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Archive for the 'Queer Comedy on CD' Category

Nov 20 2008

Feature Profile: Suzanne Westenhoefer - Guaranteed Fresh

Before Ellen and before Cho, there was Suzanne Westenhoefer.

Fearless, bold, unapologetic, and “freaking hilarious” best describes Comedian Suzanne Westenhoefer. She’s made a career out of telling the truth. And, the truth is, life is funny and no one is off limits. From her mom’s Last Will and Testament to her dog’s embarrassing discovery (What is the discovery? Strange otherwise), Suzanne shares stories that leave audiences in stitches.

The first openly gay comedian in the U.S., Suzanne has delivered gay

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Nov 14 2008

Feature Profile: Margaret Smith - As It Should Be

Stand Up Comedian, Actor, Writer and Producer, Margaret Smith does it all! A Six-time Emmy Award winner, Margaret recently left her gig as a writer and producer for the Ellen Degeneres Show to work on her own projects. She is currently in negotiations on a pilot she has developed.

She also recently published her first book. A hilarious yet poignant, partial memoir about becoming a single mother. It’s titled, “What Was I Thinking”.

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Nov 08 2008

Feature Profile: Karen Williams - HaHA Institute’s Leading Light

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Karen Williams is known as that thin Black lesbian stand-up comic with a lot to say and the gift for saying it in a screamingly funny way. Heads turn at her rapid-paced raps on single motherhood, dating, relationships, celibacy, AIDS, economic inequity, racism, codependency, and whatever topic strikes her fancy, or object from the audience catches her attention. Audiences marvel at her strong and thoughtful presence, her acute awareness, but it is her attitude — anger and angst masked behind diffidence — which brings her observations home.

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Oct 16 2008

Interview: Elvira Kurt: Canuck of All Trades

It’s hard to find a comedian quite like Elvira Kurt. Perhaps best known in the States for her painfully hilarious insights about growing up as the gay daughter of Hungarian immigrants in her native Toronto, she is also a seasoned television personality with a unique knack for bringing audiences directly into her equally unique world.

Not only is the stand-up veteran a cheeky performer with all the right resume highlights - the tours, the films, the television, the Second City stint - she’s also a vocal advocate for women’s rights, LGBTQ rights, and a seasoned performer of Eve Ensler’s iconic ode to every-women’s “down-there,” The Vagina Monologues. With a recent appearance at the Michigan Womyn’s Festival and an ongoing gig as a Canadian TV superstar, the

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Oct 13 2008

Featured Profile: Kathleen Madigan

Kathleen Madigan is one of the most popular headliners in the country. An American Comedy Award winner as best female stand-up, her accessible and unpretentious style has earned her a devoted and growing following.

Unlike any other female comedian working today, Kathleen resonates  with a broad base of fans from coast to coast. She packs theaters from Nevada to North Carolina and everywhere in between.

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Sep 28 2008

Feature Profile: Robin Greenspan - She’s Totally Naked

You may not have to be a lesbian to laugh at Robin Greenspan, but it sure is nice to be one when Robin’s around. The comedienne was part of the first nationally-televised gay and lesbian sketch comedy shows, Showtime’s In Through the Out Door with Suzanne Westenhoefer and Lea DeLaria.

Since that breakout appearance, she’s also done her own one-woman show, “Kickin’ Hard”, at the HBO workspace in

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