Lewis Black News

Prolific funny man, actor, author, and stand-up comedian/ranter LEWIS BLACK will be live onstage at the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 8 p.m. as part of his IN GOD WE RUST comedy tour.

On September 24-25, The Life is good Festival will return to Prowse Farm in Canton, MA, a suburb of Boston, at the base of the Blue Hills.

Screen Actors Guild today announced the results of elections for its top two elected positions and National Board. Ken Howard has been re-elected for a second term as Screen Actors Guild president, and Amy Aquino will continue in her role as secretary-treasurer. Both will serve two-year terms, beginning September 25.

Diana Ross is set to appear twice this September and for the first time at two exclusive, small venues in Northern California.

The Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF) and The New York Comedy Festival (NYCF) partner for the fifth consecutive year to present Stand Up for Heroes at the Beacon Theatre in New York on Wednesday, November 9th at 8 p.m.

COMEDY CENTRAL Records releases Lewis Black's 'The Prophet' CD on Tuesday, September 27.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center, the nation's sixth largest performing arts center and the State's largest, announces exciting new additions to its 2011-12 season, including a September 10, 2011 concert by multi-platinum rockers the Stone Temple Pilots who continue a series of Prudential Hall rock/pop performances this season that also include a sold-out performance by Renaissance (September 24), the Tedeschi Trucks Band (October 21) and John Mellencamp (November 5).

ACT -A Contemporary Theatre announces its 2012 Mainstage play season-including three World Premieres and two Northwest Premieres - along with a house filled with new presentations from The Central Heating Lab at ACT, The Young Playwrights Program, and The Hansberry Project at ACT, several of which will take place in the new 49-seat Eulalie Scandiuzzi Space located just a few steps away from the Bullitt Cabaret.

Berkshire Playwrights Lab will present a staged reading of Anna Ziegler's 'An Incident' directed by Bob Jaffe on Wednesday, August 24 at 7:30pm at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center.

Talk show listings for Tuesday, August 23.

As we move toward the end of August, I hope you are planning to see one or more of the live performance and theatre productions that are currently running at one of the several entertainment venues that make their homes here on the amazing California Central Coast!

Joe DeRosa is back with the 'Return of the Son of Depression Auction' digital album to be released on COMEDY CENTRAL Records on September 6. This is the follow-up album to his misanthrope masterpiece, 'The Depression Auction.'

Talk show listings for Tuesday, August 23.

Berkshire Playwrights Lab will present a staged reading of Anna Ziegler's 'An Incident' directed by Bob Jaffe on Wednesday, August 24 at 7:30pm at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center.

On deck this week: One of the most recognized Asian comedians in the country, Ron Josol makes his Skyline debut here August 18-20. Ron has appeared on SHOWTIME, MTV and The Discovery Channel.

Direct from Broadway, John Leguizamo's 'Ghetto Klown', directed by Fisher Stevens, opens for fifteen performances only from September 30 to October 16 at The Ricardo Montalbán Theatre. The press opening is October 2 at 5 pm.