THE CATSKILL ON BROADWAY Will Bring the Mountains to the Desert for a Hilarious Evening at The McCallum

The McCallum Theatre presents Catskills on Broadway on Friday, February 24, at 8:00pm, starring Freddie Roman, Elayne Boosler and Sarge.

The Catskill Mountains of New York, the cradle of American humor, launched the careers of many of our greatest comics. In this all new version of the 1991 Broadway hit, Freddie Roman, Elayne Boosler and Sarge offer a laugh-packed nostalgic salute to the region whose hotels spawned scores of America's performers, writers and directors. Catskills on Broadway will have you howling with laughter with this great evening of good old-fashioned comedy that will take you back to the golden years of the Catskills.

Freddie Roman, creator and star of Catskills on Broadway, adopted the attitude that if Broadway couldn't come to the mountains, he would take the mountains to Broadway. Catskills was a new format for the Broadway community and the production earned Freddie acclaim and a stint on the Tony Awards broadcast.

Freddie began as a teenage comic in the Catskills and later as an actor at New York University and theaters in the Northeast. To support his family, he became a proprietor of a ladies' shoe store but he longed to return to acting and comedy. Thanks to the support of his wife and family, he returned to comedy and became a hit in the New York area. His warm, personable style won him fans and friends.

The turning point came during one of his performances where Totie Fields was in the audience and she asked him to join her tour. Since then, he has performed throughout the country, including major resorts in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. Freddie completed a one-year engagement at Trump Castle in Atlantic City and starred in his own television special, "The Big Room," for Comedy Central. Currently, Freddie has a regular role in the Amazon web comedy "Red Oaks."

Freddie is Dean of the New York Friars Club and has appeared on Comedy Central's televised Friars Club Roasts.

When not performing, Freddie devotes time to many charities, including his own Freddie Roman Celebrity Golf Classic which benefits area hospitals.

Elayne Boosler is known for her political humor and her love of baseball and animals. She has appeared on talk shows, produced and written five Showtime comedy specials, written and directed two Cinemax movies, appeared on "Comic Relief" and "Politically Incorrect," and hosted specials, series, and events. She has done baseball color commentary and sung the National Anthem and/or thrown out the first pitch for many teams.

In 1985, Elayne financed her own cable comedy special "Party of One" which opened television gates for female comedians. She's sat in for Stephanie on Stephanie Miller's syndicated radio show, and hosted the game show "Balderdash" for NBC. She has done standup in Las Vegas, colleges, clubs, theaters and at the White House Press Correspondents Dinner. She's performed for the Queen of England, the President and Congress, and for troops in the Middle East and Africa. She moderated the Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate on C-Span for NOW. In 2013, she wrote and narrated a piece for piano, cello, clarinet and comedian, called "Rescue - A True Story" which premiered with the Glendale Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 2001, she founded her all-species animal rescue and advocacy non-profit organization, (Elayne Boosler's) Tails of Joy. The organization has saved and helped thousands of animals, and advocates for better treatment of all animals. Elayne appears on shows where comedy, politics, and/or animal issues come together, and was a regular on Current TV's "Viewpoint with John Fugelsang" in 2013. She does scores of animal rescue benefits each year.

She is writing several books, including Big Fun; Elayne Boosler's Tails of Joy; and a book with the 95 year old darling of twitter, @quiltingmuriel.

Sarge is a triple threat - piano savant, improvisational comedian and singer. On his 6th birthday, after his parents took him to see The Sound of Music on Broadway, Sarge sat at the family piano and played songs from the show entirely by ear, without touching a piano before. And, after his grandfather took him to shows in the Catskills and seeing Don Rickles perform, Sarge set his sights on becoming a comedian.

After a stint as a talent rep, Sarge enrolled at The Lee Strasberg Theater Institute. He wrote, produced and performed for Fox's "Best Damn Sports Show Period," as a nationally syndicated radio host for Fox Sports Radio, and worked for ABC's "Wide World of Sports" and CBS Sports.

After playing clubs and colleges for three years, Sarge opened for some of music's biggest names, including Paul Anka, Aretha Franklin and Wayne Newton. These gigs enabled Sarge's act to evolve from comedy as he learned to weave his musical talents into his shows. Sarge sings in his own voice and in a dozen others including Harry Connick Jr. and Stevie Wonder. His impressions of Marv Albert, Mike Tyson, and Kermit the Frog leave audiences clamoring for more.

Sarge has worked on some of the biggest stages from Radio City Music Hall to Major League Baseball's All-Star Game to entertaining troops in Iraq. Sarge is also a motivational speaker anddoes comedy in treatment centers andrecovery residences. His first comedy recovery film Sarge Behind Bars was shot in Casper Wyoming Reentry Prison.

Now, Sarge is also an author with I'm Still Standing Up, tracing his life of twists and turns.

Ticket prices for this performance are $87, $67, $47 and $27. Tickets are available at the Theatre's website at www.mccallumtheatre.com or by calling the McCallum Theatre Box Office at (760) 340-ARTS.

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