Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman to Headline the Curran

Carole Shorenstein Hays announced today that Book Passage at the Curran will welcome Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman on Saturday, October 6 at 8 p.m. The event is part of Curran's popular SHOW & TELL series, featuring provocative, topical and entertaining one-night-only events. The couple will be in conversation to celebrate their new book, "The Greatest Love Story Ever Told: An Oral History," in which they reveal the full story behind their epic romance. Tickets are $50-$110 and include a pre-signed copy of "The Greatest Love Story Ever Told." Tickets are available now by visiting SFCURRAN.com.

As one of Hollywood's favorite couples, Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman are natural performers, having shared their chemistry on-screen as Ron Swanson and Tammy 2 on "Parks & Recreation" and on-stage during their "Summer of 69: No Apostrophe" show. At this intimate SHOW & TELL event, the two will reveal stories from their unlikely beginnings-when she was starring in "Will & Grace" and he was sleeping on a friend's couch-to their eventual romance and marriage, to the continued support, love, and often graphically-described passion the two share today.

Eighteen years ago in Los Angeles, a gorgeous virtuoso of an actress agreed to star in a random play, and a basement-dwelling scenic carpenter said he would assay a supporting role in the selfsame pageant. At the first rehearsal she surveyed her fellow cast members, determining if any of the men might qualify to provide her with a satisfying fling. Her gaze fell upon the carpenter, and like a bolt of lightning the thought struck her: no dice. Moving on.

Unbeknownst to the protagonists, Cupid had merely set down his bow and picked up a rocket launcher...that fired a love rocket (not a euphemism). The players were Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman, and the resulting romance, once ignited, was beyond epic. It resulted in a coupling that has endured to this day; a sizzling, perpetual tryst that has captivated the world with its kindness, athleticism, astonishingly low-brow humor, and true (fire emoji) passion.

In "The Greatest Love Story Ever Told," the couple shares how their romance first evolved. They came from completely different backgrounds, ignored a significant age difference, and were separated by the gulf of several social strata. Megan loved books and art history; Nick loved hammers. But much more than these seemingly unsurpassable obstacles were the values they held in common: respect, decency, the ability to mention genitalia in almost any context, and an abiding obsession with the songs of Tom Waits.

Today, they're still very much in love and now reveal the philosophical mountains they have conquered, the lessons they've learned, and the myriad jigsaw puzzles they've completed. Presented as an oral history in a series of conversations between the couple, the book features anecdotes, hijinks, photos, and a veritable grab bag of tomfoolery. This is not only the intoxicating book that Mullally's and Offerman's fans have been waiting for, it might just hold the solution to the greatest threat facing the modern world: the single life.

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