Mo Rocca Joins CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY: GAY PRIDE EDITION

The hysterically funny hit comedy CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY, winner of a 2009 Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience, will present a special one-night engagement to coincide with New York's annual Gay Pride celebration. CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY: GAY PRIDE EDITION will be presented Saturday, June 25 at Off-Broadway's Gramercy Theater. The historic theater has been transformed into a cabaret space -- complete with tables and waiter service -- just for the occasion.

CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY, which originated in Los Angeles to great acclaim and was later adapted for a Bravo-TV special, features actors reading selections from the autobiographies of the famous and infamous. The 2011 CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY: GAY PRIDE EDITION will feature the words of Susan Lucci, Justin Bieber, Cher, Dolly Parton, Ivana Trump, Madonna, and Elizabeth Taylor, among others.

Among the actors currently scheduled to perform in CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY: GAY PRIDE EDITION are: Mario Cantone (Sex and the City), Rachel Dratch (Saturday Night Live), Sharon Gless (Queer As Folk, Cagney & Lacey, Burn Notice), Kristen Johnston (Third Rock From The Sun), Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel. Mo Rocca (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart), and Michael Urie (Ugly Betty). NOTE: Gina Gershon will not be appearing. Lineup subject to change.

Eugene Pack, who created the series, says, "I would listen to a lot of books-on-tape, particularly autobiographies, and was astounded at what people would write about. When I would get a hold of one of these books and read it out loud to friends, they'd insist I was making it up. But people actually wrote these words! So I decided to put the material up in front of an audience, knowing that it would be extremely entertaining."

Charles Isherwood of The New York Times called CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY "big-yuks entertainment" and a "merry compendium of the witlessness and wisdom of the rich and famous." Joe Dziemianowicz of the Daily News called it a "potent comic cocktail...you weep with laughter." The New Yorker called it "inspired." And Sam Thielman of Variety wrote, "Audience members hyperventilate. It should lead a long and happy life." The show has been featured by numerous media outlets, including ABC's "The View" and "Nightline," NPR's "Morning Edition,"
CNN'S "American Morning," New York 1, WNBC'S "News for New York" and Bravo's "A-List Awards." It has been running for nearly three years in New York as well as sold out engagements in San Francisco and Chicago. For more information visit www.celebrityautobiography.com.

CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY: GAY PRIDE EDITION runs Saturday, June 25 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $40-$25. A VIP package including a pre-show reception with the performers is available for $125. A full service bar is available throughout the show. The Gramercy Theater is located at 127 East 23rd Street at Lexington Avenue (accessible from the F,V,N,R & #6 trains at 23rd Street). For tickets call 212-352-3101 or visit www.SpinCycleNYC.com.

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