LA: LIQUID RADIO with Stars of 1940s Radio and TV Rose Marie & Dick Van Patten

DATES: Thursday, September 23rd (Opening) – December 16th TIME 8:00 PM
WHERE: ACME Comedy Theatre 135 N. La Brea, Los Angeles, CA 90036
TICKETS: $12.00 - Box Office - 323 525 0202

Who better to help the ACME COMEDY THEATRE introduce the LIQUID RADIO PLAYERS to their newly renovated stage than veteran 1940 Radio personalities Rose Marie and Dick Van Patten. Currently spotlighted by the recent Emmy nom for "The Dick Van Dyke Reunion Special," in the 1940's "Baby" Rose Marie was the top singing talent nationwide—the girl with the grown up voice. Dick Van Patten was the reigning child sensation, starring in 11 hit radio programs and series including "Let's Pretend," "Young Widow Brown," "Eddy Cantor," "Kate Smith Hour," NBC's "Coast to Coast" and a command performance from the White House for President Truman of "Father of the Bride" with Spencer Tracey, Elizabeth Taylor and Joan Bennett.

Imagine you're in a 1940's radio station, everything's live, there are no retakes, and to make things worse…no script! That is the dilemma facing this remarkable troupe of comedians called — LIQUID RADIO PLAYERS as lines pile on lines, gags on gags, doors open and close with uncontrolled, unscripted and uncensored timing. Improv comedy is one of the most difficult kinds of theater. Done broadly it dies, played with reserve it just bleeds. Anyone who attempts this time honored form of entertainment has to know their business. Fortunately under the company direction of Stan Morse, the LIQUID RADIO PLAYERS proves triumphant in their knowledge of the art.

ACME was founded in 1990 by M.D. SWEENEY. With the constantly changing lineup outside of the Acme family who come to entertain with quality humor, ACME has featured the early talents of Wayne Brady, ADAM CAROLLA, SEAN HAYES, RYAN STILES, FRED WILLARD and WIL WHEATON among others. ACME Players have appeared in hundreds of films, sitcoms, and commercials. Behind the scenes, ACME Players have gone on to win seven Emmys® and two Peabody awards® as well as producing shows like FRIENDS, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, JUST SHOOT ME, GROUNDED FOR LIFE, THE SIMPSONS, 3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN, ANIMANIACS and STEVEN SPIELBERG'S TOONSYLVANIA. The ACME family is proud of the many stage and film projects that began on the ACME Stage, and continue to humbly offer a venue where original work can develop, thrive and hopefully find an audience. In 1997, RITA WILSON & TOM HANKS discovered NIA VARDALOS performing her one-woman show MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING for a delighted ACME audience. And the rest is cinematic history.

Under new ownership, ACME is experiencing complete renovations scheduled for completion in September and ACME Comedy Theatre has come under the direction of TRAVIS OATES, a long-time ACME Main Company Member and the director of the ACME School for the last two years.