Comedian Bobby Collins, a storyteller whose heartfelt humor engages audiences with a hilarious blend of characterizations to which everyone can relate, performs tonight, February 7, 2014 at 8 pm at the Mayo Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $39-59. This event contains mature themes and language.
As one of today's leading and most sought-after comedic talents,
Bobby Collins shows people themselves. Bobby lives to make people laugh. From the moment he hits the stage, he connects with the crowd, gets into their mind and draws them inside his world. They willingly surrender to his energy and visual antics targeted directly at tickling their funny bones. And tickle them, he does. He holds up a mirror to each of us and helps us not to take ourselves so seriously.
While half the audience is nodding in knowing approval from hearing him tell some of their favorite stories, and from seeing him on TV, many of the "newbie's" are there because they've recently heard him on satellite radio. And it's that enthusiastic fan base and the tremendous word of mouth buzz that sells out
Bobby Collins' shows.
Comedy was Collins' destiny. He was named after his father's favorite comedian,
Bob Hope. "I've never seen
Bob Hope perform but when I was appearing in Philadelphia for the first time, a newspaper reporter from New York City caught my act and liked it so much he put me on the entire cover of the paper's weekend section. Lost in the cover's corner was a tiny picture of
Bob Hope. While I was visiting with friends at the club, a black limousine pulled up and the driver handed me a manila envelope. There was a signed photo of
Bob Hope inside along with a handwritten note saying 'How dare you get top billing on a weekend' with a happy face drawn at the bottom."
Charisma, style and flair -- Bobby has it all. He's a mesmerizing entertainer who's larger than life and you won't be able to take your eyes off him. It also doesn't hurt that Bobby is more eye candy than Quasimodo.
Mayo Performing Arts Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich, and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey. The 2013-2014 season is made possible, in part, by a grant the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as support received from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, F.M. Kirby Foundation and numerous corporations, foundations and individuals. The Mayo Performing Arts Center has been designated a Major Presenting Organization by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
