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16th Annual North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival Announced February 1-14

The North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival has announced the highlights for its 16th year. The festival continues to be one of the largest comedy festivals on the East Coast. The festival features performers from New York, LA, Chicago, DC, Boston, Philadelphia, and every city in between.

Steven Wright Performs This Weekend at The Orleans Showroom

 Academy Award winner and Grammy Award nominee Steven Wright returns to The Orleans Showroom this weekend, January 11 and 12 with his trademark wit, absurdist one-liners, monotone voice and deadpan delivery.

Steven Wright to Perform at The Orleans Showroom, 7/10-11

 Academy Award winner and Grammy Award nominee Steven Wright returns to The Orleans Showroom January 11 and 12 with his trademark wit, absurdist one-liners, monotone voice and deadpan delivery.

Comedian Steven Wright Set for Patchogue Theatre's Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Benefit, 6/23

Academy Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated comedian STEVEN WRIGHT to perform live at Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts (PTPA) on Saturday, June 23, at 8:30 p.m., presented by the Rotary Club of Patchogue in conjunction with the Island Outreach Foundation. Rotary Club of Patchogue's annual Steak & Cigar Dinner will be held prior to the show at neighboring restaurant Pera Bell Food Bar at 5 p.m. Ticket proceeds from both events will directly benefit Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center and more than 20 local charities. Steven Wright is a prototype comedian that many others continually try to follow. Beginning his comedy career at the age of 23 as a regular performer at Ding Ho's Comedy Club and Chinese Restaurant in Cambridge, Mass., Wright got his first big break when he was booked on 'The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.' Following his on-air performance, Steven Wright was invited to return the following week for a rare back-to-back appearance on 'The Tonight Show,' launching Wright's career into high gear.

Arsenio Hall, Jane Lynch, THE CAT IN THE HAT & More Set for Richmond Hill Centre's 2015-16 Season

The Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts announced the details of its exciting 2015-2016 Season last night. The RHCPA follows up its record breaking 6th season with a lineup guaranteed to provide something for every taste. Filled with premieres and exclusive GTA appearances the 2015-2016 Season will further solidify the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts as the centre of culture in York Region.

EgoPo's THE HAIRY APE Opens Tonight

EgoPo Classic Theater's 2014-15 American Giants Festival will close with Eugene O'Neill's masterpiece, The Hairy Ape, running April 8th-26th at the Latvian Society, with press opening tonight, April 10th.

EgoPo's THE HAIRY APE Opens 4/10

EgoPo Classic Theater's 2014-15 American Giants Festival will close with Eugene O'Neill's masterpiece, The Hairy Ape, running April 8th-26th at the Latvian Society, with press opening on Friday, April 10th.

GAME OF THRONES Among PGA's 2015 Producers Guild Awards Nominees

The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today its Documentary Motion Pictures, Television Series/Specials, and Digital Series nominees that will advance in the voting process for the 26th Annual Producers Guild Awards.

Steven Wright to Perform at Concord's Capitol Center for the Arts, Today

Billed as the 'Confucius of Comedy' by the New York Post, Academy Award-winner and Grammy Award nominee Steven Wright brings his trademark wit, absurdist one-liners and monotone voice to Concord's Capitol Center for the Arts for one night only today, November 7, at 8pm.

Steven Wright to Perform at Concord's Capitol Center for the Arts, 11/7

Billed as the 'Confucius of Comedy' by the New York Post, Academy Award-winner and Grammy Award nominee Steven Wright brings his trademark wit, absurdist one-liners and monotone voice to Concord's Capitol Center for the Arts for one night only on Friday, November 7, at 8pm.

EgoPo's DEATH OF A SALESMAN to Run 10/22-11/9

EgoPo Classic Theater's 2014-15 American Giants Festival gets underway with Arthur Miller's American classic, Death of a Salesman, running October 22-November 9 at the Latvian Society. The Philadelphia revival of this iconic play is in honor of Miller's upcoming 100th Birthday. In this production, Miller's Jewish roots are faithfully unearthed in a powerful restaging of his haunting play. Venture back to the 1940's, into the Brooklyn home of the Loman family, to attend the Shiva of a poor working man. Willy Loman's mind opens before your eyes, as you peer in, and join him on his search for meaning.

Tig Notaro Coming to Ridgefield Playhouse, 9/29

Comedian Tig Notaro's Boyish Girl Interrupted Tour will stop at The Ridgefield Playhouse on Monday, September 29, at 8 p.m. She is called "a comic's comic", and her stage persona is somewhere on the Steven Wright-Todd Barry-Mitch Hedberg continuum. Hers is a distinct brand of observational comedy. Tig is known for her debut role in the feature film In a World, her work in Shreveport with Ryan Phillippe and Walk of Shame with Elizabeth Banks. No holds barred for this comedian who tells it like it is - from doing a bit on pop star Taylor Dane to announcing to the audience that she had breast cancer, Tig's stand-up has become 'instantly legendary' with many comedians praising her work. This event is part of the Clark Construction Comedy Series.

Tig Notaro Set for Ridgefield Playhouse, 9/29

A comic's comic, Tig Notaro's stage persona is somewhere on the Steven Wright-Todd Barry-Mitch Hedberg continuum. A stand-up comic, writer and radio comedy star, Tig Notaro is coming to The Ridgefield Playhouse on Monday, September 29, at 8 p.m. for an evening of her crowd-pleasing brand of observational comedy. Tig is known for her feature film debut in In a World and her work in Shreveport with Ryan Phillippe and Walk of Shame with Elizabeth Banks. No holds barred for this comedian who tells it like it is - from doing a bit on pop star Taylor Dane (which helped catapult Tig's career) to announcing to the audience that she had breast cancer, Tig's stand-up has become 'instantly legendary' with many comedians praising her work. This event is part of the Clark Construction Comedy Series.

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