SUPERSIZED COMEDY Comes To The Theater At Innovation Square In Downtown Rochester
Three New York City based comedians are bringing their talents to downtown Rochester to perform the “FLABulous” 70-minute show known as SUPERSIZED COMEDY.
By: A.A. Cristi Sep. 13, 2021
The Theater at Innovation Square along with The Rochester Fringe Festival presents SUPERSIZED COMEDY running Thursday September 16th through Sunday September 19th.
The Theater at Innovation Square is the premiere performance space for downtown's newest performing arts center. Formerly Xerox Auditorium, the renovated 700-seat Theater at Innovation Square will host Rochester City Ballet, Garth Fagan Dance, Innovation Jazz Orchestra, along with The Rochester Fringe Festival and SUPERSIZED COMEDY.
Three New York City based comedians are bringing their talents to downtown Rochester to perform the "FLABulous" 70-minute show known as SUPERSIZED COMEDY. It is described as a blend of stand-up, feel-good songs, and interactive characters. The show explores perceived beauty standards of society through insightful humor and music. Weight is the heart of their comedy, but they guarantee "you'll leave feeling lighter than ever."
The ladies in the cast have either lost a hundred pounds, want to lose a hundred pounds, helped someone lose a hundred pounds, or are somewhere in between, on their journeys toward health. The "comic sheroes" for the Rochester run are Carolann Valentino, Tracy Rosenberg and creator and writer of the show, Mary Dimino, herself.
Mary Dimino is a familiar face on television, her credits include Comedy Central, NBC's Today, FOX's Laughs, VH-1's Best Week Ever, HBO's Chris Rock Show, The Graham Norton Effect, The Dr Oz Show, sketches on The Late Show and dozens of national commercials. Mary Dimino is a MAC award winner for Best Female Comedian and the star of two hit off-Broadway one- woman plays, SCARED SKINNY, which won Best Solo Show in The New York International Fringe Festival, and BIG DUMMY, which won a United Solo award of Theatre Row.
Next in the cast is powerhouse entertainer, singer, comedian, award-winning fitness instructor and motivational maven, Carolann Valentino. Her one woman show Burnt at the Steak swept the Canadian Fringe circuit winning 15 awards and rave reviews. Valentino has been seen off-Broadway, along with tv appearances on CBS, VH-1, Last Comic Standing and Comcast. Best in Show Award at the Canadian Fringe,
Also, a part of the SUPERSIZED COMEDY cast, is Tracy Rosenberg. She has been seen in the off-Broadway hits My Big Gay Italian Wedding and My Big Gay Italian Funeral. Rosenberg has appeared at The Tropicana Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, The Broadway Comedy Club, Don't Tell Mama's, Hard Rock Casino, and in the new streaming Series A Jewish Mother & A Latina.
Learn more and purchase tickets at https://rochesterfringe.com/tickets-and-shows/supersized-comedy.
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