JACKIE MASON MAKES HIS LAST AREA APPEARANCE PRIOR TO BROADWAY
FEINSTEIN'S at the Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue, NYC - 212-339-4095
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http://www.feinsteinsattheregency.com/
) will continue its Spring 2007 season with the return engagement
of the Emmy and Tony Award winning comedy legend Jackie Mason from
April 10-21 in his last area appearance prior to Broadway. His show,
"All New: A Pre-Broadway Comedy Workout" ‘ which features his usual
potent mix of political satire and insightful observations ‘ will
be performed at Feinstein's before moving to the Great White Way.
The show will play the following schedule for this engagement: Tuesday
through Saturday at 8:30 pm with late shows on Friday and Saturday
at 11:00 pm.
Jackie Mason, widely regarded as one of the greatest
stand-up comics of all time, leaves audiences laughing until they
cry and critics raving show after show. From humble comic beginnings
in New York, the Borscht Belt, and comedy clubs around the country,
he rose to be one the hottest comics in America in the early 1960's.
He reached the apex of American entertainment culture when he became
a regular performer on the nation's preeminent television variety
program, "The Ed Sullivan Show," only to fall into Sullivan's disfavor
over the interpretation of a now legendary hand gesture during a
live performance in 1962, an incident which cast a shadow over Mason's
career for more than a decade.
Mr. Mason first emerged from that shadow in Los Angeles,
where his one-man show, "The World According to Me" originated in
1984 to wide acclaim. The show began its unprecedented two and a
half year run on Broadway in December 1986 winning triumphant reviews
and reestablishing Mason as one of the nation's premier comics.
The show earned Jackie Mason a Tony Award, an Outer Critics Circle
Award, an Ace Award, an Emmy Award, and a Grammy nomination. It
toured successfully in America and Europe for two years.
Mason returned to Broadway in 1990 with "Jackie Mason:
Brand New"; in 1994 with "Jackie Mason: Politically Incorrect";
in 1996 with "Love Thy Neighbor"; in 1999 with "Much Ado about Everything";
and in 2002 with "Prune Danish." With each production a critical
and commercial success, Jackie Mason made history in the theater
industry and collected an impressive array of nominations and awards
from the Outer Critics Circle, the Grammy's, the Ace Awards and
others. An HBO special, "Jackie Mason on Broadway", earned him both
an Emmy and an Ace Award. Over the years, Jackie Mason has appeared
in a variety of films and television shows, most notably Caddyshack
II which won him a new, younger, hipper urban following and the
TV sitcom, "Chicken Soup."
Politics has long been a passion for Jackie Mason
and he is well known for his tough and outspoken position on a variety
of issues. Mason hosted a nationally syndicated radio talk show
and together with his friend and collaborator, the divorce attorney
Raoul Lionel Felder, he hosted both the weekly PBS talk television
series "Crossing The Line" and BBC radio show "The Mason-Felder
Report" three times each week. Mason and Felder also write together.
In 1997, Avon Books released The Jackie Mason, Raoul Felder Survival
Guide to New York. This followed Dove Books 'Jackie Mason and Raoul
Felder's Guide to New York and Los Angeles Restaurants in 1996.
The authors have also been regular contributors to both The American
Spectator and The Washington Times.
All shows have a $75 cover and a $40 minimum.
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