Gong Show Live Plays Mamaroneck, NY 2/19, and So. Orange, NJ 3/12

After dazzling audiences in New York City, the hilarious stage show Gong Show Live will play Mamaroneck, New York on February 19 and South Orange, New Jersey on March 12 to launch its new theatrical tour.

Gong Show Live will be presented at the Emelin Theatre in Mamaroneck, NY (Saturday, February 19 at 5pm and 8pm) and at the South Orange Performing Arts Center in South Orange, NJ (Saturday, March 12 at 8pm).

Gong Show Live is the only Sony-authorized stage presentation of the iconic, pioneering ‘70s TV show, The Gong Show. It showcases a modern-day cast of offbeat, professional talent acts that have appeared on Americas Got Talent, The Late Show with David Letterman, 30 Rock, My Strange Addiction and more.

Producer Leslie Gold, whose Radiochick Corporation holds the rights to stage Gong Show Live events in the US, said, "The original Gong Show's variety, humor and surprise elements made it not just memorable, but set precedents. There'd be no General Larry Platt, no America's Got Talent, Big Brother or other current reality/talent TV shows without The Gong Show. Gong Show Live brings all of the fun and lunacy of the beloved TV show to an interactive theatrical stage production, and there's truly nothing like it."

In addition to its talent acts, Gong Show Live features comedian Ray Ellin as host/emcee; three judges (Chuck Nice, Leslie Gold "The Radiochick" and Dan Naturman) known from their work in standup comedy, TV and radio; casting by Robert Russell, renowned for the New York casting of hit reality TV shows including The Bachelor, The Apprentice, Big Brother, The Restaurant, Moment of Truth, and NBC's Phenomenon; and the four-piece Gong Show Ten Orchestra, led by veteran drummer Sandy Gennaro (Cyndi Lauper, Bo Diddley, Joan Jett).

These and other performers are featured in Gong Show Live:
Chipps Cooney - Comedian/illusionist from Edgewater, NJ who made it to top 30 of America's Got Talent
Cultured Kramden - Brooklyn act featuring Ralph Kramden reincarnated as an erudite scholar
Carol "The Pigeon" Scibelli - Long Islander who's performed her act as a singing pigeon for Gong Show originator /host Chuck Barris
Raymond the Amish Comic - Featured in films Kingpin and Witness, the Weird Al video Amish Paradise, on MTV and America's Got Talent (from Emmaus, PA)
The Amazing Amy - Elderly female contortionist from NYC who performs to a Star Trek theme and who was rejected by America's Got Talent
April and May - Female ventriloquist from Hell's Kitchen, NYC who delivers singing telegrams by day and whose act has been seen on Rachael Ray, The Soup, Last Comic Standing and My Strange Addiction
Jenn Harris - Fresh from her appearance on TV's 30 Rock, she performs a literal interpretation of Michael Jackson's "Man In the Mirror"
Wild Cherryz Burlesque Troupe - Long Island, NY ladies performing their steamy burlesque act
Jessica Delfino - Avant-garde New York comedian whose performance incorporates a rape whistle
Wonder Boy, The Interpretive Dancing Robot - Fearless lifeguard/aspiring NYC firefighter by day, bizarre interpretive dancer/performer by night
HotBot & org*sma - Futuristic female performers from Brooklyn by way of Scranton, PA
Rhonda Smith Duffy Coris - Old Hollywood meets new drinking problem by performer seen on The Daily Show, 30 Rock and Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Additional US theater dates for Gong Show Live will be announced. Complete information about Gong Show Live is available at http://www.gongshowlive.net.

Tickets for the Mamaroneck shows are $32 each and South Orange show tickets are $35 each. Tickets are available online now at http://emelin.org and http://sopacnow.org, respectively.

 

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