Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words continued its sit-down, open-ended run on Monday, September 22, at the Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street, with special guest Paul Rudd.
Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words plays a Monday night only schedule with performances at 7:30pm.
The comedy sensation Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words features a line up of rotating performers who interpret the actual words and stories written by the famous and the infamous, in both solo and ensemble "chamber" pieces. Some of the "authors" that are featured include
Ivana Trump, Vanna White, Mr. T,
Star Jones,
Kenny Loggins,
Tommy Lee,
Sylvester Stallone, 'N Sync,
Zsa Zsa Gabor,
David Cassidy,
Neil Sedaka, Britney Spears, Madonna,
Burt Reynolds and
Loni Anderson, as well as the infamous memoirs of
ElizaBeth Taylor, Eddie Fisher, and
Debbie Reynolds, which are edited together to create a Rashomon-esque playlet in the participants' own words.
Monday night's performers included
Rachel Dratch,
Will Forte,
Kristen Johnston,
Eugene Pack,
Dayle Reyfel,
Paul Rudd,
Claudia Shear,
Sherri Shepherd, and
Kristen Wiig.
The line-up of rotating performers for the season includes
Bob Balaban,
Rachel Dratch ("Saturday Night Live"),
Susie Essman ("Curb Your Enthusiam"),
Will Forte ("Saturday Night Live"),
Cheyenne Jackson (
Xanadu), two-time Emmy Award winner
Kristen Johnston,
Richard Kind ("Spin City" and The Producers),
Carson Kressley ("How to Look Good Naked"), Tony winner
Andrea Martin(
Young Frankenstein),
Dayle Reyfel,
Tony Roberts (
Xanadu),
Seth Rudetsky("
Legally Blonde The Musical: the Search for Elle Woods"),
Claudia Shear (Dirty Blonde),
Sherri Shepherd ("The View"),
Michael Urie ("Ugly Betty"),
Bruce Vilanch,
Kristen Wiig ("Saturday Night Live"), Tony winner
BD Wong, Tony winner
Karen Ziemba,
Alan Zweibel, and creator/Emmy nominee
Eugene Pack.
Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words was created by Emmy-nominated writer and performer
Eugene Pack. As Pack explains, "I would listen to a lot of books-on-tape, particularly autobiographies, and was astounded at what people would write about. When I would get a hold of one of these books and read it aloud to friends, they'd insist I was making it up. But people actually wrote these words! So I decided to put the material up in front of an audience, knowing that it would be extremely entertaining." An instant success, Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words began performing monthly shows in Los Angeles, co-hosted and co-produced by
Dayle Reyfel, quickly attracting celebrities as both guest performers and audience members, and garnering media attention.
Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words plays Monday at 7:30 pm at the Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street. Tickets are $35 - $45 and may be purchased by contacting Smarttix at 212 868-4444 or
www. smarttix.com, or by visiting
www.celebrityautobiography.com. For group sales phone 718 631-0438. Please note that the Triad Theater has a two-drink minimum and is a cash-only venue.
Photo Credit Peter James Zielinski
Kristen Johnston
Kristen Johnston
Will Forte
Dayle Reyfel
Paul Rudd
Paul Rudd
Claudia Shear
Claudia Shear
Rachel Dratch
Rachel Dratch
Kristen Wiig
Kristen Wiig
Eugene Pack
Eugene Pack
Sherri Shepherd
Kristen Johnston, Paul Rudd, and Rachel Dratch
Will Forte, Kristen Johnston, and Paul Rudd
Dayle Reyfel and Sherri Shepherd
Paul Rudd, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, and Sherri Shepherd
Will Forte and Eugene Pack
The Cast of 'Celebrity Autobiography'
Kristen Johnston and Eugene Pack
Will Forte, Paul Rudd, and Eugene Pack
Paul Rudd is interviewd by NY 1
Sherri Shepherd and Dayle Reyefel
Will Forte, Rachel Dratch, Paul Rudd, and Claudia Shear
Sherri Shepherd, Dayle Reyfel, and Will Forte
Eugene Pack and Sherri Shepherd
Will Forte and Paul Rudd
The Cast of 'Celebrity Autobiography'
