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David Cross to Perform Second Show at Paramount Theatre

By: Jan. 26, 2016
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David Cross's national theater tour, David Cross: Making America Great Again!, begins this week. The tour hits Denver's Paramount Theatre for a sold-out performance on Tuesday, March 8th at 8 PM. A second show has been added for 10:30 PM.

Tickets for the 10:30pm show-time go ON SALE Tuesday, January 26th at 10 AM. Paramount Theatre tickets are $34.50 and $39.50 and will be available at AltitudeTickets.com and by phone at (303) 893-TIXS.

Emmy Award winner and Grammy Award nominee David Cross is an inventive performer, writer, and producer on stage and screens both big and small.

Cross will return to the road in 2016 with a stand-up tour playing theaters across the country. Named one of the Top 100 Stand-Up Comedians of All Time by Comedy Central, Cross will launch his "Making America Great Again!" tour in January 2016 and play theaters nationwide through April 2016. He last toured in 2009 with a solo stand-up show in support of his New York Times Bestseller, I Drink for a Reason. That hugely successful comedy show was filmed at Boston's Wilbur Theater for a special, entitled "Bigger and Blackerer," which premiered on EPIX in April 2010 before being released on CD and DVD by Sub Pop. His previous comedy special, "David Cross: The Pride is Back," aired on HBO in 1999, and was named one of the 25 best stand-up comedy specials and concert films of all time by ROLLING STONE in July 2015.

Cross has released two other comedy albums - the Grammy Award- nominated, "Shut Up You f-ing Baby" and "It's Not Funny." In 2003 he released the DVD, "Let America Laugh," a documentary film of his groundbreaking stand up tour of alternative, indie rock clubs. In January 2016, IFC will premiere the long-awaited third season of "Todd Margaret," created by and starring Cross as an ill-equipped American who finds himself running the London sales office of the energy drink company for which he works. IFC will air six episodes, with the first three debuting on January 7, and the following three on January 14. The original iteration, "The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret," aired on IFC from 2010 to 2012.

Cross reteamed with his "Mr. Show" collaborator and co-creator, Bob Odenkirk, to create "Mr. Show with Bob and David," a four-episode revamp of the iconic sketch comedy series, which premiered November 2015 on Netflix.

In September 2013, David Cross and Bob Odenkirk released the book, "Hollywood Said No! Orphaned Film Scripts, Bastard Scenes, and Abandoned Darlings from the Creators of Mr. Show." Written with friend and fellow "Mr. Show" alum Brian Posehn, "Hollywood Said No!" is a collection of never-before-seen scripts, orphaned sketch ideas and reminiscences. In support of the book, Cross and Odenkirk embarked on a multi-city tour, performing their first official stand-up comedy shows together since their sold-out national tour in 2002.

In 2014, Cross released the indie film "Hits," which he wrote and directed. A black comedy about the nature of fame in the YouTube era, the film is set in a small town in upstate New York and stars Matt Walsh and Meredith Hagner. It first premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, and then helped raise funds for its theatrical distribution via a successful Kickstarter campaign. In addition to a traditional theatrical release, the film was also available to fans across the nation on BitTorrent, where they were able to pay what they wanted to view it.

On the big screen, Cross has appeared in the independent features, "Kill Your Darlings" alongside Daniel Radcliffe and Michael C. Hall, and the dramedy "It's a Disaster," opposite Julia Stiles and America Ferrera. Other film credits include "Abel," "Year One," Christopher Guest's "Waiting for Guffman," "Men in Black" and "Men in Black II," "Ghost World," Michel Gondry's "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," "Pitch Perfect 2," "I'm Not There," and provided his vocal talents for several animated films, including "Megamind," the "Kung Fu Panda" series and "Curious George."

On television, Cross reprised his beloved role as Dr. Tobias Fünke' on the fourth season of "Arrested Development" on Netflix. During its original critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning run on FOX, Cross was twice-nominated as part of the ensemble cast for a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Cross's introduction to the TV scene came with "The Ben Stiller Show," where Cross honed his comedy writing skills and shared a 1993 Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Writing in a Variety or Music Program.

The original "Mr. Show with Bob and David" received three Emmy Award nominations for both Writing and Music & Lyrics. Cross also served as a writer and contributor for "Tenacious D." He also wrote, produced and starred in the Comedy Central animated series "Freak Show," which he co-created with H. Jon Benjamin.

Cross currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.



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