Jorge Perez Evelyn is an actor performer, dancer and singer.
Early life
Being only 18 years old, he was in a musical show named "Verdisimo" in Popea. This musical was followed by the revue show Las Vegas style called "Los Vecinos de Corrientes", directed by Edgardo Cane and produced by Argentinian journalist Leo Vanés. The producer Antonio Prat invited Evelyn to starring a revue named "Una Noche de Locura" with the comedian Alberto Locati and the Argentinian folkloric ballet named "Argentina Trio" in a tour that lasted several months around the country. A year later,Gerardo Sofovich, the Argentinian producer, selected Evelyn as the attraction for his musical production called "Corrientes de Lujo", in Sans Souci music hall. This Theater was considered as the closest Argentinian version to Le Lido of Paris. It was located in the entertainment venue in Buenos AiresAvenida Corrientes. In this musical Evelyn shared the stage with Betty Lascaris, who was a dancer of the Moulin Rouge of Paris. Other Argentinian artists acting on this musical were Estela Raval, Marty Cosens and Chico Novarro. As a result of this musical, Evelyn quickly became part of the news in the magazines as showing in the pages 76 and 77 of Gente y la actualidad published by Editorial Atlántida, and Magazine siete dias both magazines specializing in the show business. The militaries, also known as thedirty war took over the Argentinian government. Evelyn was supposed to starring a movie with a well-known Argentinian comedian Alberto Olmedo. The film was named " My girlfriend the transvestite". The military censor did not allow to use the worldtransvestite in the movie name, and it ended up being named "My girlfriend him"...As soon as the military censorship realized that a real transvestite was the star of the movie furiously let the producer know that "he will not allow a man dressed as a woman in the movie",. It was that made Jorge to decide to leave his country seeing that there was no chance of progress.
Career
A tour for all over Latin America with an stop in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for a successful press conference was followed by the musical in Caracas, Venezuela a country that wide opened their arms to receive Evelyn. Soon he become the center o the press showing in the cover of all Venezuelan magazines. He did there two musicals "Noche de Gala" and "Gran Variety a lo Riviera", produced by Joaquin Riviera, both productions lasted for a full year.Libertad Leblanc an Argentinian movie star who is Jorge's friend, suggested to Evelyn do not miss Europe. Libertad screamed to the press in Europe: "soon there will be arriving Evelyn, an stage's artist produced in America, be ready to be enjoy him"...The public, producers and press critics that assisted to the Evelyn Show presentation in Cerebros Music Hall in Madrid, Spain,, was impressed by jorge stage talent, that a week later he was in the cover of the Magazine Chiss. They called Evelyn to be the successor of the English Actor Danny La Rue, and a contract followed the presentation for performing in European cities that lasted for 3 years, named International Evelyn Show. EVELYN performed in several Music Halls all over Europe including private millionaire's parties at the Costa del Sol, discothèques and Theatres. America have claimed Evelyn back in the 1999's, and after a long tour that lasted several years in Miami, Las Vegas and New York City shows, Jorge decided to put an stop at his career and settle in New York City and Long Island, to help develop his life time partner Rodolfo Valentin his career. A chain of hair salons where opened in the New York City and Long Island NY area. As a result, Jorge has turned his former show-business life into an entrepreneur. Jorge Perez currently resides in New York.
