KATHY GRIFFIN'S CELEBRITY RUN-INS Comes to Playhouse Square

Comedienne Kathy Griffin has been successfully elevated from her now famous "life on the D-list," to scoring laughs with her "Kathy Griffin's Celebrity Run-ins: My A-Z Index"...the name of her current 50-city tour (and coincidentally the name of her #1New York Times bestselling second book). Kathy's tour makes a Playhouse Square stop Sat., March 25 for one 8 pm State Theatre show. (Tickets are $65, $50, $40, $30 & $10 at playhousesquare.org and 216-241-6000.)

Two-time Emmy and Grammy award-winning comedian Kathy Griffin is a towering figure on television, on tour and in publishing. She breaks through the entertainment clutter with her universally recognized brand of pull-no-punches comedy. A #1 author, her second book, "Kathy Griffin's Celebrity Run-Ins: My A-Z Index," in November 2016. The book is an A-Z compendium of the celebrities she's met over the years and the outrageous, charming and sometimes bizarre anecdotes only she can tell about them.

Kathy made history in 2014 with her 6th consecutive Grammy nomination and first win for Best Comedy Album (Kathy Griffin: Calm Down Gurrl), thus joining Whoopi Goldberg and Lily Tomlin as the only other female comedians to ever win Grammy awards for Best Comedy Album. She draws a huge audience to CNN's New Year's Eve special, which she has co-hosted with Anderson Cooper since 2007,( beating Fox News in the coveted ratings demographic). Kathy is one of television's go-to hosts for premier live events. After co-hosting The Billboard Music Awards LIVE three years in a row, this year Kathy hosted the 41st annual Daytime Emmy Awards LIVE and AARP's Movies for Grownups Gala.

She was inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records in 2013 for writing and starring in an unprecedented 20 televised stand-up specials - more than any comedian in history! Buoyed by her dedicated and engaged fans, Kathy's live standup performances are legendary and in a class of their own. Hundreds of thousands of people flock to see her perform sold out shows everywhere from Carnegie Hall to the Sydney Opera House. In 2016, Kathy completed her 80-city, coast-to-coast tour, which included a four-night run at the famed Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, CA, and two sold out performances at both the illustrious Kennedy Center in Washington DC and the iconic Carnegie Hall in New York, NY.

Griffin's sure-fire hosting success led to her own LIVE late night talk show, Kathy. It was where the biggest celebrities went to have the most fun. Her boisterous and revealing memoir, Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin, debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times Bestseller List. Kathy won two Primetime Emmy Awards for her hit reality series, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, which aired for six years on Bravo. It was nominated every single year of its run. The show also won the GLAAD Media Award for Best Reality Program and was nominated six consecutive times by the Producers Guild of America. Kathy was also a cast member on NBC's Suddenly Susan and guest starred on Seinfeld and Law & Order: SVU. She lent her unique voice to animated characters in Shrek Forever After and the award-winning television shows The Simpsons, American Dad, and Dilbert.

Griffin's other awards and honors include The Human Rights Campaign's Ally for Equality, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America's Leadership in Entertainment honor, GLAAD's Vanguard award, The Trevor Life Award from the Trevor Project, and a Gracie Award for Outstanding Female Lead.