Theatre, Dance & Comedy: Spring 2016
Theatre, Dance & Comedy: Spring 2016: David Cross is going to “Make America Great Again”, Richie, Potsie and The Fonz are going to save Arnold’s Malt Shop, Armitage Gone! Dance company is going to redefine the future of American ballet, who knows what Larry Latex Balloonhead is going to do? Here’s 46 special events in the performing arts for spring that are sure to bring you magic, happy days and a kick in the head – we mean that a good way.
Local! One Night With Fanny Brice – The Armonk Players: Here’s another Simply Theatre! Play reading from The Armonk Players. Framed as a visit 
by Brice from the afterlife, this play revisits her life from her start in vaudeville to her career as the highest paid American singing comedienne and her relationship with career criminal Nicky Arnstein. The show moves from story to song including “Rose of Washington Square”, “My Man” and “Second Hand Rose”. With Christine DiTota and Assaf Gleizner. Thurs, 3/3: 8pm. (Whippoorwill Hall, North Castle Public Library, 19 Whippoorwill Rd. East, Armonk; www.armonkplayers.org)
Man of La Mancha – Westchester Broadway Theatre: This five-time Tony award-winning musical inspired by Miguel de Cervantes classic novel enacts the magical tale of the greatest knight of all. Follow Don Quixote, the slayer of dragons, windmills and defender of ladies in distress, with his trusty sidekick Sancho Panza, on his quest to restore chivalry to the world and to claim his lady love – better known as “The Impossible Dream”. Thurs, 3/3-Sun, 5/1: check times. . (Westchester Broadway Theatre, One Broadway Plaza, Elmhurst; www.broadwaytheatre.com)
Montana Rep: All My Sons – Performing Arts Center: Arthur Miller’s first great play was based on a newspaper account of a conspiracy between the Wright Aeronautical Company and military inspectors to approve defective military aircraft engines during WWII. Three Army Air Force officers were convicted of neglect of duty after an investigation conducted by then Senator Harry Truman. Originally produced on Broadway in 1947, this production is from Montana Rep, the theater-in-residence at the University of Montana and one of the most respected touring companies in the United States. Thurs, 3/10: 8pm. (PepsiCo Theatre, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)
39 Steps – Theatre in the Mansion: Mix a 1935 Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, some good old-fashioned romance and a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit filled with non-stop laughs. M&M Performing Arts Company brings this 2-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat to the Lyndhurst Mansion. Appropriate for school-aged children and up. Fri-Sun, 3/11-13 & 18-20: 7pm – 3pm on Sundays. (Lyndhurst Mansion, 635 Broadway, Tarrytown; www.lyndhurst.org)
Local! The Other Side of Now – Small Town Theatre Company: Six short comedies about the “what if” of life written and directed by Westchester County residents. In The Rub, two office workers discover they literally share the same dreams. In You Don’t Know Me, two friends meet for lunch but realize they don’t know each other after all. And an unexpected visitor joins a father and his daughter during their bedtime story time in Tell Me A Story. Plus three more. Fri-Sat, 3/11-12: 8pm. (Hergenhan Hall, 40 Maple Ave., Armonk; www.smalltowntheatre.com)
National Theatre Live –Les Liaisons Dangereuse: Josie Rourke’s new production marks the 30th anniversary of Christopher Hampton’s adaption of a scandalous 18th century novel of sex and intrigue in pre-revolutionary France. Featuring Janet McTeer, Tony Award winner for Broadway’s A Doll’s House in 1997, this production from Donmar Warehouse will be recorded in January 2016. Sat, 3/12: 2pm. (Performing Arts Center, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)
Local! I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change – WPPAC: Joe DiPietro’s 1997 hit, that was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical comes to the White Plains Performing Arts Center for three shows only. This musical that takes on the perils and pitfalls of modern love journeys from first date to marriage, children and the twilight years is the 2nd longest-running Off Broadway musical ever after The Fantastics. Fri-Sun, 3/18-20: 8pm. (WPPAC, 11 City Place, 3rd Floor, White Plains; www.wppac.com)
Frank Ferrante: An Evening With Groucho – Ridgefield Playhouse: The New York Times 
