Jerry Seinfeld Live! - Benefit for Reprise Theatre Company, 4/8

Reprise Theatre Company presents Jerry Seinfeld Live! hosted by Jason Alexander, for one performance only on Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 8:00 pm, at the Saban Theatre, Beverly Hills (formerly the Wilshire Theatre).
 
This extraordinary event will feature the hilarious comedy of Jerry Seinfeld and will reunite him with Reprise's Artistic Director and the evening's host, Jason Alexander. Ticket sales support Reprise and its mission to produce musical theatre and provide arts education programs for underserved members of our community.
 
Reprise Theatre Company is headed by Artistic Director Jason Alexander and Producing Director Susan Dietz.  Alexander is best known for his 9-year stint as George Costanza on "Seinfeld."
 
Jerry Seinfeld was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in Massapequa, Long Island.  He graduated from Queens College in 1976 and after graduation went straight to the New York Comedy Club circuit. His career took off after his first successful spot on Carson's  "The Tonight Show" in 1981 at age 27.  Appearances on Letterman and Merv Griffin shows followed, and Jerry became a leading standup comedian.  In 1989, Jerry teamed up with fellow stand-up Larry David and created "Seinfeld Chronicles" for Castle Rock Entertainment.  The show became the hit NBC Television series "Seinfeld."  In 1998, after nine extraordinarily successful years, the last episode aired to a national audience of 75 million people. In its 7th year in syndication, "Seinfeld" is still a frontrunner in the ratings.  In the TV Guide listing of the Greatest Shows of All Time, "Seinfeld" was voted #1.

After retiring from his hit series, Seinfeld immediately returned to what he loved most, stand-up.  He performed to a sold out, week-long engagement at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York City.  The last show was telecast live as an HBO special, "I'm Telling You For The Last Time" in August 1998.
 
In 2001, Seinfeld began creating a new stand-up act which was chronicled in the documentary, "Comedian," a behind the scenes look at the world of stand-up comedy. In 2003, Jerry penned a best selling children's book entitled "Halloween" which has become a household perennial for both kids and adults alike. 
 "Bee Movie," opened in theaters on November 2, 2007 and was a box office hit.  Jerry starred, wrote and produced the DreamWorks animated film. He appeared with the cast of "Seinfeld" on last season's HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
Jerry is currently executive producer of "The Marriage Ref," a real life comedy which will premiere on NBC in February, starring comedian Tom Papa. He can also be seen performing stand-up across the country on an ongoing basis, offering his fans a constant flow of new material. 

About Reprise Theatre Company
Since its inception in 1997, Reprise Theatre Company has been a focus of the Los Angeles musical theatre community, producing productions of great American musicals, and a wide variety off concerts, staged-readings, special events and outreach programs.  In May 2007, Jason Alexander became Artistic Director and he was joined by Susan Dietz, Producing Director.
 
Since its inaugural production of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's "Promises, Promises," which starred Mr. Alexander, Reprise has brought to the stage vibrant productions from all eras of American musical theatre including the Gershwins' "Of Thee I Sing" and "Strike Up the Band," Cole Porter's "Anything Goes," and Rodgers and Hart's "The Boys from Syracuse" and "Babes in Arms," as well as Richard Rodgers' later "No Strings."  The "Golden Era" has been well represented – Burton Lane and E.Y. Harburg with "Finian's Rainbow," Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe with "Brigadoon," Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green with "On the Town" and "Wonderful Town," Irving Berlin with "Call Me Madam," Robert Wright and George Forrest with "Kismet," both of the Richard Adler and Jerry Ross musicals "The Pajama Game" and "Damn Yankees," Johnny Mercer and Gene dePaul with "Li'l Abner," Jule Styne with "Bells are Ringing," and Frank Loesser with "The Most Happy Fella."
 
Musical theatre reached a new peak of popularity in the sixties, along with new creative talents, and Reprise has presented shows by many of them including Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick with "She Loves Me," Gerome Ragni, James Rado and Galt MacDermot's "Hair," Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone with "1776," Charles Adams and Lee Strouse with "Applause," Stephen Schwartz with "Pippin," Cy Coleman with "On the Twentieth Century" (libretto by Betty Comden and Adolph Green) and "City of Angels" (lyrics by David Zippel), Jerry Herman with "Mack and Mabel," and three Stephen Sondheim musicals – "Company," "Sweeney Todd," and "Sunday in the Park with George."
 
Many of the great stage performers working today, as well as those who make their residence in primarily in Los Angeles, have appeared in Reprise shows including Scott Bakula, Christine Baranski, Brent Barrett, Orson Bean, Jodi Benson, Stephen Bogardus, Dan Butler, Len Cariou, Carolee Carmello, Vicki Carr, Anthony Crivello, Jason Danielely, Lea DeLaria, Clevant Derricks, Manoel Feliciano, Rodney Gilfry, Kelsey Grammer, Harry Groener, Bob Gunton, Sam Harris, Gregory Harrison, Mimi Hines, Judy Kaye, Jane Krakowski, Marc Kudish, Judith Light, Rebecca Luker, Maureen McGovern, Joey McIntyre, Donna McKechnie, Andrea Marcovicci, Marin Mazzie, Karen Morrow, Burke Moses, Kelli O'Hara, Ken Page,  Robert Picardo, David Hyde Pierce, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Roger Rees, Charles Nelson Reilly, Cathy Rigby, Douglas Sills, Rex Smith, Steven Weber, Marisa Jaret Winokur, Lillias White, Fred Willard, and Rachel York.

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Tickets ($40 - $150) are available for "Jerry Seinfeld Live!" go on sale to the public on March 15th and are available online at www.reprise.org, ticketmaster.com, by calling the Saban Theatre box office at (323) 655-0111, and at all Ticketmaster Outlets. Saban Theatre, Beverly Hills (formerly the Wilshire Theatre) is located at 8440 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

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