Known for her smart, observational humor and a spontaneous wit that has become the stuff of legend, iconic comedian Paula Poundstone regularly plays theaters across the country, hosts a weekly comedy podcast, Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone, and is a regular panelist on NPR’s Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me. She also voiced the character ‘Forgetter Paula’ in the feature films Inside Out and Inside Out 2. Website: https://go.evvnt.com/3458312-2?pid=11710 Time: 19:00 - 21:00
Paula has starred in several HBO specials, including Cats, Cops and Stuff, which nabbed a cable ACE award for Best Comedy Special. She was the first female comic to host the White House Correspondents Dinner. She filed live coverage of the 1992 Democratic and Republican National Conventions and the Presidential Inaugural for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and at the 93rd Emmy Awards. Paula has starred in two television series, both entitled The Paula Poundstone Show. Paula’s second book, The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness, was one of eight semi-finalists for the Thurber Prize For American Humor; the audiobook was one of five finalists for the AUDIE award for Audiobook of the Year. Paula has released five albums and is featured in several documentaries and compendiums noting influential comedians of our time.
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JOB
Speakeasy Stage (1/16 - 2/7) | |
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Zabel in Exile
Boston Playwrights' Theatre (2/19 - 3/8) | |
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The Wizard of Oz
Paris Cabaret Starline Room Dinner Theatre (3/22 - 3/22) | |
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Blind Boys of Alabama
Provincetown Town Hall (4/18 - 4/18) | |
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Disney''s Beauty and the Beast
Citizens Opera House (4/18 - 4/19) | |
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A Downton Experience™: Endicott Abbey
MIT Endicott House (1/31 - 1/31) | |
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An Evening with Fran Lebowitz
Emerson Colonial Theatre (2/19 - 2/19) | |
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The Magic of Motown
Emerson Colonial Theatre (2/13 - 2/13) | |
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Grease
Rogers Center for the Arts at Merrimack College (3/12 - 3/15) | |
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