I'm kicking off our own version of Sweeps with a visit by Emmy winner JUDY GOLD where we'll talk comedy, her new show "It's Jewdy's Show - My Life As A Sitcom" and life on the road as a stand-up.
Thanks to comedian and event producer Tom Ragu for making this happen!
Plus ATHENA REICH (from the upcoming net-com, "16th and 8th") will join us for a musical interlude courtesy of SASI PR.
LOTS of great giveaways including GLEE and MODERN FAMILY DVDs, CDs from KT Tunstall, Elton John, Robbie Williams and more (courtesy of our pal Vinny over at the Karpel Group); tickets to the Broadway show "Elling", (starring Brendan Fraser, the incredible Jennifer Coolidge and Denis O'Hare), Charles Busch's "The Divine Sister" (Soho Playhouse), "Through the Night" (The Union Square Theatre), "Fuerza Bruta" (The Daryl Roth Theatre), "Devil Boys from Beyond" (New World Stages) "My Big Gay Italian Wedding" (The St. Lukes Theatre) and "Play Dead" (Players Theatre) courtesy of Matthew at NEXT Magazine plus Coco Peru's new show and "Boylesque" (a satire of the upcoming Cher movie courtesy of Ron and Chip at Spin Cycle).
With a show this big and giveaways this awesome, this much of a popculturapalooza, our beneficiary also has to be big and tonight 100% of the proceeds from Bingo cards and auctions will go to New York's Gay/Lesbian Anti Violence Project
As always The Will Clark Show is at Pieces (8 Christopher Street between Gay and Greenwich near 6th Ave.) from 8pm to 10pm. There's no cover and we have cheap drinks, cheap men and a great, funny, warm crowd where you can hang and meet some great, funny, warm new friends. DJ Baker is in the booth and Damon will be taking photos (while AB is in Puerto Rico as visiting artist)
ABOUT JUDY GOLD
An Emmy Award winning actress and comedian, Judy Gold is best known as the star of the critically acclaimed long-running Off Broadway hit show "25 Questions for a Jewish Mother", for which she was nominated for a 2006 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance. In addition, the show won the 2007 GLAAD award for Outstanding New York Theater. The New York Times called this one-woman show "fiercely funny, honest and moving." A book based on the show was nominated for the prestigious Quill Award.
Judy's new show, "It's Jewdy's Show - My Life As A Sitcom" just debuted to rave reviews in Washington, DC and was featured at this year's Williamstown Theatre 2010 Festival.
Most recently, Judy has been in the cast of Nora & Delia Ephron's Off-Broadway play, "Love, Loss and What I Wore". Gold can be seen regularly on Tru TV's "The Smoking Gun Presents." She has guest-hosted ABC's "The View" - where she has appeared numerous times, and appears regularly on "The Joy Behar Show" on CNN. Judy recently appeared on "Ugly Betty", and "The Wendy Williams Show." She was the host of HBO's "At the Multiplex with Judy Gold" from 1999 - 2009, and Judy also hosted Comedy Central's "100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time" and the GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS, which aired on LOGO and VH1. Her TV specials include a half-hour comedy special for LOGO and she is featured in the HBO documentary, “All Aboard." Her stand-up specials include "Comedy Central Presents: Judy Gold", Comedy Central's "Tough Crowd Stands Up" and Judy's HBO half-hour special, which received a 1996 Cable Ace Award. Gold was seen in the smash hit film “The Aristocrats” and the documentary “Making Trouble.”
Gold won two Emmy Awards for writing and producing "The Rosie O'Donnell Show." She was nominated twice for The American Comedy Award's funniest female stand-up.
She has also appeared on "Law & Order," "Law & Order SVU," "Hollywood Squares," "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," and "The Conan O'Brien Show" to name a few.
Gold lives in New York City with her two children. She frequently tours theatres and comedy clubs around the country. Her CD, “Judith's Roommate Had a Baby” is currently available on AMAZON.
Join comedian Tom Ragú as he hosts One Night Only - with Judy Gold ~ part of a continuing series at The Metropolitan Room ~ on Saturday November 6, 2010 ~ 9:30pm. With special guest Julianna Forlano and musical guest Ben Lerman.
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