessing up as a woman for entertainment purposes "repulsive." According to Dame Edna, Humprhies is merely her manager, and it is reported that the two regularly have disagreements on this issue.