Monologuist and Humorist James Judd Comes to Stamford and NYC 1/14

Former Groundling and International sensation on National Public Radio's Snap Judgment, James Judd brings his Sedaris-esque storytelling to Stamford with Funny Stories. Judd, humorist and author, stands at the red hot center of stand-up and storytelling. Renowned as "The Closer" on Snap's major-venue, live, national tours, his solo evening of stories, Funny Stories, includes the best of his NPR tales, and new stories.

A uniquely theatrical, hilarious experience, Funny Stories will play one performance only at The Palace Theater (61 Atlantic Street, Stamford, CT) on Thursday, January 11, 2018 at 7:30 pm. Judd will also be performing at The Duplex (West Village, NY) on Sunday, January 14, 2018 at 9:30pm, with MAC Cabaret Performer of the Year nominee Jeff Macauley, in an evening of laughs and music titled Little Crumbs of Happiness. Watch The Palace commercial.

Monologuist and humorist James Judd, headliner of NPR's Snap Judgment, has accidentally ended up in a whorehouse in China while working as a banned journalist, singlehandedly ruined more than a half dozen good jobs (and counting) in industries ranging from journalism to law, and is a former patient-and current pen pal-of sham Manhattan dermatologist turned Attica prisoner Dean Faiello. Judd is also is a writer and performer whose comic, autobiographic tales crowd the stage with hilarious characters and situations.

Often compared to David Sedaris, Judd connects with audiences as he shares stories classified as "spectacular public embarrassments and utter failures." However humiliating, they affirm that part of being human is telling the stories that have happened to us, emphasizing that even in the face of failure, it's getting up and moving forward that matters.

The Washington Post says, "Judd's conversation style is loud, lightning fast and nonstop - he doesn't seem to need to breathe as much as a typical human - and the result is a constantly engaging pileup of quips. It can take a few moments for a joke to register, but by then Judd has unfurled a few more laugh-worthy lines. One of Judd's biggest assets is his delivery, which rarely feels rehearsed, as if he's simply recounting these absorbing personal anecdotes over dinner. And his talents extend to physical humor, whether he's imitating a shark or mimicking an oafish boat captain."

Judd's story of battling a shark in open water was named Snap Judgment's Most Hilarious Story of the Year. You can watch it on YouTube here:

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