| Audible Theater Announces HOW TO SURVIVE MENOPAUSE starring Samantha Bee | |
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| Audible Theater Announces How To Survive Menopause Written By & Starring Emmy Award Winner Samantha Bee Three Performances Only! Thursday, October 17 – Saturday, October 19 Recorded Live at Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre Tickets On Sale Now Show Will Also Be Released Globally As An Audible Original NEWARK, NJ and NEW YORK, NY – September 24, 2024 – Audible, Inc., the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, is pleased to announce How To Survive Menopause, written by and starring Emmy Award-winning comedian Samantha Bee, as the next production at Audible Theater's Minetta Lane Theatre (18 Minetta Lane, between MacDougal & 6th Avenue – one block south of W. 3rd Street). How To Survive Menopause will play three live performances only from Thursday, October 17 – Saturday, October 19. The production will be recorded live and released as an Audible Original, extending its reach to millions of Audible listeners around the world. Samantha Bee wants to talk about menopause. Okay, she actually doesn't want to, but she must. Half of the world's population will spend one third of their lives in it, yet it's been completely shrouded in secrecy-until now. The Emmy Award winning host of "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee" shares everything she has learned in her new one-woman show, How To Survive Menopause . Because everyone needs that one best friend who will keep it real for them—like, really real. Be part of the live audio recording at Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre for a hilarious, soothing salve you didn't know you needed. It's perfect for anyone who is going through it, has gone through it, will go through it, or knows someone who has. Basically, the entire population. How To Survive Menopause is produced in association with Kim Burdges. Technical supervision is by Beacon Theatrical Services with general management by Baseline Theatrical 's Jonathan Whitton. ABOUT SAMANTHA BEE Samantha Bee currently hosts the weekly podcast Choice Words with Samantha Bee via Lemonada Media as well as The Daily Beast Podcast premiering September 26th. Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Bee joined The Daily Show with Jon Stewart's "Best F#@king News Team" on Comedy Central in 2003. Bee departed The Daily Show in 2015 and currently holds the title for being the longest-serving regular Daily Show correspondent of all time. In 2016, Bee received global recognition from the success of her very own weekly late-night comedy series, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, which premiered in 2016 and ran for seven seasons on TBS. Full Frontal offered a unique satirical take on weekly news, and explored important stories that had been largely overlooked by more traditional media outlets. Full Frontal received rave reviews, critical acclaim, and garnered 12 Emmy nominations, and 2 Emmy wins. In a landscape of male late-night talk show hosts, critics have appreciated Bee's "fiery and fierce" delivery (The New York Times) and have embraced Full Frontal as a "daring, innovative addition to the late-night slate" (Entertainment Weekly). Bee and her husband Jason Jones also co-created the half-hour comedy series, The Detour, which ran for four seasons on TBS, The Detour, which starred Jones, was inspired by their personal lives and followed Nate (Jones), Robin (Natalie Zea) and their two kids, as they traveled the world in a series of misadventures. Bee is the author of the essay collection I Know I Am, But What Are You? and has been included as one of TIME 100's: Most Influential People. In 2018, Bee announced her new production company, Swimsuit Competition, co-founded with "Full Frontal" producer Kristen Everman. Swimsuit Competition aims to create inclusive, narrative and documentary television. Bee recently embarked on her first national tour, Your Favorite Woman: The Joy of Sex Education, where she completed a 17-city run including sold-out dates at The Kennedy Center in Washington DC, The Newmark Theatre in Portland and NJ's Victoria Theatre. The show is presented under Samantha Bee and Kristen Everman's production banner, Swimsuit Competition, and produced by Kim Burdges. TICKETING INFORMATION Tickets for How To Survive Menopause are on sale now at www.Audible.com/MinettaLane. ABOUT AUDIBLE THEATER Audible Theater makes outstanding performances and powerful storytelling available to live audiences in New York City and millions of people all over the world. Since founding in 2018, Audible Theater's dynamic mix of live and audio theater productions have been praised as "trailblazing" (Variety), "illuminating" (Forbes), and "an exemplary use of the medium" (The Observer). Audible Theater productions have garnered more than 60 nominations and 14 wins across the off-Broadway theater awards landscape. More than 120 audio theater titles have released on Audible. Three-time Tony-nominated Audible Theater has produced the multi-award-winning musical Dead Outlaw, with music & lyrics by David Yazbek & Erik Della Penna, book by Itamar Moses, conceived by David Yazbek, and directed by David Cromer; Swing State written by Rebecca Gilman and directed by Robert Falls; Sorry for Your Loss written by and starring Michael Cruz Kayne; Drinking in Americastarring Andre Royo; Girls & Boys starring Carey Mulligan; Harry Clarke starring Billy Crudup, and many others at the Minetta Lane Theatre in New York City. Audible was co-producer for the Broadway transfer of the Tony Award-nominated Latin History for Morons written by and starring John Leguizamo and for the Tony Award-nominated Sea Wall / A Life starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge. In May 2018, Audible announced that the Minetta Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village would serve as its creative home for live performances in New York, with Audible members receiving exclusive access to discounted tickets and related audio content. Since then, Audible has hosted and produced a wide variety of live performances at the Minetta Lane including dramatic plays, comedic shows, original musical performances, and more. Since June 2017, Audible has commissioned 50 theater playwrights to receive support from its $5 million Emerging Playwrights Fund dedicated to developing innovative English-language works from around the globe. The initiative enables the creation of original plays driven by language and voice, keeping with Audible's core commitment to elevate listening experiences through powerful performances and extraordinary vocal storytelling. Emerging Playwrights commissions have included Evil Eye by Madhuri Shekar, The Half-Life of Marie Curie by Lauren Gunderson, Good Enemy by Yilong Liu, and more. ABOUT AUDIBLE, INC. Audible, Inc., an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary (NASDAQ:AMZN), is the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, offering global audiences a powerful way to enhance and enrich their lives through extraordinary content. Audible's catalog includes more than 900,000 audio titles, including Audible Originals as well as audiobooks and podcasts from leading studios, print, audio and magazine publishers and world-renowned entertainers. # # # # www.audible.com/theater |
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