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Renowned funnyman and with a knack for intelligent wordplay, Norm Crosby brings his trademark act to The Orleans Showroom, February 4 and 5, each evening at 8 p.m.

Renowned funnyman and with a knack for intelligent wordplay, Norm Crosby brings his trademark act to The Orleans Showroom, February 4 and 5, each evening at 8 p.m.

Comedic icon JOAN RIVERS will grace the stage of Andrew Jackson Hall for one performance only, February 4, 2011.

Long before YouTube, public access cable television was an electronic hotline between amateur creators and the masses.

Act II Playhouse presents the second of two wintertime special events when Barrymore Award winner and Act II favorite Tony Braithwaite hosts Heeere's Tony!, an original talk-show comedy. Braithwaite's performance is on stage at Act II Feb. 2-20, 2011.

Last night I had the privilege of interviewing comedy icon and red carpet legend Joan Rivers about her first love of theatre and live performance, working the red carpet and virtually inventing celeb-reality culture, her Broadway endeavors - FUN CITY, Neil Simon's BROADWAY BOUND and SALLY MARR... AND HER ESCORTS, plus her new autobiographical piece - as well as all about the dazzling documentary JOAN RIVERS: A PIECE OF WORK. All of this, in addition to discussing her two weekly TV shows - FASHION POLICE on E! and the hit new WE reality series with daughter Melissa Rivers, JOAN AND MELISSA: JOAN KNOWS BEST? Stay tuned to BroadwayWorld for a complete conversation with Melissa all about growing up Hollywood, her superstar mother and running a production company and what it was like filming season one of MOTHER KNOWS BEST? coming up soon.

This week, we are going to go a bit off of the beaten path in an attempt to remove the doom and gloom of midwinter as the snow nearly suffocates the Great White Way and take a look at some truly gloriously guffaw-inducing items from the legendary fifty-year-career of Broadway and Hollywood comedy icon Joan Rivers who is also this week‘s InDepth InterView participant. Ed Sullivan to Johnny Carson, red carpets to talk shows to her two weekly TV series FASHION POLICE and JOAN & MELISSA: JOAN KNOWS BEST? - as well as her best and most outrageous comedy special to date and an interview with Lucille Ball herself!

It was the last Tuesday of the month and once again Terese charged out with her Little Big Band and Broadway was swinging. 'It Had Better Be Tonight' really took on a special meaning as her opening song, it was the mantra for the band to take off in the tradition of the Johnny Carson Tonight Show Orchestra. Add Klea Blackhurst as her guest and the mix became an intoxicating evening, taking the audience back to the days of the Rat Packs swinging Las Vegas shows.

The Hasty Pudding Theatricals of Harvard University has named comedian and talk show host Jay Leno as its 2011 Man of the Year

For the first time in it's extraordinary eight-year history, Jim Caruso's Cast Party will burst from its steady Monday night home at Birdland to take on the big stage at Town Hall in a major benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Legendary comedian Joan Rivers presents an evening of her newest and most outrageous riffs on Hollywood, pop culture, celebrities, reality TV and award show fashion. A full dinner menu and bar are available, and pianist Lance Cruce plays from the time doors open until Joan takes the stage. Tickets are $35 with a $15 per person food/beverage minimum.

Ray Romano and Brad Garrett are together for the first time in the Coachella Valley doing what they know best, comedy. They teamed up for this special comedy tour after their long run on CBS came to a close. Expect the laughs to keep coming during this hilarious act at the Spotlight 29 Casino Showroom on Saturday, January 15.

Rochelle Slovin, Director of Museum of the Moving Image, today announced the complete schedule for the screenings and programs that will celebrate the grand re-opening of America's only museum dedicated to film, television, and digital media.

Don't miss "An Evening with JOAN RIVERS" as the irreverent, outspoken force of nature takes over the Balboa Theatre on Saturday, January 15, 2011 at 8PM. Joan Rivers is one of the hardest-working celebrities in the world.

Don't miss "An Evening with JOAN RIVERS" as the irreverent, outspoken force of nature takes over the Balboa Theatre on Saturday, January 15, 2011 at 8PM.

Academy Award winner STEVEN WRIGHT is a prototype comedian: deadpan delivery, stoic manner and Wright-isms delivered in his signature monotone that drives the laugh meter needle over the top

Act II Playhouse presents the second of two wintertime special events when Barrymore Award winner and Act II favorite Tony Braithwaite hosts Heeere's Tony!, an original talk-show comedy. Braithwaite's performance is on stage at Act II Feb. 2-20, 2011.

Ray Romano and Brad Garrett are together for the first time in the Coachella Valley doing what they know best, comedy. They teamed up for this special comedy tour after their long run on CBS came to a close. Expect the laughs to keep coming during this hilarious act at the Spotlight 29 Casino Showroom on Saturday, January 15.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed "Best of New York" by New York Magazine, and "an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post, continues its 2011 season with the debut of actor and writer, BRUCE VILANCH.

Full Sky Productions presents the Chicago premiere of LOCAL WONDERS, a play with songs, at Chicago Dramatists, 1105 W. Chicago Avenue. The production will close on January 9, 2011. Lively with anecdote, humor, poetry and song, the musical celebrates the wonders of everyday life at our finger tips.