Flowers? Booooring. Brunch? Overrated. Monogrammed vacuum cleaner? She'll bite your head off.
Struggling to find the best gift for Mom's special day? Don't fret, on
Sunday May 8 Roosters' can give your mom a fun-filled night with fabulous comedy, great drinks, a grand prize drawing for six-months free entry and other goodies. Plus we've got mommy-gras beads, Mom-osas, and a little giftie for all the moms! All for only $12 per person.*
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| Wendy Liebman |
Headliner
Wendy Liebman has been performing her uniquely timed style of stand-up comedy since 1984 and is the only person in her family in show business. "My mother is a ventriloquist-but not professionally. For ten years I thought the dog was telling me to kill my father." Waiting a beat, she adds, "I got my brother to do it."
Originally from Long island, Wendy went to college in Boston (a school she refers to as I.O.U.) where she studied psychology and histrionics. Leafing through a catalog for continuing education that she found with some miss-delivered mail, Wendy got her start in stand-up by enrolling in a class called "How to be a Stand-Up Comedian" at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education. She started doing open mike nights at Boston clubs including Stitches, The Comedy Connection and Catch a Rising Star and for the next six years performed throughout all of New England. "I kept my secretarial day job, though I would call in sick a lot. I would say I had "female problems." My boss didn't know I meant her."
Wendy's stock in trade is the one-liner with the subliminal afterthought. The effectiveness of her technique lies largely in the unexpectedness of her timing. The punchline invariably falls after the joke seems to be over. The
Los Angeles Times Raves, "she's a master of the throwaway line, making a perfectly rational observation, then adding almost subliminally the punchline which skews everything she has said before."
In 1990, Wendy won the Johnnie Walker Red Comedy Competition semi-finals in Boston, and competed in the finals at LA's famous Hollywood Improv. It was at this performance that she caught the eye of the talent coordinator of
The Tonight. Show, who invited her to be one of Johnny Carson's guests the following week. If that wasn't thrilling enough, the whole episode was captured on a segment of CBS'
48 hours.
Since then, Wendy has been a regular on
The Late Show with David Letterman, and has appeared on the
Tonight.Show with Jay Leno. Wendy has also been seen on
Politically Incorrect, Dr Katz Professional Therapist, Louie Andersen's Comedy Showcase, The Daily Show, HBO's
Women of the Night, The RuPaul Show and
Comic Relief Vll as well as
Comic Strip Live, VH-1
Stand-Up Spotlight, Evening at the Improv, Caroline's Comedy Hour and MTV's
Half Hour Comedy Hour.
Join us Sunday May 8 at 8:00pm for Wendy Liebman with Matt Champagne and Sean Keane.
Buy tickets now, or call 408.736.0921 for more show information or to make reservations. Sorry, but Roosters is a 21 and over only club, so the little ones will have to make Mom some macaroni art this year.
*Please note: 2-item minimum purchase per person applies.
