Downtown Cabaret Theatre Opens DEFENDING THE CAVEMAN, 1/13

What better way to begin the New Year than with the wildly popular comedy, Defending the Caveman written by Rob Becker? The place to be in the New Year is Bridgeport's Downtown Cabaret Theatre where audiences will have every reason to laugh at themselves about all the different ways men and women fight, laugh and love. Couples throughout America and around the world are enamored of Caveman, described as an hilariously insightful play about the ways men and women relate and always has both sexes roaring with laughter and recognition as well as serving as a peacemaker in the ongoing misunderstandings between men and women.

Defending the Caveman starring Paul Perroni is scheduled Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays beginning Friday, January 13 and continuing through Sunday, January 22 at the Downtown Cabaret Theatre located at 263 Golden Hill Street in downtown Bridgeport, Connecticut.

With hilarious insights on contemporary feminism, masculine sensitivity and the erogenous zone, Defending the Caveman mines The Common themes in relationships that go straight to the funny bone and guarantees the audience will be affectionately nudging each other during the performances and couples will be seen strolling out into the night holding hands.

Audiences throughout the world Caveman (45 countries and translated into 18 different languages absolutely love Defending the Caveman! It has won the hearts of millions and has become a peacemaker in the ongoing misunderstandings between men and women.

Paul Perroni has performed in theaters and Comedy Clubs all over the country. He has mastered characters ranging from Edmund Tyrone in Long Day's Journey into Night and Cassius in Julius Caesar, to a recurring role as Comedian/DJ Johnny Hughes in the Off-Broadway production of The Awesome 80s Prom. Paul moved to New York City after spending several successful years in Chicago where his credits include work at the Actors Workshop Theatre, Victory Gardens Greenhouse, Oak Park Festival Theatre, Metropolis Performing Arts Center, The Journeyman Theatre, Apollo Theatre, Chemically Imbalanced Comedy and Emerald City Theatre.

Defending the Caveman originally opened in San Francisco in 1991 and soon moved to Dallas, where it became an unqualified hit. Caveman went on to sold-out engagements in Washington DC, Philadelphia and Chicago. It opened on Broadway in 1995, where it ran for two and a half years, playing 702 performances at the Helen Hayes Theater, and entered the record books as the longest running solo play in Broadway history. The New York Times dubbed Defending the Caveman "a comic phenomenon" and the Chicago Sun-Times hailed it as "outrageously funny and surprisingly sweet exploration of the gender gap." Other kudos range from "hysterically funny!" (Variety) to "so perceptive, so witty, so sweetly understanding you can't help feeling exhilarated!" (Boston Globe) and "Hilarious! A blockbuster!" (Washington Post).