Stand Up / Sit Down
Comedian RICHIE BYRNE
Thursday, April 11th at 8 PM
$40 Public | $30 Members
Headlining comedian, Richie
Byrne, captivates audiences with his stage presence and one of the highest
laugh-per-minute counts in the business. Byrne, who wowed audiences as the
warmup comedian for “The Dr. Oz Show” for over a decade, brings his unique meld
of old-school story-telling, New York sarcasm, and spot-on witty observations
to every performance. After his stand-up set, Richie will sit down for a
discussion on his illustrious career.
A veteran of stand-up for over 30 years, Byrne sports a
string of A-list NY credits including Dangerfield’s, Caroline’s on Broadway,
Gotham Comedy Club, Carnegie Hall, and Radio City Music Hall; as well as the
Borgata in Atlantic City and the The Comedy Stop at the Trop in both Atlantic
City and Las Vegas. His TV credits in comedy include Comedy Central, VH1, “The
Rosie O’Donnell Show”, “Good Day New York” and “Gotham Live” on AXS-TV.
Besides “The Dr. Oz Show” Richie has done warm up for “The
Rachael Ray Show”, “Tamron Hall”, “The Drew Barrymore Show”, “The Chew”,
“The Jane Pauley Show,” “Murphy Brown”, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”, and
the “Miss America Pageant”. His variety show, “The Richie Byrne Show”, is
a tour de force of theater, Broadway, comedy sketches and big band grandeur. Sharing
laughter for good, Byrne has toured military bases worldwide with “Comics on
Duty,” and has performed for many charities.
Byrne has also pursued his passion for acting on the stage
and screen, with high-profile turns including “Sex and the City,” “The
Sopranos,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” and “Conviction” as well as the
feature film “Good-bye Baby”.
Our Host Steven Taub is an Emmy nominated documentary filmmaker
whose body of work includes ‘Laugh a
Day.’ In this film he interviewed comedy legends Robert Klein, David Brenner, Richard Belzer and Dom Irrera. Steven has produced and written comedy for
numerous forms of media. As a filmmaker he has interviewed dozens of people
with various backgrounds comfortably unearthing their stories, passions and
intellect. Now, Steven brings his vast interviewing experience to the Cinema
Arts audience with the live program “Stand-Up/Sit-Down” wherein he will book Comedy Club headliners for performance
and then interview them. Getting to know the comedian you just saw will enhance
your evening tremendously. Every comedian has fascinating and fun stories.
Steven will ask the pertinent questions that will bring their stories to light.
