The fun comes back to the beach when the fourth annual SOUTH BEACH COMEDY FESTIVAL returns Wednesday, January 21 through Saturday, January 24, 2009. For the fourth consecutive year, COMEDY CENTRAL will be the national media partner and this year, Live Nation debuts as a Festival partner for 2009.
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FOURTH ANNUAL SOUTH BEACH COMEDY FESTIVAL DELIVERS
ANOTHER STELLAR COMEDIC LINEUP
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Performers Include Lewis Black, Cheech & Chong, Lisa Lampanelli, Jim Norton, Daniel Tosh, Among Many Others
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Festival Announces Live Nation As New Partner
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The Diverse Four-Day Comedy Festival Will Take Place On January 21 – 24, 2009.
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COMEDY CENTRAL’s Free Stage On Lincoln Road Will Once Again Feature
Up-And-Coming Talent Showcases
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To View The Complete Festival Line-Up And Purchase Tickets Log-On To
www.southbeachcomedyfestival.com.
The fun comes back to the beach when the fourth annual SOUTH BEACH COMEDY FESTIVAL returns Wednesday, January 21 through Saturday, January 24, 2009. For the fourth consecutive year, COMEDY CENTRAL will be the national media partner and this year, Live Nation debuts as a Festival partner for 2009.
Now in its fourth year, the SOUTH BEACH COMEDY FESTIVAL delivers a line-up that features some of comedy’s leading performers including the legendary Cheech &Chong. The Festival welcomes back the irreverent Lisa Lampanelli, who returns to play The Fillmore at The Jackie Gleason Theater after selling out the Colony two years ago. COMEDY CENTRAL’s Grammy-Award-winning comedian Lewis Black is also scheduled to perform.
Joining Cheech & Chong, Lampanelli and Black will be comedian and satellite radio personality Jim Norton (“Down and Dirty with Jim Norton”), comedian Daniel Tosh (COMEDY CENTRAL special “Completely Serious”), “The Soup” host Joel McHale, playwright and GLAAD award-winner Marga Gomez, Miami’s own author and acclaimed humorist Dave Barry, Craig Robinson from NBC’s “The Office,” Nephew Tommy from the number one syndicated rated radio show, “The Steve Harvey Morning Show” and, host of Univision’s “Despierta America”
Fernando Arau, to star in the world premiere of his new production "Matrimonio.... Una Historia de Ciencia y Friccion" ("Marriage: A Story of Science Friction").
The Festival will break new ground this year with the world premiere of “Tied in Knots,” Gloria Calderon Kellett’s new play about newlyweds and their relationship with their single friends. Kellett, a Cuban American playwright is also an accomplished television writer, having written for such shows as CBS’ hit series, “How I Met Your Mother.”
Also part of the line-up is COMEDY CENTRAL’s The Hot List, a showcase of up-and-coming comedians that COMEDY CENTRAL has specially selected to bring to the SOUTH BEACH COMEDY FESTIVAL. This showcase, which represents some the best new voices in comedy and presents an opportunity for everyone to see talented new comers before they break, will be hosted by Doug Benson, a longtime network favorite.
Additionally, the Festival will once again feature another strong lineup of up-and-coming comedians nightly on COMEDY CENTRAL’S free outdoor stage on Lincoln Road.
“We try to provide the most diverse lineup possible so that people from all walks of life in South Florida can find something they like,” said Raul Mateu, SVP and managing director of the William Morris Agency in Miami Beach and festival director of the SOUTH BEACH COMEDY FESTIVAL. “We continue to provide some of the biggest names in comedy along with some of its brightest prospects. We also believe in giving back to the community and will continue with our free stage on Lincoln Road, as well as the E-ware recycling drive, sponsored by COMEDY CENTRAL.”