called him “the greatest living interpreter of Groucho Marx’s material.” Morrie Ryskind, co-author of Animal Crackers and A Night at the Opera, called him “the only actor aside from Groucho who delivered my lines as they were intended.” Frank originated the off-Broadway title role in Groucho: A Life in Revue (written by Groucho’s son Arthur) portraying the comedian from age 15 to 85. He won 1987’s Theatre World Award and has been nominated for an Outer Critic’s Circle Award, a Laurence Olivier Award and a Helen Hayes Award for his portrayals of Groucho in revue, and in stage versions of Coconuts and Animal Crackers. Sat, 3/19: 7:30pm. Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 E. Ridge, Ridgefield, CT; www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org)
Job, an Oratorio – Taconic Opera: Dan Montez, who wrote the critically acclaimed oratorio Daniel performed by the Taconic Opera last year, goes back to the Bible with this new World Premiere of his new oratorio Job. Victor Hugo said of the story of Job, “Tomorrow, if all literature was to be destroyed and it was left to me to retain one work only, I should save Job.” Sat, 3/19: 7:30pm at the Ossining United Methodist Church, 1 Emwilton Place, Ossining & Sun, 3/20: 3pm at the White Plains Presbyterian Church, 39 N. Broadway, White Plains; www.taconicopera.org)
Rhythm in the Night – Westchester Community College: A tale of good versus evil, love and salvation is told through Irish step dancing with a world-class troupe of 18 male and female dancers. This epic, 90-minute journey follows Mythical King Balor as he tries to find his way out of the dark world. There are battle scenes with lightning fast rhythms in this age-old art form and Irish dance spectacular. Sun, 3/20: 3pm. (Westchester Community College, 75 Grasslands Rd., Valhalla: www/sunywcc.edu)
Opera At The Cinema – Tosca: Belgium’s Opéra Royal de Wallonie presents a new production of Puccini’s tale of jealousy, turmoil, and despair in Rome during Napoleon’s invasion of Italy in 1800. Tosca premiered in the Teatro Costanzi in Rome 100 years later and remains one of the most frequently performed operas in the Italian language. Paolo Arrivabeni conducts the classic opera, sung in Italian, with stage direction by Claire Servais. All operas are shown with English subtitles. Sun, 3/20: 2pm. (PepsiCo Theatre, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Paramount Hudson Valley: The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s Conservatory Company takes on the bard’s madcap comedy where three stories involving four young lovers, a jealous fairy king and his queen, and a group of amateur actors collide in the woods on a summer eve. Sat, 3/26: 2pm. (Paramount Hudson Valley, 1008 Brown St., Peekskill; www.paramounthudsonvalley.com)
Local! Ain’t That a Kick in the Head – Schoolhouse Theatre: This new play by Tom Fontana follows the last Brat Pack Tour of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. One week after their 1988 tour began Dino quit! “Now ain’t that a kick in the head.” Fontana has won three Emmy Awards and four Peabody Awards for his work as a writer and producer for many TV series including Oz and St. Elsewhere and wrote the HBO film Strip Search for legendary director Sidney Lumet. Thurs-Sun: 3/31-4/24: 8pm except 4/9. Sundays at 3pm. (The Schoolhouse Theater, 3 Owens Rd., Croton Falls; www.schoolhousetheater.org)
A Night of Magic – Emelin Theatre: In this sophisticated performance for adult audiences, Michael 
Chaut, producer of NYC’s Monday Night Magic, brings together four performers each with a different style and brand of magic that foregoes the giant props, scantily clad assistants, wild animals and Vegas conventions. Including, Frank Brents who has performed at London’s Churchill Club and Loew’s Monte Carlo; the classically trained actor Todd Robbins who eats glass, sticks his hand in animal traps and hammers a four inch nail into his nose; Peter Samelson who the NYT’s called a “soft-spoken conceptualist of sorcery”, and Jamy Ian Swiss who Penn & Teller called “James bond with a deck of cards for a pistol.” Fri, 4/1: 8pm. (Emelin Theatre, 153 Library Ln., Mamaroneck; www.emelin.org)
An Evening with Stephen Schwartz – Ridgefield Playhouse: Oscar/Grammy/Tony-winner, and composer of Godspell, Wicked and Pippin, Stephen Schwartz in a one-on-one interview. Sat, 4/2: 8pm. (Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge, Ridgefield, CT; www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org)
