Sf sketchfest celebrity autobiography movies
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Founded in 1998 by comedian Eugene Pak, Celebrity Autobiography presents celebrities reading passages from other celebrity (you guessed it) autobiographies. The show played on Bravo in 2005, and has run regularly in New York since 2008; in 2009 it won the Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience. Celebrity Autobiography has been playing in San Francisco thanks to SF Sketchfest for 11 years now, and, this year, I decided to take it upon myself to review it, so as to encourage newbies to check out what I consider to be Sketchfest’s hands down, funniest show.
The show never fails to induce OMG-I-Can’t-Stop laughter, thanks to the always passionate, over the top, and fearless readings by the performers. This year’s show, held Sunday, Jan. 20th at San Francisco’s Marines’ Memorial Theatre, maintained that standard, and didn’t fail to elicit riotous laughs from the appreciative audience.
Creator Eugene Pak introduced us to the show by explaining its origins. One day in a
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Celebrity Autobiography, the award-winning hit comedy show where celebrities act out other celebrities' jaw-dropping memoirs verbatim, returns to Sketchfest following its Broadway run! Winner of the Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience, the show features star performers acting out “hot off the press” & hard-to-believe-they-wrote-‘em tell-alls live. Created by Emmy Award nominated writer-performer Eugene Pack and developed by Pack and Dayle Reyfel, Celebrity Autobiography features solos, duets, and mashups with the entire cast covering themes such as first time romance, fitness, music, food, sports, politics, celebrity poetry, and Hollywood love triangles, told from all sides. Critics Pick in NY Times and described as the "Funniest Show in Town, Hands Down"--NY Post. With Pamela Adlon, Richard Kind, Ralph Macchio, Laraine Newman, Eugene Pack, Dayle Rey Abhay Nadkarni, Adam Strauss, Adult Improv, Aivy Cordova, AJ Schraeder Tries His Best, Albert Lin, Alec Castillo, Alejandro Ochoa, Alisha Dhillon, Alison Reynolds, All That Jazz Improv, Allie Lawrence, Amanda Xeller, Andrew Holmgren, Andrew Yang, Angel Jin, Annette Mullaney, Arielle Isaac Norman, Arthur Gaus, Ashley Monique, Austin Blaylock, Bad Medicine, Baruch Porras Hernandez, BATS, Becky Lynn, Ben Feldman, Ben Peterson, Ben Kolina, Benton Harshaw, Best Frenzy, Big Apartment, The Big Bad Armo Show, Bingewatch, BMC Improv (aka Bernie Mac & Cheese), Boobie Trap, Brian King, Britt Migs, Brooke Heinichen, Cab Washington, Cathy Zhao, Celeste Winter, Charlie James, Christian Escoto, Christie Bahna, Chugga Chugga, Ciao, CJ Koepp, Colin Armstrong, Colin Braun, Connor Lonsdale, Convoy, The Coven, D’Lo, Dan Aguinaga, Dan Guan, Darlene Bereznicki, David Nguyen, David Rodriguez, Death Hammer, Deeptanshu Jha, Denise Lee, Diana Hong, Diante Neagle, Dr. Holly, Donde Esta Mi Comedy, D