After thirteen years of marriage, writers-actors-and real-life-married-couple Annabelle Gurwitch ("Dinner and a Movie," Fired!) and Jeff Kahn ("The Ben Stiller Show," Forty Year Old Virgin) have adapted their hilarious, often moving, memoir, You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up for the stage and will play the Snapple Theater for three days from January 6-8.
In their 75-minute tour de force, You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up, Gurwitch and Kahn take a humorous look back at their years together as a couple. At points, their relationship seemed doomed by their opposing personalities. But after trials and tribulations they learn to navigate the conflicts that come with romance, money, and children by embracing each other's differences, taking on parenting as a competitive sport, and dropping out of couple's therapy. Their delightfully crazy lifestyle has managed to keep their relationship intact, up-ending every idea you ever had about living "happily ever after."
Their uproariously funny story is sure to strike both laughter and terror into the hearts of any couple (not to mention every single man or woman who is contemplating the connubial state). The book was developed through sold-out performances at The Comedy Central Theatre and at Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles and made its New York premiere at The New York Comedy Festival 2009. Recent engagements have included Caroline's on Broadway and Joe's Pub.
"LAUGH OUT LOUD!" People Magazine; "HILARIOUS" Judd Apatow; "KAHN AND GURWITCH ILLUMINATE THE INSANITY OF MARRIAGE. THEY MAKE YOU WANT TO EMBRACE YOUR SPOUSE FOR THE SAME REASON YOU WANT TO STRANGLE THEM." Ben Stiller; "FINALLY, A MARRIED COUPLE THAT DOESN'T HIDE BEHIND SUCH TEDIOUS TRAITS AS PERSONAL LOYALTY, GOOD TASTE, AND AN OVERALL SENSE OF DECORUM!" Liz Tuccillo- co-author, He's Just Not That Into You; "LIKE LOVE LETTERS WITH MORE LAFFS!" Media Bistro; "ANNABELLE GURWITCH AND JEFF KAHN ARE THE LUCY AND DESI OF THE APATOW AGE" Lauren Lonnatti, Marie Claire Magazine; "STRONG COUPLES, WHO ARE ABLE TO LAUGH AT THEMSELVES, CAN MAKE IT THROUGH ALMOST ANYTHING." Bettyconfidential.com.
You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up
Written by and starring Annabelle Gurwitch and Jeff Kahn
January, 6th - 8th, 2011
Thursday, January 6th @ 7 pmFriday, January 7th @ 5 pm and 10:30pm Saturday, January 8th @ 11 am and 10:30 pm
Tickets are $35 and can be purchased at TicketMaster.com or call 800-745-3000
The Snapple Theater is located at 210 West 50th Street
To see a clip of You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up, click here.
ANNABELLE GURWITCH first gained a wide comedic following during her years co-hosting "Dinner & a Movie" on TBS. Annabelle turned her experience of being canned by
Woody Allen into the Off-Broadway play, touring show, book and documentary film Fired. Her film premiered on Showtime and has been screened everywhere from The South by Southwest Film Festival to The Department of Labor. She's been a regular commentator on NPR and a humor columnist for
TheNationMagazine.com.
Annabelle has appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, Fox and Friends, CNN, MSNBC, The CBS Early Show and Talk of The Nation on NPR. She's been profiled in major print outlets including The Washington Post, Psychology Today, More, Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, InStyle, The New York Times, The JTA, USA Today and People. Time magazine cited Annabelle in their cover story "10 Ideas that are Changing the World" for Fired!
She has hosted television shows on ABC, VHI, Style and HBO. Acting credits include "Medium," "Boston Legal," "Seinfeld" and films Shaggy Dog, Melvin Goes to Dinner and Daddy Day Care. Her work Off-Broadway garnered her a place in The New York Times Top Ten Performances in Theatre, 2002. Her essays have appeared in The L.A. Times, Child, The Jewish Journal, Glamour and two anthologies: Note to Self and Rejected! She hosts "WA$TED"! On The Planet Green Network. This is her second book and second marriage.
JEFF KAHN is a writer/performer who began his career on MTV's "The
Ben Stiller Show." A few years later, he won an Emmy award for writing on FOX's "The
Ben Stiller Show," it was a moment so unexpected and shocking that he literally cried. Jeff has written on several other shows including, "Later with
Greg Kinnear" "Austin Stories" and "Dilbert." His essays can be read online at FreshYarn.com and in his wife's terrific and very funny book, Fired! He also has written and produced numerous television pilots, in particular, a spin-off of "All American Girl" starring
Margaret Cho. He can be seen on HBO reruns of "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Entourage" and "The Larry Sanders Show," and has been seen in films including , Tropic Thunder, 40-Year-Old Virgin, and The Cable Guy. Online, Jeff is featured on the show, "The Writer's Room." This is his first book and first marriage.
They live in Los Angeles with their 12 year old son, Ezra, and their eighteen-year old cat, Stinky.
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