Local! The Secret in the Wings – Arc Stages: The Community Stage (formerly The Chappaqua Drama Group) presents Mary Zimmerman’s The Secret in the Wings. In this play Zimmerman “adapts a group of lesser known fairy tales, to create a theatrical work that sets their dark mystery against her unique theatrical vision, poetic language, and acerbic wit. Each tale unfolds, breaking off the story just at its most intense moment before the next tale begins, leaving the audience caught up in a passionate wave of words and imagery. Zimmerman transforms what is ordinary from the page into something extraordinary on the stage.” Directed by Stephanie Kovacs Cohen. Fri-Sat, 4/1-2 & 4/8-9: 8pm & Sun, 4/10: 2pm. (Arc Stages, 147 Wheeler Ave., Pleasantville; www.arcstages.org)
Local! Talley’s Folly – Small Town Theatre Company: Armonk’s Small Town Theatre Company presents a stage reading of Talley’s Folly, Lanford Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize winning play from 1979 that also won the Drama Critics Circle Award and an Obie for Judd Hirsch. Wilson’s romantic comedy is the story of one night in the lives of two unlikely sweethearts, Matt Friedman and Sally Talley. The one-act play takes place on the Fourth of July in 1944 in a dilapidated boathouse on the Talley farm in Missouri. Fri-Sat, 4/15-16 at Hergenhan Hall, 40 Maple Rd., Armonk and Fri-Sat: 4/22-23: 8pm at the Katonah Village Library, 26 Bedford Rd., Katonah; www.smalltowntheatre.com)
National Theatre Live – As You Like It: One of Shakespeare’s most beloved plays, As You Like It, returned recently to the National Theatre for the first time in three decades with director Polly Findlay’s critically-acclaimed production of this comedy of love, change, Elizabethan cross-dressing and cat fishing. (Some things never change.) This production was filmed in February 2016. Sun, 4/24: 2pm. (PepsiCo Theatre, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)
Say Goodnight Gracie – Ridgefield Playhouse: Alan Safier stars in this Tony-nominated Broadway play by Rupert Holmes (The Mystery of Edwin Drood). With vintage photographs and video clips of the legendary comedian George Burns from film and television performances, Say Goodnight Gracie (the third-longest running one-man show in Broadway history) brings to life Burns’ fascinating story. Fri, 4/29: 7:30pm (Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge, Ridgefield, CT; www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org)
Local! Animals Out of Paper – Hudson Stage Company: In this uncommon love story, from Pulitzer Prize winner Rajiv Joseph, a high school teacher and avid fan, pressures a reclusive, world-famous origami artist, into becoming an unwitting mentor to a troubled teenage prodigy. These three flawed characters begin to reshape and mold each other’s lives in much the same way they fold and crease their paper art. “A pitch- perfect script …”– NY Times Fri-Sat: 4/29-30, 5/6-7, 5/13-14: 8pm & Sun, 5/1, 8 & 15: 3pm. (Whippoorwill Hall Theatre, North Castle Library, Kent Place, Armonk; www.hudsonstage.com)
Happy Days – Westchester Broadway Theatre: Grab your poodle skirt, saddle shoes and the kids, and take a rock & roll trip down memory lane! In this new musical, based on the television series and written by its creator, Garry Marshall, Richie, Potsie, Arthur “The Fonz” Fonzarelli and the rest of the gang team up to save Arnold’s Malt Shop from going into the dustbins of history by staffing a dance contest. The show features 21 songs written by Oscar and Grammy winning songwriter Paul Williams including the series’ theme song. “These happy days are your and mine (oh Happy Days.)” Thurs, 5/5 – Sun, 7/17: check times. (One Broadway Plaza, Elmsford, NY; www.broadwaytheatre.com)
Opera At The Cinema – Die Zauberflöte – Performing Arts Center: You’ve got to see it to believe it. From Austria’s Bregenz Festival, this spectacular production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, sung in German, features fire-spewing “dragon dogs,” mythical creatures operated by puppeteers, and dozens of stunt artists in this staging by David Pountney. Conducted by Patrick Summers. Sun, 5/8: 2pm. (PepsiCo Theatre, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase;www.artscenter.org)
A Night To Remember: Presley, Perkins, Lewis and Cash – Ridgefield Playhouse: This show takes you back to December 4, 1956 when Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis gathered at Sun Records in Memphis, TN for one of the greatest ham sessions in music history. Featuring a score of rock hits including “Blue Suede Shoes, “Sixteen Tons”, “Great Balls of Fire” and “Folsom Prison Blues”. Sat, 5/14: 8pm. (Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge, Ridgefield, CT; www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org)
Dance
