DYLAN BRODY'S DRIVING HOLLYWOOD Comes to New York Next Month at The PIT Underground

Blue Panther Productions presents award winning humorist Dylan Brody in his solo show "Dylan Brody's Driving Hollywood" starting at The PIT Underground on July 6th running thru July 22nd. Nancy Carlin directs. The show's international tour premiered at Chicago's Apollo Theater in May receiving rave reviews before moving on to Barcelona's Teatro Tinta Roja and London's Canal Cafe.

Driving into Hollywood to meet a big time player that could change the course of his career, Dylan Brody flashes back to his boyhood in Schuylerville New York recalling his precociousness by carrying around Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment with a bunch of Marvel comics tucked inside. Continually raising his hand to challenge his teachers' assertions he was a regular at the principal's office where his father, a professor at Skidmore College was also called in to reprimand his son, but instead generously offered to "hear both sides of the story". With his signature style he goes on to describe early mishaps working in the entertainment industry and his adult life as a comic and writer in Los Angeles. In a town where success and fame are constantly almost happening, Brody's hilarious stories combine passion and heartbreak with humor to leave us with a spark of hope at the intersection of art and commerce.

Actor/comedian and award winning writer Dylan Brody is one of America's leading humorists. He's shared the stage with some of the comedy world's biggest stars including Adam Sandler, Richard Belzer and Jerry Seinfeld. His TV credits include A&E's Comedy on the Road, FOX TV's Comedy Express and Showtime's The Green Room with Paul Provenza. Brody opened three years running for fellow humorist David Sedaris who's said of his work, "Funny and fascinating...Unique and unpredictable". He has been called "a funny storyteller in the tradition of Mark Twain" by legendary editor Paul Krassner and his writing has been referred to as "brilliant" by Robin Williams. With six comedy albums and four published books Brody's repertoire continues to expand along with his popularity as a live performer.

Nancy Carlin has directed and performed extensively in theaters that include American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Rep, Aurora Theater and San Francisco Playhouse, among others. She's co-author of the new musical Max Understood, which was developed at O'Neill National Music Theater Conference and premiered at San Francisco's Cowell Theater last spring. A member of SDC, AEA, SAG-AFTRA and the Dramatists Guild, she's a theater arts lecturer at UC Santa Cruz and San Jose State.

Blue Panther Productions include award-winning comedienne Alicia Dattner's The Oy of Sex in New York, celebrated Toronto dancer/performance artist Sara Porter's Sara Does A Solo in S. F. and Scott Charles' 2015 drama Dinner with Augie in the S.F. Bay Area. Executive producer Laura Lundy was original artistic director of San Francisco's Virago Theatre Company where she produced and directed Candide, Three Penny Opera, A Taste of Honey and many original plays.She produced AROUSAL paired with The Lover (2014) and The Singularity (2015) at NYC's Flea Theater to critical acclaim.

"Dylan Brody's Driving Hollywood" opens at The PIT Underground (123 East 24th Street) Thursday July 6. Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30PM thru July 22 with a later evening show on July 17 at 9:30PM. Tickets are $25. For tickets and information go https://thepit-nyc.com/event/2017-07-06-dylan-brodys-driving-hollywood and https://www.dylanbrodysdrivinghollywood.com. Also call The PIT at (212) 563-7488.