The Smothers Brothers 50th Anniversary Tour Comes To The Bergen PAC 4/24

It was five decades ago that Tom and Dick Smothers first took the stage together and the Smothers Brothers 50th Anniversary Tour, presented by WCBS-FM and Rrazz Entertainment and coming to the Bergen Performing Arts Center on April 24th, celebrates their success.

Tom and Dick's first professional appearance as the Smothers Brothers was at the Purple Onion in San Francisco in February 1959. But it was February 1967 that was a defining moment in their career with The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour unseating the #1 television show, Bonanza. The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour was as controversial and influential as it was popular...satirizing politics, racism and the unpopular Vietnam War, among other controversial topics. Despite the show's success, in April 1969, the Smothers Brothers were fired by the CBS Television Network.

In the 70's and 80's, the Smothers Brothers returned to TV with a new primetime comedy series and several specials. The Smothers Brothers have been described as comedic treasures, comic geniuses, rare, original and peerless. Time has been an essential ingredient in their success. They have been considered ahead of their time, masters of timing and practitioners of timeless comedy. Justifiably, time has provided another term...An American Classic.

Special guest star Michele Balan was one of the four finalists on NBC's Last Comic Standing. Voted one of the Top 10 Comics by Backstage Magazine in 2004, Michele Balan is a brash, New York Stand-up comedian who has performed on Comedy Central, as well as in top comedy clubs, theatres, festivals and on cruises all over the country. Michele has shared the stage with Kathy Najimy, Jennifer Holiday, Taylor Dayne, Harvey Fierstein, Bruce Vilanch and Nell Carter.

Celebrate The Smothers Brothers 50th Anniversary Tour, presented by WCBS-FM and Rrazz Entertainment, at the Bergen Performing Arts Center, 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, N.J. on Friday, April 24th. Showtime is 8 pm. Tickets range between $37 and $67. There are a limited number of VIP tickets available for $77. Tickets can be purchased by calling (201) 227-1030 or online at www.bergenpac.org.