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana: “An infectiously joyful celebration of music and dance” – The New York Times. Following a sold out 2014 performance, Flamenco Vivo returns to The Center with Poema de Andalucía, a choreographic journey through the alluring cultures and traditions of the Andalusian provinces that form the cradle of Flamenco. This work celebrates the region’s unique and rich heritage through the language of music, song, and dance. Fri, 2/26: 8pm. (Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)
Dance Off The Grid – Emelin Theatre: Dance Off The Grid, created by Valerie Gladstone, the late New York Times and Washington Post dance critic returns to the Emelin Theatre for its third year. This performance features three critically acclaimed dance companies including Armitage Gone! Dance, who The New Yorker called “the future of American ballet”; the tap dance troupe Dorrance Dance (“Glorious” raved The New York Times); and the American Modern Dance company Limon Dance of whom The Village Voice wrote “For drama, virtuosity, and grace, there’s no finer dance company.” Fri, 3/4: 8pm. (Emelin Theatre, 153 Library Ln., Mamaroneck; www.emelin.org)
State Street Ballet – Carmen – Performing Arts Center: State Street Ballet’s choreographer William Soleau weaves both classical and modern influences into the production of Carmen, the tragic tale of the Gypsy and her obsessive lover, set to the famous Georges Bizet score. “SSB’s Carmen is by far the company’s most ambitious and most dazzling ballet yet” –Santa Barbara Independent Sat, 4/9: 8pm. (Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)
Dance Off The Grid – Emelin Theatre: Dance Off The Grid, created by Valerie Gladstone, the late New York Times and Washington Post dance critic returns to the Emelin Theatre for its third year. This performance features the New York dance company Janice Brenner & Dancers, critically acclaimed by the New York Times and Village Voice; Soul Steps, the NYC dance company who showcases the African-American dance tradition known as “stepping”; and Zvidance, an Israeli dance company from director and choreography Zvi Gotheimer. Fri, 4/15: 8pm. (Emelin Theatre, 153 Library Ln., Mamaroneck; www.emelin.org)
Stepping Out with Ben Vereen – Stamford Palace Theatre: Ben Vereen will perform at the Stamford’s Palace Theatre’s 7th annual gala. You can skip the gala stuff and buy a straight up performance only ticket to see this Broadway legend take a contemporary and timeless journey through the American Songbook. Thurs, 4/31: 8pm. (The Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St., Stamford, www.palacestamford.org)
Dance Off The Grid – Emelin Theatre: Dance Off The Grid, created by Valerie Gladstone, the late New York Times and Washington Post dance critic returns to the Emelin Theatre for its third year. This performance features Cornfield Dance from choreographer and dancer Ellen Cornfield who started her career with Merce Cunningham Dance; About Graham 2 who re-imagines the works and traditions of legendary choreographer Martha Graham and a third company to be determined. Fri, 5/20: 8pm. (Emelin Theatre, 153 Library Ln., Mamaroneck; www.emelin.org)
Comedy
Laughtrax: Chicago City Limits – Stamford Palace Theatre: You can see New York City’s legendary improvisation comedy troupe on 74th St. and Third Avenue Saturday nights at 8pm or you can check them out in Stamford. Fri, 3/4: 8pm. (The Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic Ave., Stamford; www.palacestamford.org)
Rob Bartlett – Tarrytown Music Hall: Rob Bartlett from The Imus in the Morning Show returns to The Music Hall to perform his unique blend of comedy and music. This year, he reunites with his long time collaborators, The Bartlettes and will bring some special guests. Sat, 3/5: 8pm. (Tarrytown Music Hall, 13 Main St., Tarrytown; www.tarrytownmusichall.org)
Ron White – Ridgefield Playhouse: Comedian Ron “Tate Salad” White, the cigar-smoking, scotch-drinking funnyman from the Blue Collar Comedy phenomenon brings his stand-up routines to the Ridgefield for two shows. Thus, 3/10: 7 & 10pm. (Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge, Ridgefield, CT; www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org)
The Improvised Shakespeare – Emelin Theatre: Based on an audience member’s suggestion, The Improvised Shakespeare Company creates a fully improvised Shakespearean 
masterpiece right before your very eyes! The Improvised Shakespeare Company has performed Off Broadway and been featured at the Piccolo Spoleto Fringe Festival, Bonnaroo, the Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival, Outside Lands, San Francisco Sketchfest, Upright Citizen’s Brigade’s Del Close Marathon, and the prestigious Just For Laughs festival in Montreal and Chicago. It was named Chicago’s best improv group by both the Chicago Reader and the Chicago Examiner and has received a New York Nightlife Award for “Best Comedic Performance by a Group”. Sat, 3/12: 8pm. (Emelin Theatre, 153 Library Ln., Mamaroneck; www.emelin.org)
