By Carol Della Penna
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COMEDIAN/TALK SHOW HOST, JOY BEHAR
DEBUTS HER ONE-WOMAN SHOW
“Joy Behar: Me, My Mouth & I”
3 Performances Only at The Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, PA
Friday, May 9 at 8:00 pm
Saturday, May 10 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, May 11 at 3:00 pm (Mother’s Day)
Tickets On Sale February 11, 2014
New Hope, PA (February 10, 2014) – Comedian/talk show host, Joy Behar, makes her Bucks County Playhouse debut with three exclusive workshop performances of her one-woman show, “Joy Behar: Me, My Mouth & I” this spring. Performance dates are Friday, May 9 at 8:00 pm, Saturday, May 10 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, May 11 (Mother’s Day) at 3:00 pm. Tickets go on sale February 11, 2014 with tickets priced at $54 and $46. Produced by SchrockVision, JoyBee Productions & FACT Bucks County, portions of the ticket proceeds will be donated to FACT Bucks County. To order, visit www.bcptheater.org or call 215.862.2121.
Behar’s comedic prowess and political savvy landed her as an original co-host on the popular daytime talk show, “The View” where she earned an Emmy award, and was on the show for 16 years. More recently, Behar hosted her own shows: “The Joy Behar Show” on HLN and “Say Anything” on Current TV. With more than 30 years on stage and screen, Behar’s one-woman show takes us on a journey from her rollicking childhood in Brooklyn to center stage as one of America’s premiere Talk Show Hosts & Comedians. Behar commented, “It’s a good time to take stock of my shenanigans.”
SchrockVision, a multi-platform company that develops scripted, alternative and theatrical productions, is helmed by Emmy Award winning executive producer/writer, director, and former NBC Network and Paramount Studio executive, Laura Schrock. JoyBee Productions is a company involved with TV, film and personal appearances. FACT Bucks County: FACT (Fighting AIDS Continuously Together) is an all volunteer/501c3 organization dedicated to providing financial assistance to those individuals living with HIV/AIDS who reside in Bucks, Hunterdon and Mercer Counties.
The Bucks County Playhouse, a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, is committed to providing the finest in theatrical entertainment for visitors and residents of New Hope and the Bucks County area. The mission of the Bucks County Playhouse is to present first class professional entertainment and regain the Playhouse’s historic place in the national theatrical landscape; and to stimulate, support, inspire and celebrate the performing arts in New Hope and Bucks County via our involvement with community programs, partnerships and arts education.
Located 90 minutes from New York City, the Bucks County Playhouse opened in 1939 on the site of a grist mill dating from the late eighteenth century. Ironically, the structure was at that time in danger of demolition; however playwright Moss Hart and the local community rallied to save the building and re-opened it as a theatrical venue, which quickly became one of the country’s most famous regional theaters, with a veritable who’s who of American theatrical royalty including Kim Hunter, Helen Hayes, Kitty Carlisle, Colleen Dewhurst, Shirley Booth, Lillian Gish, June Lockhart, Grace Kelly, Robert Redford, Bert Lahr, Leslie Nielsen, Walter Matthau, Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters, Rob Reiner, Alan Alda, Tyne Daly, Mike Nichols, Liza Minnelli, and Audra McDonald and remained in continuous operation until December 2010.
Terrence McNally’s Mothers and Sons, starring Tyne Daly, received its world premiere at the Bucks County Playhouse and will make the leap to Broadway this spring, returning the Playhouse to its roots as an incubator for Broadway (starting with 1951′s The Fourposter starring Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn, Neil Simon’s first play Come Blow Your Horn, and Barefoot in the Park starring Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley.
Thanks to the Bridge Street Foundation, the nonprofit family foundation of Kevin and Sherri Daugherty, this beloved theatrical landmark was re-opened and celebrated on July 2, 2012, exactly 73 years and a day from when it originally opened in 1939. The Bucks County Playhouse is located at 70 South Main Street in New Hope, PA.
Joy Behar Mini-Biography
Joy Behar is a comedic original and leading woman both on stage and screen. She received an Emmy award for her performances on “The View,” where she co-hosted for 16 years. More recently, she hosted her own talk shows: “The Joy Behar Show” on HLN and “Say Anything” on Current TV.
Armed with an MA in English Education from SUNY at Stony Brook, Ms. Behar originally began a career in teaching. After pursuing comedy professionally, she quickly landed on the stages of prominent New York clubs, Caroline’s and Catch a Rising Star. Her comedic talents earned her three MAC awards and a CableAce award. She has starred in her own HBO specials, “One Night Stand,” and “Women of the Night” as well as hosted a popular call-in radio show on WABC.
Ms. Behar has appeared on numerous television programs and frequently substitute hosted for Larry King on CNN’s “Larry King Live.” Her film credits include, “This Is My Life,” directed by Nora Ephron, Woody Allen’s “Manhattan Murder Mystery” and more recently, the Farrelly Bros. film “Hall Pass.” In theater, she enjoyed a successful run in the Off-Broadway hit, “The Food Chain,” garnering rave reviews in the starring role, and in the critically acclaimed “The Vagina Monologues.” In November 2005, Ms. Behar performed to a sold-out Lincoln Center audience as part of the annual New York Comedy Festival and more recently during her one-woman show “Bitchin’ with Behar” at New York’s Zipper Theater. She continues to headline her stand-up act all over the country.
Ms. Behar’s first book, Joy Shtick: or What is the Existential Vacuum and Does it Come with Attachments? and her children’s book Sheetzucacapoopoo: My Kind of Dog both charted on The New York Times best-seller lists.
Ms. Behar was a “Personality of the Year” nominee for the Third Annual TV Guide Awards (1991). Other esteemed honors include the Real Beauty Award from AWRT and Dove (2007), the Safe Horizon Champion award (2001), the Gracie Allen Tribute award from the Foundation of American Woman in Radio and Television (2000), the New York City Public Advocate’s Special Advocate Awards for her outstanding friendship to the Gay community (2000) and her most valued, the GLAAD award.
Ms. Behar is involved with numerous philanthropic organizations and is a frequent contributor to a number of charitable foundations.
