SLEEPWALK WITH ME and Other Painfully True Stories by Mike Birbiglia hits The New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Best Sellers List.
Mike Birbiglia has written his first comedic memoir entitled SLEEPWALK WITH ME and Other Painfully True Stories (Simon & Schuster; October 12, 2010; $24.00).Birbiglia is an accomplished comedian whose resume includes several specials on Comedy Central, a bunch of best-selling comedy CDs, and numerous appearances on talk shows including Late Show with Letterman, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The View, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. He is a frequent contributor to Public Radio International's This American Life, The Moth Radio Hour, and a regular on The Bob & Tom Radio Show.In 2009, he teamed up with Broadway legend Nathan Lane and award-winning director Seth Barrish in a stage show called Sleepwalk With Me. The New York Times praised Birbiglia's off-Broadway hit as "simply perfect" and "about more than it's about." The show won the Nightlife Award for Outstanding Engagement by a Comedian and received Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, and Outer Critics' Circle nominations as Best Solo Show. The play transcended joke-to-joke comedy and wove humor into a single, compelling, story.Since receiving the prestigious "Author of the Month" award in third grade, which was really "Author of Four Months" because no one took the picture down for a while, MIKE BIRBIGLIA has worked as an actor, comedian, and storyteller. He is best known for his critically-acclaimed 2009 off-Broadway show Sleepwalk with Me, his Comedy Central one-hour special, "What I Should have Said Was Nothing," He has also recorded two critically-acclaimed CD for Comedy Central Records and is a talk show regular. He is a regular contributor to This American Life, The Moth Radio Hour, and The Bob and Tom Radio Show. Birbiglia lives in a fourth floor apartment with a broken elevator in New York City with his wife, Jenny. This is his first book.
About the BookTitle: SLEEPWALK WITH ME and Other Painfully True Stories
Author: Mike Birbiglia
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: October 12, 2010
Price: $24.00
ISBN-10: 1-4391-5799-5
ISBN-13: 978-1-4391-5799-2
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