Robert Klein – WPPAC: is 1973 album Child of the Fifties, Spin magazine’s 27th best comedy album of all time, features his classic routines like Substitute School Teacher, School Lunch and Civil Defense (No Talking). Robert Klein is a Westchester County resident and a regular local performer. Sat, 3/12: 8pm. (White Plains Performing Arts Center, 11 City Place, White Plains; www.wppac.org)
Laughtrax: Colleens of Comedy – Stamford Palace: Two Irish comedians (neither named Colleen) bring their ethnic humor to the Stamford Palace Theatre. Maureen Langan grew up in Lake Hiawatha, NJ (where there is no lake) and has opened for Joy Behar, Steven Wright and Rosie O’Donnell. Greenwich’s Jane Condon has appeared on Last Comic Standing, The Today Show and The View. Thurs, 3/17: 8pm. (Stamford Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St., Stamford; www.palacestamford.org)
Rescheduled to June 25! Paula Poundstone – Tarrytown Music Hall: One of Comedy Central’s 100 greatest stand-ups of all time, Paula Poundstone won an American Comedy Award for Best Female Standup Comic, and in 2010 she was one of a select group voted into the Comedy Hall of Fame. She is a regular panelist on NPR’s weekly news quiz show, Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me. You can hear her in the new Disney Pixar film Inside Out opening on June 19th. Sat, 3/19: 8pm (Tarrytown Music Hall, 13 Main St., Tarrytown; www.tarrytownmusichall.org)
Paul Zerdin – Ridgefield Playhouse: Zerdin impressed audiences with his ventriloquism skills and comedic puppet characters to win NBC’s America’s Got Talent. Join Paul, cheeky pre-adolsecent Sam, belligerent OAP Albert and the precocious Baby for an evening of “hilarious ventriloquism and hijinks!” Thurs, 3/24: 8pm. (Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge, Ridgefield, CT; www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org)
Sinbad – Ridgefield Playhouse: For nearly 30 years, Sinbad has been entertaining audiences on TV (The Sinbad Show, A Different World) and in film (The Coneheads, Houseguest and Jingle All the Way). See him one night only on Thurs, 3/31: 8pm at the (Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge, Ridgefield, CT; www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org)
Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood – Two Man Group – Performing Arts Center: The two stars of TV’s Whose Line Is It Anyway?, the imaginative mammal Colin Mochrie (Latin name: Hilaritycus Smoothius) and the savant of self-amusement Brad Sherwood (Latin name: Cranius Giganticum) bring their improv routine to The Center on April Fool’s Day. (Apropos!) Come to the performance with your own improvisation suggestions and you may just be asked to join the cast on stage. Fri, 4/1: 8pm. (Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org)
David Cross: Making America Great Again! – Capitol Theatre: This one has “funny” written all over it! Comedy Central named David Cross one of the Top 100 Stand-Up 
Comedians of All Time. Rolling Stone named his 1999 Comedy Special David Cross: The Pride is Back one of the Best 25 Comedy Specials of All Time. His 2009 book I Drink For a Reason was a New York Times Bestseller and his comedy album Shut Up You Fucking Baby was nominated for a Grammy Award. He has an Emmy Award for writing for The Ben Stiller Show and has appeared in many feature films including Men In Black, Men In Black 2, Waiting for Guffman and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Fri, 4/1: 8pm. (Capitol Theatre, 140 Westchester Ave., Port Chester; www.capitoltheatre.com)
Los Boricuas of Comedy – WPPAC: Three Puerto Rican headline comics, Joey Vega (who opened for Marc Anthony on his recent tour) Elizardo Castro (who had a one man show at WPPAC in February) and Josue Torres (from WAPA TV, Puerto Rico) join together for an evening of comedy suitable for family viewing and performed (mostly) in English. Sat, 4/2: 7:30pm & Sun, 4/3: 3pm. (White Plains Performing Arts Center, 11 City Place, 3rd Floor, White Plains; www.wppac.com)
Jim Norton – Ridgefield Playhouse: American comedian, radio personality, bestselling author and actor, Norton is the co-host of The Opie with Jim Norton Show on Sirius XM Radio and currently has 3 one-hour comedy specials available on Hulu. He has regularly guest-starred on The Tonight Show, The Late Show with David Letterman, Louie, and Inside Amy Schumer. Thurs, 4/7: 8pm. (Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge, Ridgefield, CT; www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org)
