Jackie Mason Brings Final Show to New World Stages Spring 08

Jackie Mason brings his 8th and final one-man comedy tour de force, Jackie Mason - The Ultimate Jew, to New World Stages, beginning March 18, 2008 for a limited ten-week run, through May 25, 2008 only. Long passionate about politics, Jackie Mason is well known for his tough and outspoken position on a variety of issues.

"Elder statesman of the stand-up comedy world, Jackie Mason combines pungent political satire, insightful observations on the foibles of modern life, and impeccable timing to create material that leaves audiences laughing until they cry show after show. Once in a generation, a performer emerges who is so extraordinary, so brilliant, that he or she become the standard to whom all others are compared. Jackie Mason is such a performer, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest stand-up comics of all time, now more popular than ever!" state press notes.

Born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Jackie was raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan surrounded by rabbis. His father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-great-grandfather were all rabbis, as are his three brothers. No surprise that at age 25 Jackie Mason was ordained a rabbi. Three years later, he quit his job in a synagogue to become a comedian.  From his humble comic beginnings in NYC, the Borscht Belt, and Comedy Clubs around the country, Jackie Mason rose to be one the hottest comics in America in the early 1960s. He reached the apex of American entertainment when he became a regular on the nation's preeminent television variety program, "The Ed Sullivan Show," only to fall into Sullivan's disfavor over the interpretation of a now legendary hand gesture during a live performance in 1962, an incident which cast a shadow over Mason's career for more than a decade.  Mason first emerged from that shadow in Los Angeles, where his one-man show, The World According to Me originated in 1984 to wide acclaim. Yet the greater triumph was his return to New York and his extraordinary success on Broadway.

Jackie set a new standard for one-man shows on Broadway when The World According to Me began its unprecedented two-and-a-half year run on Broadway in 1986, earning triumphant reviews and re-establishing Mason as one of the nation's foremost comics. The show earned Jackie a Tony Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, an Ace Award, an Emmy Award, and a Grammy nomination, and it toured successfully in America and Europe for two years. Each subsequent show was consistently a commercial success and collected an impressive array of nominations and awards including Emmy and Ace awards for the HBO special, "Jackie Mason on Broadway." His last show Freshly Squeezed opened in 2005 and has been touring the world ever since.

Jackie can also be heard on his nationally syndicated radio show on The Talk Radio Network (www.talkradionetwork.com), which airs Sunday nights from 7PM to 9PM EST. The show covers politics, news and current affairs. Jackie interviews some of the most informative and influential people in the world of news and politics.

This limited run begins March 18, 2008 at New World Stages/Stage 3 (340 West 50th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues).

Performances are Tuesday through Saturday at 8 PM, with matinees Saturday at 2 and Sunday at 3 PM; special Wednesday matinees at 2 PM on March 26, April 9 & 23.  For tickets from as low as $46 (including $1 facility fee), call Telecharge.com at 212/239-6200.  For more information visit www.jackiemason.com

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