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Taped before a live audience at the Helen Hayes Theater in New York City in February, Colin Quinn LONG STORY SHORT showcases the comedian's keen observations in an uproarious history of the world, juxtaposing modern-day human behavior with the rise and fall of empires. From his personification of Caesar as the original Italian mobster to his complaints about ancient Greece and Antigone giving way to Costco and Snooki, Quinn is at his satirical best, taking on the attitudes, appetites and bad habits that have toppled the world's most powerful nations. Go behind the scenes of the special below!

Former 'Saturday Night Live' and Comedy Central star Colin Quinn's one-man show, Colin Quinn Long Story Short, directed by Jerry Seinfeld, had extended its run for the second time at the Helen Hayes Theatre through Saturday, March 5th. Preview performances began on Friday, October 22nd and the show officially opened on Tuesday, November 9th. The show was initially scheduled to end its 11-week limited engagement on Saturday, January 8th and was previously extended through February 5th.

Taped before a live audience at the Helen Hayes Theater in New York City in February, COLIN QUINN LONG STORY SHORT showcases the comedian's keen observations in an uproarious history of the world, juxtaposing modern-day human behavior with the rise and fall of empires. From his personification of Caesar as the original Italian mobster to his complaints about ancient Greece and Antigone giving way to Costco and Snooki, Quinn is at his satirical best, taking on the attitudes, appetites and bad habits that have toppled the world's most powerful nations.

FREUD'S LAST SESSION, the runaway hit play by Mark St. Germain, will celebrate its 200th New York performance this Sunday, February 27th at 7pm, establishing it as the longest-running Off-Broadway play of the season

FREUD'S LAST SESSION, the runaway hit play by Mark St. Germain, will celebrate its 200th New York performance this Sunday, February 27th at 7pm, establishing it as the longest-running Off-Broadway play of the season

FREUD'S LAST SESSION, the smash hit play by Mark St. Germain, will host special post-performance discussions tonight, February 22nd and Sunday evening, March 6th led by the show's stars, Mark H. Dold (C.S. Lewis) and Martin Rayner (Sigmund Freud).

The stars of FREUD'S LAST SESSION, Mark H. Dold and Martin Rayner, will be Valerie Smaldone's special guest on her WOR Radio program "Valerie's New York" this Tuesday, February 22nd at noon.

The stars of FREUD'S LAST SESSION, Mark H. Dold and Martin Rayner, will be Valerie Smaldone's special guest on her WOR Radio program "Valerie's New York" this Tuesday, February 22nd at noon.

The first Socrates in the City event of 2011 will be a performance of the hit play FREUD'S LAST SESSION, by Mark St. Germain, this Sunday, February 13th at 7pm. There will be a pre-show reception at 6:15. As soon as this special evening was announced, all 145 tickets sold out within 24 hours. After Sunday's performance, Socrates in the City Founder Eric Metaxas will host a Q&A "talkback" with Mark St. Germain and the two stars of FREUD'S LAST SESSION, Mark H. Dold (C.S. Lewis) and Martin Rayner (Sigmund Freud).

FREUD'S LAST SESSION centers on legendary psychoanalyst Dr. Sigmund Freud, who invites the young, rising academic star C.S. Lewis to his home in London. Lewis, expecting to be called on the carpet for satirizing Freud in a recent book, soon realizes Freud has a much more significant agenda. On the day England enters World War II, Freud and Lewis clash on the existence of God, love, sex, and the meaning of life - just two weeks before Freud chooses to take his own. NY1 reviewed the show, which can be viewed by clicking below.

The first Socrates in the City event of 2011 will be a performance of the hit play FREUD'S LAST SESSION, by Mark St. Germain, this Sunday, February 13th at 7pm. There will be a pre-show reception at 6:15. As soon as this special evening was announced, all 145 tickets sold out within 24 hours. After Sunday's performance, Socrates in the City Founder Eric Metaxas will host a Q&A "talkback" with Mark St. Germain and the two stars of FREUD'S LAST SESSION, Mark H. Dold (C.S. Lewis) and Martin Rayner (Sigmund Freud).

The first Socrates in the City event of 2011 will be a performance of the hit play FREUD'S LAST SESSION, by Mark St. Germain, this Sunday, February 13th at 7pm. There will be a pre-show reception at 6:15. As soon as this special evening was announced, all 145 tickets sold out within 24 hours. After Sunday's performance, Socrates in the City Founder Eric Metaxas will host a Q&A 'talkback' with Mark St. Germain and the two stars of FREUD'S LAST SESSION, Mark H. Dold (C.S. Lewis) and Martin Rayner (Sigmund Freud). Here's the history of how the play came to be as explained by Metaxas: 'A few years ago we had Harvard's Dr. Armand Nicholi as one of our speakers at SITC. He spoke about his book The Question of God, which compares the worldviews of Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis. In our audience that night was a playwright named Mark St. Germain, who was inspired to write a play about these two men and what they believed. Thus was born FREUD'S LAST SESSION! So you will permit us if we smile with pride, as any midwife would do. Socrates himself considered himself a 'midwife of ideas,' so there is something to all of this... '

HBO will shoot the current Broadway hit 'Colin Quinn Long Story Short' for a special to debut on the network in April, it was announced today by Nancy Geller, senior vice president, HBO Original Programming. Recently extending its run at the Helen Hayes Theatre through March 5, the one-man show features the comedy veteran's take on world history and is directed by Jerry Seinfeld.

By popular demand, FREUD'S LAST SESSION, the hit play by Mark St. Germain, resumed performances on January 14th at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, 10 West 64th Street (at Central Park West).

FREUD'S LAST SESSION, which just reopened Off-Broadway on January 14th, will be featured on WMCA Radio (570 AM) this Wednesday, January 19th.

FREUD'S LAST SESSION, which just reopened Off-Broadway on January 14th, will be featured on WMCA Radio (570 AM) this Wednesday, January 19th.

By popular demand, FREUD'S LAST SESSION is set to reopen on January 14th. The Off-Broadway premiere engagement of FREUD'S LAST SESSION, a new play by Mark St. Germain, opened on July 22, 2010 to rave reviews and immediately became a sellout sensation at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, 10 West 64th Street (at Central Park West). Due to a prior December booking commitment at the theatre, the limited engagement of FREUD'S LAST SESSION concluded performances as scheduled on November 28th. After the initial run continued to play to sellout houses in its final weeks, the producers made the decision to reopen the play as soon as the theatre would be once again available in January. FREUD'S LAST SESSION stars Mark H. Dold as C.S. Lewis and Martin Rayner as Sigmund Freud, under the direction of Tyler Marchant.

By popular demand, FREUD'S LAST SESSION is set to reopen on January 14th.

Producers Carolyn Rossi Copeland, Robert Stillman and Jack Thomas announced today that, by popular demand, FREUD'S LAST SESSION will reopen on January 14, 2011.

By popular demand, FREUD'S LAST SESSION is set to reopen on January 14th. The Off-Broadway premiere engagement of FREUD'S LAST SESSION, a new play by Mark St. Germain, opened on July 22, 2010 to rave reviews and immediately became a sellout sensation at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, 10 West 64th Street (at Central Park West). Due to a prior December booking commitment at the theatre, the limited engagement of FREUD'S LAST SESSION concluded performances as scheduled on November 28th. After the initial run continued to play to sellout houses in its final weeks, the producers made the decision to reopen the play as soon as the theatre would be once again available in January. FREUD'S LAST SESSION stars Mark H. Dold as C.S. Lewis and Martin Rayner as Sigmund Freud, under the direction of Tyler Marchant.