White Plains Performing Arts Center Welcomes Robert Klein, 6/1

The White Plains Performing Arts Center (WPPAC) has announced that Robert Klein with musical director Bob Stein will present an evening of comedy, theatre and song to benefit the White Plains theatre. The performance is sponsored by Platinum Terrazo, MDM Architecture LLC, Darius Toraby Architects in association with LoHud Comedy, Adam Oliensis, and Richard Cirulli.

For more than forty years, Robert Klein has entertained audiences, and he continues to have an acclaimed career in comedy, on Broadway, on television, and in film. Born in the Bronx, he was a member of the famed "Second City" theatrical troupe in Chicago. He was nominated twice for Grammy Awards for "Best Comedy Album of the Year" for his albums "Child of the Fifties" and "Mind Over Matter." He received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor and won a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for his performance in the hit Neil Simon musical, "They're Playing Our Song." In 1993, Klein won an Obie and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in Wendy Wasserstein's, "The Sisters Rosensweig." In 1975, Klein was the first comedian to appear in a live concert on Home Box Office. He has done seven one-man shows for HBO, and is currently preparing his eighth. Among many starring roles in television, he co-starred in the hit NBC series, "Sisters," and regularly appears on talk-shows, making more than 100 appearances on "The Tonight Show" and "Late Show with David Letterman" alone. Klein has also appeared in many notable films including, "Hooper," "The Owl and the Pussycat," "Primary Colors," "People I Know," "Two Weeks Notice," and "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days." Currently he can be seen in "Reign Over Me" and the upcoming "Ira and Abby." "The Amorous Busboy of Decatur Avenue," his recent first book for Simon & Schuster, is an affectionate coming-of-age memoir about growing up in the '50s and '60s before embarking on a show business career. In it he recounts his journey from an apartment in the Bronx, developing his talent in Chicago and the beginning of his show business stardom. The book is pure Robert Klein: witty, honest, self-questioning and always contagiously funny. Publishers Weekly writes: "...he unfurls an array of captivating anecdotes, writing with wry wit and honesty." Mr. Klein, a lifelong New Yorker, makes his home in Westchester and New York City.

Mr. Klein will be joined by his long-time musical director Bob Stein on piano. Bob has been an active member of the New York music scene since 1979. During his twenty-three-year collaboration with Mr. Klein, Bob has composed, arranged, conducted, and produced music for Robert's CD's, videos, and television and personal appearances, as well as the critically acclaimed animated children's film "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel." Bob was the Music Director on all 46 episodes of Robert Klein Time, and on Robert's last five HBO specials.

Mr. Klein will play the White Plains Performing Arts Center on Saturday, June 1 at 8:00 pm. All proceeds benefit the White Plains Performing Arts Center. Premium Tickets are Front Row Center $85; Front Center (Rows B-F) $75 and include a post-show reception with Robert Klein. Tickets are $40 with the last two rows (Rows O-P) $25.

The performance is at the White Plains theatre, located on the third level of City Center off Mamaroneck Avenue in downtown White Plains.

To purchase tickets, visit the theatre box office, purchase the tickets online at www.wppac.com or call 914-328-1600. For Group Sales, please call 914-328-1600.

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