John Leguizamo to Visit The Today Show Tomorrow

See John Leguizamo tomorrow Thursday May 5 when he visits The TODAY Show's fourth hour (10-11 AM) with Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford and they raise a tequila-filled class for Cinco de Mayo. His play, GHETTO KLOWN, directed by Fisher Stevens, is currently playing at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street).

John Leguizamo recently received a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance, an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance, and a Drama League Award nomination for Distinguished Performance.

GHETTO KLOWN was recently extended through July 10. It began performances on February 21 and had been announced as a 12 week engagement. Leguizamo said, "I love that all my peoples are showing up to witness the latest chapter of my life on stage; I want to keep this show open until I've messed up my 10 year old son enough for him to be my understudy."

GHETTO KLOWN is the next chapter in John Leguizamo's popular personal and professional story. It is his fifth one man play, his third on Broadway, and follows in the uninhibited tradition of his Mambo Mouth, Spic-O-Rama, Freak, and Sexaholix...a Love Story. In Leguizamo's trademark style, the piece explodes with energy, heating up the stage with vivid accounts of the colorful characters who have populated his life. He takes audiences from his adolescent memories in Queens to the early days of his acting career and on to the sets of major motion pictures and his roles opposite some of Hollywood's biggest stars.

Leguizamo explains, "GHETTO KLOWN is all the things I say to my therapist and my manager, but would NEVER want the general public to know. It's cheaper than a lawsuit and I get to take a bow at the end. It's like Wikileaks but with no international manhunt. Yet."

Conceived and performed by Emmy and Obie Award winner John Leguizamo and directed by Academy Award winner Fisher Stevens, GHETTO KLOWN is presented by Westbeth Entertainment, Daveed D. Frazier and Nelle Nugent.

*Playing schedule and ticketing information:

Now until May 15:

Mon, Tue and Thu at 7 PM

Fri and Sat at 8 PM

Sun at 3 PM

(Dark on Wednesday. Six shows per week.)

*New playing schedule, effective week of May 16:

Mon & Tue at 7 PM

Wed - Sat at 8 PM

(Dark on Sunday. Six shows per week)

*Please note that the show is dark on Wed May 18.

*It will play a performance on Sun May 22 at 3 PM.

Tickets are available through www.telecharge.com and priced as follows: $29.50, 59.50, 89.50, 116.50.