The 2009 Drama Desk Award winner and 2010 Bistro Award winner Celebrity Autobiography performs Monday, January 24 at 7:30pm at New York's Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street, with a cast that is scheduled to include Mario Cantone, Tate Donovan, Rachel Dratch, Susie Essman, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, Sherri Shepherd, and Alan Zweibel.
The show's national tour hits Charlotte's North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center next week, January 25 - 30 with a cast scheduled to include Tom Booker, Cady Huffman, Laura Kightlinger (1/27-30), Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, and Christopher Sieber.
Celebrity Autobiography began its national tour summer 2010 with acclaimed performances in Pittsburgh, New Orleans, San Francisco, Chicago, Arizona, and Austin, and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, as well as an ongoing production at Los Angeles's Broad Stage. The show also recently opened at London's Leicester Square Theatre where it received rave reviews and plays to sell-out audiences.
The comedy sensation Celebrity Autobiography, created by
Eugene Pack and
Dayle Reyfel, 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, V
Anna White, Mr. T,
Star Jones,
Kenny Loggins,
Tommy Lee,
Sylvester Stallone, the
Jonas Brothers,
Zsa Zsa Gabor,
David Cassidy,
Neil Sedaka,
Britney Spears, Madonna, Tiger Woods, Carrie Prejean, Sarah Palin,
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.
Celebrity Autobiography is playing to sell-out audiences and rave reviews at New York's Triad Theater. Charles Isherwood of The New York Times called the show "big-yuks entertainment" and a "merry compendium of the witlessness and wisdom of the rich and famous."
Joe Dziemianowicz of the Daily News called it a "potent comic cocktail...you weep with laughter." The New Yorker called it "inspired." And Sam Thielman of Variety wrote, "Audience members hyperventilate. It should lead a long and happy life." The show has been featured by numerous media outlets, including ABC's "The View" and "Nightline," NBC's "Last Call with
Carson Daly," CBS's "Sunday Morning," NPR's "Morning Edition," CNN'S "American Morning," New York 1, WNBC'S "News for New York" at 11pm, and Bravo's "A-List Awards."
Celebrity Autobiography plays 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.
For ticket information for Celebrity Autobiography in Charlotte phone 704 372-1000 or visit www.celebrityautobiography.com.
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