JOAN RIVERS
Live at The Cutting Room in Chelsea!
TWO FALL SHOWS ANNOUNCED: SEPT. 24 AND OCT. 1!
Legendary comedian Joan Rivers returns The Cutting Room in Manhattan with two new workshop performances following a successful run of her autobiographical play on London's West End. The outrageous workshop performances feature new material, as Joan tries out her newest jokes in an intimate Chelsea club. Joan will appear on Wednesday, September 24, and Wednesday, October 1, at The Cutting Room, 19 West 24th Street (between Broadway and Sixth Avenue). Tickets are $30, and may be ordered online now or by calling 212-352-3101. Doors open one hour before showtime, and you can enjoy live music by pianist Lance Cruce. The Cutting Room has a full dinner menu available.
Net proceeds of Joan Rivers' workshops are donated to God's Love We Deliver and Guide Dogs for the Blind.
Described as a post-menopausal Lenny Bruce, Joan Rivers delivers a raunchy, politically incorrect evening of stand-up comedy. One of the hardest working women in show business, she is a best-selling author, Tony-nominated actress, playwright, screenwriter, motion picture director, Emmy Award-winning television talk-show host, jewelry designer, business woman and mother to "what's-her-name" Melissa. She is on the board of God's Love We Deliver, National Chairwoman of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and gives lectures around the world on suicide prevention and survival. With her trademark mix of outspoken wit, savvy and compassion, she continues to be one of America's most admired first ladies of comedy.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, Joan Rivers "made the rounds" in New York during the ‘50s, appearing in a few off-off Broadway plays (including one where she played a lesbian opposite an equally unknown Barbra Streisand), surviving sleazy agents, tawdry clubs, and hostile audiences. A 1965 booking on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" led to her hosting one of the first syndicated talk shows on daytime TV, "That Show with Joan Rivers" in 1968. In the ‘70s Joan wrote the TV-movie "The Girl Most Likely To" starring Stockard Channing, and then wrote and directed her first feature film "Rabbit Test," casting Billy Crystal in the lead. In 1983 Joan became the permanent guest host on "The Tonight Show." She headlined Las Vegas, sold out Carnegie Hall, produced a Grammy-nominated comedy album, and wrote two best-selling books. In 1989 the Tribune Corporation launched Joan in her own successful syndicated daytime talk show. She won an Emmy and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1994 she wrote and starred on Broadway in "Sally Marr and Her Escorts," for which she received a Best Actress Tony nomination. Since then, Joan has written three more best-selling books and maintains her own jewelry line on QVC.
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The Details
The Details:
Wednesdays, September 24 & October 1
Cost: Tickets are $30, available online now or by calling 212-352-3101.
Location: The Cutting Room is located at 19 West 24 Street (between Broadway and Sixth Avenue). Subways: N, R, F, V, 6 to 23rd Street in Manhattan
Doors open one hour before showtime. Seating is first-come, first served, and we recommend arriving early to secure the best seats. Groups of six or more: we strongly recommend that at least one member of your group arrive 45 minutes before showtime to ensure that your group can be seated together.
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