Kathleen Madigan Comes to PlayhouseSquare, 2/4

In her 22-year career, comedian Kathleen Madigan has never been hotter!  Her Showtime special, "Gone Madigan," is in constant rotation, and its DVD-CD tops the Amazon and iTunes charts. Madigan already has the entire year booked with numerous television appearances and over 100 theater gigs…which includes her return to PlayhouseSquare's intimate Ohio Theatre Feb. 4^th at 8 pm.  (Tickets: $28 & $10, on sale at playhousesquare.org or 216-241-6000.)

Over the holidays, Kathleen performed in her second Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff's USO Holiday Tour of Iraq and Afghanistan where she shared the stage with Robin Williams, Lewis Black, Lance Armstrong, Kix Brooks and tour host Admiral Mike Mullen.  After the ten-day tour, she returned home for appearances on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson," "The Green Room with Paul Provenza," and "The Joy Behar Show."

She remains the only comedian in the history of NBC's "Last Comic Standing" to go unchallenged by any other comedian -- meaning no other comedian would say they were funnier than her.  Madigan was a finalist in season 2 of "Last Comic Standing" and a judge on season 5. "It was fun to judge it once, but never again. I just can't think of 2000 ways to tell someone they're not funny without turning into a full blown alcoholic.

Madigan has won the American Comedy Award for "Best Female Comedian" and the Phyllis Diller Award for "Best Female Comedian." Although she's has turned down many writing jobs because she loves performing more, Madigan has written and produced for Lewis Black'sRoot of All Evil on Comedy Central and for Garry Shandling. "I'll write for other people–not many– but a few and only if they have a clear voice and persona that I already think is funny and if they let me write in my pajamas and smoke."

Her countless appearances on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," "The Late Show with David Letterman," "Late Night with Conan O'Brien,"and every other late night show that has come and gone, is in addition to having starred in her own HBO and Comedy Central hour-specials. Madigan has been a correspondent for "The Dr. Phil Show," ESPN 2 and has done commentary on VH1, CNN, E! , CMT and TV Guide's Emmy Red Carpet. She's performed not only in the US, but in Canada, China, Ireland and England.

She's a favorite on nationally syndicated radio shows such as The Bob and Tom Show and The Stephanie Miller Show. She's also a constant on SIRIUS-XM Radio where she beat out all the guys–including Larry the Cable Guy, Ron White and Jeff Foxworthy–-to win the listener determined "SIRIUS Challenge Cup," deeming her the #1 favorite comedian played on SIRIUS radio.

To her credit, Madigan has released four CDs and two hour-long DVDs.

Born in St. Louis, she now lives in Los Angeles but spends, as she puts it, "inordinate amounts of time," with her six siblings and parents (who live in the Midwest, where she hangs out on her farm and on a raft in a lake). After 22 years of 300 nights on the road, Kathleen's goal remains to move to Ireland and drink Guinness while feeding her sheep herding dogs.

For more information go to www.KathleenMadigan.com.