"COMEDY CENTRAL is thrilled to once again be the national media partner. The Festival has grown into one of the most prestigious comedy festivals in the nation," said Mitch Fried, senior vice president, COMEDY CENTRAL Live Entertainment. "This year we have bulked up our line-up and will once again feature some of the hottest up-and-coming comedians on the free stage on Lincoln Road as well as at a special showcase at the Colony Theater. COMEDY CENTRAL welcomes Live Nation as a partner in the Festival and would like to extend a big thanks to our national media sponsors Kia and Taco Bell, who have joined us for the third consecutive year.
Mateu is also thrilled with the new partnership with Live Nation and their team of venues, bookers and marketers in Florida. “Their commitment to providing quality entertainment in South Florida matches well with the mandate of the SOUTH BEACH COMEDY FESTIVAL. We are excited to be working with them,” he said. “They will provide the production and booking expertise as the major comedy promoter in the country.”
"With Live Nation booking the Festival, we will expand the Festival’s portfolio of artists and continue to break new ground at the SOUTH BEACH COMEDY FESTIVAL while increasing the utilization of our landmark South Beach venue, The Fillmore at The Jackie Gleason Theater, to showcase some today’s top comedic talent,” says Neil Jacobsen, Live Nation’s President of Florida Music.
Once again this year, the SOUTH BEACH COMEDY FESTIVAL, COMEDY CENTRAL and Channel 7/Deco Drive will be on the hunt for hot new talent. An open casting call will take place on Monday, January 5 from 1-6pm at the Improv Comedy Club in Coconut Grove, with semi-finalists performing on Wednesday January 7. Video clips from the top five finalists will then air on January 12t–19t on WSVN-7’s Deco Drive. Fans will have the opportunity to send a text message to vote for their favorite. The winner will be announced on Tuesday, January 20 on-air and will subsequently have the opportunity to perform live on the COMEDY CENTRAL’s Lincoln Road Stage during the Festival.
Performances take place at The Fillmore at the Jackie Gleason Theater, Lincoln Theatre, Colony Theater and at Lincoln Road Stage – which is home to the Festival’s outdoor, nightly, free comedy stage. Sponsors of the fourth annual SOUTH BEACH COMEDY FESTIVAL include WSVN 7/Deco Drive, The Improv, The Miami Herald and Miami Beach Visitor's and Convention Authority and the City of Miami Beach.
Tickets can be purchases through ticketmaster.com. For additional ticketing information, please visit the Festival’s Web site at www.southbeachcomedyfestival.com. About the William Morris Agency
The William Morris Agency is at the forefront of the entertainment, media, and marketing industries, with principal offices in New York, Beverly Hills, Nashville, London, Miami Beach and Shanghai, China. The Agency represents clients from all artistic disciplines, including motion pictures, television, music, theatre, publishing, commercial endorsements, sports, digital media, and video games. In addition, William Morris Consulting, the Agency’s corporate advisory group, works with some of the world’s most recognized consumer brands to create entertainment-based marketing strategies. The William Morris Agency can be found at http://www.wma.com. About Live Nation
Live Nation's mission is to maximize the live concert experience for artists, fans and sponsors. Our core business is buying and producing artist rights and monetizing those rights via our global distribution pipe. Live Nation is the largest producer of live music concerts in the world, annually producing over 16,000 concerts for 1,500 artists in 57 countries. The company sells over 45 million concert tickets a year and expects to drive over 60 million unique visitors to livenation.com in 2008. Live Nation is transforming the concert business by expanding its concert platform into direct concert ticketing and building the industry's only artist-to-fan vertically integrated concert platform. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Live Nation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, trading under the symbol "LYV." Additional Information about the company can be found at www.livenation.com/investors. About Comedy Central
COMEDY CENTRAL, the only all-comedy network, currently is seen in more than 95 million homes nationwide. COMEDY CENTRAL is owned by, and is a registered trademark of, Comedy Partners, a wholly-owned division of Viacom Inc.'s (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B) MTV Networks. COMEDY CENTRAL's Internet address is www.comedycentral.com. For up-to-the-minute and archival press information and photographs visit Press Central, COMEDY CENTRAL’s press Web site at www.comedycentral.com/press.
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