GHETTO KLOWN Box Office Opens 1/31

The Lyceum Theatre box office (149 West 45th Street) for John Leguizamo's GHETTO CLOWN will open this Monday, January 31. Ghetto Klown will play a 12-week engagement, beginning previews on Monday, February 21 and opening on Tuesday, March 22. It marks John's fifth one-man play and his third on Broadway. Academy Award winner Fisher Stevens makes his Broadway directorial debut with the show.

Conceived and performed by Emmy and Obie Award winner John Leguizamo, Ghetto Klown is presented by Westbeth Entertainment, Daveed D. Frazier and Nelle Nugent.

Ghetto Klown is the next chapter in John Leguizamo's hugely popular personal and professional story. It follows in the unabashed, uncensored, and uninhibited tradition of his Mambo Mouth, Spic-O-Rama, Freak, and Sexaholix...a Love Story. In Leguizamo's trademark style, the piece explodes with energy, leading audiences on a fever-pitch adventure and heating up the stage with vivid accounts of where he's been and the colorful characters who have populated his life. Leguizamo takes audiences from his adolescent memories in Queens to the early days of his acting career during the outrageous 80s avant-garde theatre scene, and on to the sets of major motion pictures and his roles opposite some of Hollywood's biggest stars.

Leguizamo explains, "Ghetto Klown is all the things I say to my therapist and my manager, but would NEVER want the general public to know. It's cheaper than a lawsuit and I get to take a bow at the end. It's like Wikileaks but with no international manhunt. Yet."

Ghetto Klown was showcased in earlier incarnations in cities including Philadelphia, New Haven, Santa Fe, Louisville, La Jolla, Berkeley, Toronto, and at Montreal's Just for Laughs Festival.

Tickets are currently available through Telecharge.com or 212-239-6320.

Box office hours follow:
January 31 - February 20: Monday-Saturday 10am-6pm, closed Sun.
Commencing Monday February 21: Monday -Saturday 10:30am - 8:30pm and Sunday 12pm-6pm.
Ticket Prices range from $29.50 -$116.50 (all prices include $1.50 facilities fee).

Playing schedule:
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at 7pm, Friday and Saturday at 8pm, and Sunday at 3pm. (Six shows per week. Dark on Wednesdays)

Follow Ghetto Klown:
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