According to Center Theatre Group, "Dame Edna, the widely loved international homemaker, talk show host, gigastar, fashion icon, guru, swami and most-sought-after friend of the rich, famous and royal, is making a welcome return to the Ahmanson where she played in Dame Edna: Back with a Vengeance! for two raucous weeks in the spring of 2006." For more than four decades Dame Edna has "dazzled audiences the world over with her one-of-a-kind banter, infinite wisdom and fabulous beauty tips." She won a 2000 Special Tony Award for a Live Theatrical Event for her Broadway debut in Dame Edna: The Royal Tour, which also won a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Special Achievement Award.

Created by Australian actor and author Barry Humphries, Dame Edna is a national icon in her native Australia.

For tickets to Dame Edna: My First Last Tour, call (213) 628-2772 or online at www.CenterTheatreGroup.org.

Tickets can also be obtained in person at the Center Theatre Group box office at the L.A. Music Center. For groups, call (213) 972-7231. For the deaf community, information and charge, call TDD (213) 680-4017.

Hot Tix at $20 each can be purchased in advance or, subject to availability, on the day of performance at the box office (cash only). For further information, please call (213) 628-2772.

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Seven U.S. engagements preceded the L.A. dates. My First Last Tour will also play Bass Performance Hall in Ft. Worth, TX, June 23-28.

Visit www.dame-edna.com.