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A lineup of leading performers, including Neal Brennan, Bradley Cooper, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen, Lorne Michaels, Q-Tip, Trevor Noah, Jon Stewart, and others will salute Dave Chappelle at the 22nd annual Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Sunday, October 27, 2019 at 8 p.m. The program will pay tribute to the humor and accomplishments of Chappelle.
The daring, cutting edge performance artist is back at Joe's Pub with a sequel to her 2013 rape culture show Asking For It.
Writer/Performer Kirk McGee, star of the award-winning indie comedy Chasing Taste, will bring his painfully funny one-man show, THE HONORABLE HERBERT PEABODY, to United Solo, the world's largest solo theatre festival, on Sunday, November 17th at 6:00 pm at Theatre Row. Running time is approximately 50 minutes.
A lineup of leading performers, including Bradley Cooper, Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Hart, Trevor Noah, Jon Stewart, John Legend & Chrissy Teigen, and others will salute Dave Chappelle at the 22nd annual Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Sunday, October 27, 2019 at 8 p.m. The program will pay tribute to the humor and accomplishments of Chappelle, and will be broadcasted on PBS stations on January 6, 2020.
Gilbert Gottfried, the comedian's comedian, and Chip Ambrogio, Friars Club Roast writer and Garden State native, performed a sold-out standup gig at the Black Box PAC on June 27.
Author John Bell announces the release of his memoir Elaine Stritch: The End of Pretend, a book about an extraordinary life and the first book about the Broadway actress who died in 2014. The End of Pretend chronicles the twilight of actress Elaine Stritch's career offering a rare first-person and no-holds-barred glimpse into the private persona behind the Broadway icon.
The world premiere of America V. 2.1: The Sad Demise and Eventual Extinction of the American Negro is running now through June 30 at the Barrington Stage Company's St. Germain Stage.
Expect songs like 'Stormy Weather,' 'Blues In The Night,' 'Let's Fall In Love,' 'Over The Rainbow' and more. Getz's TV appearances include the 'Merv Griffin Show,' 'You Write The Songs' and 'Cop Rock.' Getz also was a finalist on 'Star Search.'
Model, actress, and recovery coach Dona Speir announces the publication of her autobiographical memoir, 'Naked Truth: The Fall and Rise of Dona Speir' (ISBN: 978-1939282422). Co-written with well-known author/journalist Chris Epting, this memoir reveals the hard truths, personal struggles, and eventual triumph over abuse, sexual exploitation, and addiction that have shaped Speir's life.
The timeless music of Rat Pack legend Dean Martin will be brought to life for one night only at Husson University's Gracie Theatre on Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. The show 'An Evening with Dean Martin & Friends' features renowned Vegas performer and impressionist Tom Stevens.
CBS THIS MORNING will have a team of correspondents dedicated to the Network's flagship morning program, it was announced today by executive producer Diana Miller. CBS News' David Begnaud, Jericka Duncan, Anna Werner and Vladimir Duthiers will appear on CBS THIS MORNING along with co-hosts Gayle King, Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil to deliver original reporting on the day's top stories, investigative reports and news-making interviews that will distinguish the broadcast.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will present the 22nd annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Dave Chappelle on Sunday, October 27, 2019 in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. The Prize, which is named to honor one of the world's greatest humorists, will be given at a gala performance featuring some of the biggest names in comedy. The program will be broadcast on PBS stations on January 6, 2020. On-sale and ticketing information for this event will be available at a later date, and sponsorship packages for the Mark Twain Prize gala performance are on sale now.
Every two years, Barter Theatre plays host to an internationally known celebrity as a fundraiser to benefit our Annual Fund for Artistic Excellence. The Annual Fund helps sustain everything you cherish about Barter as a hub of artistic vitality, educational innovation, economic strength and regional pride. . Past celebrities have included Robert Duvall, Shirley Jones, Patricia Neal, Lily Tomlin, Garrison Keillor and Bill Cosby.
Today BET Networks announced second season pick-ups for both its half-hour subversive, smart, serialized comedy series 'BOOMERANG,' and the critically-acclaimed period drama based on the untold rise of the iconic music and dance program 'Soul Train,' 'AMERICAN SOUL.' BET is investing in partnerships with leading Black content creators with unique creative voices to bring viewers elevated storytelling and premium programming.
One of the most important releases of the year, ROCKING THE COUCH, available On Demand this February from Avail Films.
The Naples Players (TNP) present the seven-time EMMY Award-winning television icon, Ed Asner in a live audience talk-back on Saturday, March 16, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at The Naples Players Blackburn Hall. In partnership with Unity Church of Naples, and Fubble Entertainment, Ed Asner is starring in his new comedy stage-play, A Man and His Prostate, bringing awareness to men's health in a comical and poignant show at Unity Church of Naples on Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.
It's been four years since Damien Atkins's WE ARE NOT ALONE first premiered, but the play is finally making its Toronto homecoming at the Streetcar Crowsnest Theatre in a production directed by Chris Abraham and Christian Barry, and backed by Crow's Theatre, Segal Centre for Performing Arts, and 2b theatre company.
Birdland will kick-off their great week of programming with the following acts:
Birdland will kick-off their exciting month of programming with the following acts:
Second City's SHE THE PEOPLE at Woolly Mammoth delivers some sorely needed cathartic joy in the heart of the nation's capital. The Second City improvisational theatre troupe is famed for producing the likes of Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Steve Carell, and Stephen Colbert, so you can be sure that when their name is involved you are in for high quality laughs. The stellar all female cast of Second City's SHE THE PEOPLE had me in stitches. I wouldn't be surprised to see any one of them follow in the footsteps of other Second City prodigies. And if you're one of those people who think women can't be funny, do us all a favor and buy yourself a ticket to SHE THE PEOPLE ASAP.
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