Larry King: Standing Up Held At Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts

Larry King will bring his own hilarious stories to the stage of Whitman Hall at The Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts (at Campus Road and Hillel Place) with his new show Larry King: STANDING UP, on Saturday, February 4th at 7:30PM. This unique series of performances will mark King's first stage appearance since completing his triumphant 25-years on the award-winning CNN program "Larry King Live." Tickets are $47-$127 and can be purchased by calling (718) 951-4500 or by logging on to www.brooklyncenter.com or www.tickets.com. Prior to this engagement, Larry will be performing at The Palace Theatre, Stamford Theater for the Performing Arts in Stamford, CT on Thursday, February 2nd at 7:30PM (http://www.scalive.org).

Larry King is a name that has been woven into the fabric of American culture, being invited into the living rooms of millions of people every night for 25 years on CNN. He has been kissed by Marlon Brando; he's tussled with Jerry Seinfeld; he was the first to sit down with Paris Hilton after she left prison; he's interviewed people that never give interviews like the press-shy Frank Sinatra; and his coverage 9/11 will forever be remembered. In today's society, you can't be considered a success until you've sat down across the table from the master: Larry King.

With his brand new Broadway style comedy show, the award-winning broadcast icon will be giving fans a hilarious and insightful look inside the legend with a series of exclusive, one-night-only performances for audiences across the country. Starting with his life growing up as a street-smart kid from Brooklyn to "inside" tales from his storied career as the greatest interviewer of all time. Now, the most famous interviewer in the world becomes the subject. Audiences will have the extraordinary opportunity to ask their own questions of the broadcast veteran (and now a stand up comedian!) in a Q & A at each performance. Larry's style and wit will give audiences an "evening to remember!"

Larry King: STANDING UP is presented by Maestro Artist Management.

Larry King: STANDING UP will also be at The Palace Theatere in Stamford, CT on Thursday, February 2, 2012. Tickets are: $48 - $123. For tickets and information call: 203.325.4466 or log on to: http://www.scalive.org

Larry King has been dubbed "the most remarkable talk-show host on TV ever" by TV Guide and "master of the mike" by TIME magazine. The Emmy Award-winning King hosted CNN's Larry King Live, the first worldwide phone-in television talk show and the network's highest rated program for over 25 years. He also hosted Larry King Weekend for CNN, as well as a series of specials for CNN's sister network, TNT. Entertainment Tonight called him the "master interviewer." In addition, he wrote a weekly newspaper column for USA Today and has written 15 books. Described as the "Muhammad Ali of the broadcast interview," King has been inducted into five of the nation's leading broadcasting halls of fame. Both his radio and television shows have won the George Foster Peabody Award for Excellence in Broadcasting. He also has won a News and Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Interview/interviewer and 10 Cable ACE award for Best Interviewer and for best Talk Show Series. Larry has received honorary degrees from George Washington University, the New England Institute of Technology, Brooklyn College and the Pratt Institute and was a commencement speaker at Columbia University Medical School. In 2009, he received an honorary doctorate degree from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. He has made cameo appearances in 23 movies including Ghost Busters, Primary Colors, Contact, The Kid, The Contender, America' s Sweetheart, and 3 Shrek films. King has appeared in such television series as Murphy Brown, Frasier and Murder One. He founded the Larry King Cardiac Foundation, which awards grants to individuals suffering from heart disease to help pay for much needed medical treatment. He also is involved with the American Heart Association and the Save the Children Foundation. After more than 25 years, holding the record for hosting the longest running talk show, with the same host, in the same time slot and on the same network, King ended his CNN Larry King Live daily talk show to spend more time with his wife and children and to launch other projects in media, entertainment and business. In so doing, Larry King joins Ted Turner, Tom Brokaw, Charles Schwab and other notables on the VIP Jury of the 2011 Film Your Issue, a groundbreaking entrepreneurial initiative and competition directed at those 50 and up, inviting new society-benefitting projects in partnership with the U.S Chamber of Commerce and Sony Pictures Entertainment. King is the father of Andy, Larry Jr. and Chaia, as well as Chance and Cannon from his marriage to Shawn Southwick-King in September 1997, and is stepfather to Danny Southwick from Shawn's first marriage. The Kings split their time between the East and West coasts, with a vacation home in Provo, Utah.

Jim Millan (Director) is one of Canada's foremost and most versatile stage directors. He has four ongoing international tours at present, Play Dead by Teller and Todd Robbins off Broadway at the Player's Theatre, as well as preparing a new North American tour with Canada's Kids in the Hall in development. He was the Founding Artistic Director of Canada's renowned Crow's Theatre. Crow's has produced over 90 new works and numerous tours in Canada and abroad. Jim has directed productions across Canada as well as in Edinburgh, London, Dublin, Mexico City, Caracas, Seoul, Melbourne, Sydney, Budapest, Warsaw and all over the U.S. including off Broadway, Radio City Music Hall, Kodak Theatre (LA) and Las Vegas. Jim Millan has a growing international career that includes new works as Creative Director for AEG Themestar and the Kids in the Hall comedy troupe. In fact it was recently noted that he has had productions in 15 languages and 35 countries in the last decade seen by over 10 million people. He is presently the creative director of Kids in the Hall comedy group and a freelance director, creative director, writer and show consultant.

MAESTRO ARTIST MANAGEMENT (MAM) is a full-service production, touring and promotion company that encourages family participation in the arts. MAM focuses on presenting International Artists in various genres, from classical music and dance to theatre and world music, to audiences in the US. For more information about upcoming performances, visit www.maestroartist.com.

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