David Sedaris by Hugh Hambrick
An Evening With David Sedaris: Best-selling author of Naked, and When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris mines his peculiar childhood in North Carolina, his bizarre career path, his move to Paris and his unique observations on neuroses and drugs for an evening of sophisticated observational humor. Thurs, 4/7: 7:30 pm. (Stamford Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St., Stamford; www.palacestamford.org)
Vic DiBitetto – Tarrytown Music Hall: You’ve seen his Bread and Milk rant on YouTube, which got over 12 million hits. You’ve probably seen his Vignettes on YouTube, which garnered another 8 million hits. He’s ‘Ticked Off Vic’ on WPLJ radio, and had a featured role in Kevin James’ hit movie Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2. Vic, the Grand Prize winner on TV’s America’s Funniest People brings his super high-energy standup routine to the Music Hall. Sat, 4/9: 8pm. (Tarrytown Music Hall, 13 Main St., Tarrytown; www.tarrytownmusichall.org)
An Evening with Gilbert Gottfried and Richard Lewis – Paramount Hudson Valley: One is neurotic the other is insane. The New York Times called Richard Lewis “a master of long form storytelling who turns his endless neurotic energy into brilliant comedy>’ Comedy Central recognized him as one of the top 50 stand-up comedians of all time. Gilbert Gottfried – well he’s just crazy, don’t you think? Sat, 4/9: 8pm. (Paramount Hudson Valley, 1008 Brown St., Peekskill; www.paramounthdsonvalley.org)
Tracy Morgan – Picking Up the Pieces Tour – Ridgefield Playhouse: Tracy Morgan was a cast member on Saturday Night Live for seven seasons where he created such memorable characters as Astronaut Jones ad Brian Fellows. He also starred for seven seasons on 30 Rock where he earned his first Emmy nomination. Fri, 4/15: 8pm. (Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge, Ridgefield, CT; www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org)
Bridget Everett – Ridgefield Playhouse: Amy Schumer’s best friend bring her sexed-up punk cabaret Bridget Everett and The Tender Moments for one show to The Ridgefield Playhouse. Sun, 4/17: 8pm (Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge, Ridgefield, CT; www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org)
Kathy Griffin – Tarrytown Music Hall: Kathy made history with her 6th consecutive Grammy nomination and first win for Best Comedy Album (Kathy Griffin: Calm Down Gurrl), joining Whoopi Goldberg and Lily Tomlin as the only other female comedians to ever win Grammy awards for Best Comedy Album. But what is that thing she does with Anderson Cooper on New Years Eve? Whatever. Sun, 4/24: 7pm. (Tarrytown Music Hall, 13 Main St., Tarrytown; www.tarrytownmusichall.org)
Laughtrax: Chicago City Limits – Stamford Palace Theatre: You can see New York City’s legendary improvisation comedy troupe on 74th St. and Third Avenue Saturday nights at 8pm or you can check them out in Stamford. Fri, 5/6: 8pm. (The Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic Ave., Stamford; www.palacestamford.org)
Janeane Garofalo – Emelin Theatre: Janeane Garofalo brings her absurd asides and anxiety filled standup routines to the Emelin for a night of comedy. Garofalo was a cast member on Saturday Night Live in 1994, received an Emmy nomination for her role as Paula the talent booker on The Larry Sanders Show, performed two comedy specials for HBO and has had many memorable roles in films such as The Truth About Cats and Dogs and Reality Bites. Sat, 5/7: 7:30 & 9:30pm. (Emelin Theatre, 153 Library Ln., Mamaroneck; www.emelin.org)
Artie Lang – Ridgefield Playhouse: After a sold out show last year, Artie Lange returns! From radio, TV and his popular podcast “Artie Quitter”, the former MadTV star and best-selling author is one of the most sought after live comedians in the business! Wed, 5/11: 8pm. (Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge, Ridgefield, CT; www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org)
The Gong Show Off Broadway – Ridgefield Playhouse: The Gong Show Off Broadway began its on-going engagement in NYC in Dec 2012. Based on the TV show with Chuck Barrett The Gong Show Off Broadway recreates its antic comedy wit talent on loan from SNL, America’s Got Talent, Conan, 30 Rock, The Jimmy Fallon show and more! Thurs, 5/19: 7:30pm. . (Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge, Ridgefield, CT; www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org)
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