Bucks County Playhouse, May 10, 2013 — May 11, 2013
Both performances are at 7:30pm
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Legendary comedian and director, David Steinberg, whom The New York Times has called “a cross between Woody Allen and Lenny Bruce” and “a comic institution all by himself…” is second only to Bob Hope in Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show guest appearances. He produced and directed hit comedies such as Friends, Newhart, Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm for HBO and currently hosts Showtime’s hit series, Inside Comedy.
Now, direct from his SOLD OUT shows at The La Jolla Playhouse, don’t miss a humorous look back at his life in show business during a production of his new one-man show, David Steinberg: Might Be Something Big…Might Not.
Tickets: $36-$48
Click here to read David’s interview in the LA Times.
A portion of the proceeds go to FACT Bucks County & United Jewish Appeal.
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When comic and “Curb Your Enthusiasm” directorDavid Steinberg wanted a new title for an upcoming documentary on his career, he tested names at a recent birthday bash for Billy Crystal at Spago, where guests included friends and comedy icons Eric Idle, Paul Reiser and Richard Lewis. The new moniker? “Quality Balls”…
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May 10, 2013 & May 11, 2013
Both performances are at 7:30pm
BUY TICKETS »
Legendary comedian and director, David Steinberg, whom The New York Times has called “a cross between Woody Allen and Lenny Bruce” and “a comic institution all by himself…” is second only to Bob Hope in Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show guest appearances. He produced and directed hit comedies such as Friends, Newhart, Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm for HBO and currently hosts Showtime’s hit series, Inside Comedy.
Now, direct from his SOLD OUT shows at The La Jolla Playhouse, don’t miss a humorous look back at his life in show business during a production of his new one-man show, David Steinberg: Might Be Something Big…Might Not.
Tickets: $36-$48
For more information on David, please visit TheDavidSteinberg.com or connect with him on Twitter (@david_steinberg) or Facebook (facebook.com/TheDavidSteinberg).
A portion of the proceeds go to FACT Bucks County & United Jewish Appeal.
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Steve Carell, Image by Larry Busacca / Getty Images
On Showtime’s ‘Inside Comedy,’ can comedians talk comically about comedy?
Available to Wall Street Journal subscribers.
Showtime’s “Inside Comedy” series interviews comedians about what makes them and their acts tick, but host David Steinberg…
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Comedic writer-director David Steinberg in his Los Angeles-area home. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
The comedian reflects on what he’s learned in his Showtime interview series ‘Inside Comedy’ and more.
By IRENE LACHER, February 9, 2013, 7:45 a.m.
Veteran comedian David Steinberg, who has directed such hit TV comedies as “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Mad About You” and “Seinfeld,” returns to Showtime on Monday evening for the second season of his interview series, “Inside Comedy.” This season he turns his lens on Louis C.K.,Tina Fey, Bob Newhart, Jim Carrey and more.
Do you think comedy can be dissected?
I don’t really dissect comedy. Nothing kills off humor more than overanalyzing it. On our show, it’s just a conversation that I don’t prepare for at all. Usually I know everyone because I’ve been around a lot, but the idea is to get their feeling about what it is that they’re doing, the start, the middle and where they are now. What you get is very, very funny people who aren’t switched on as they usually are on a talk show in front of an audience, so you can see how naturally funny they are.
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By DAVE ITZKOFF
When David Steinberg first got into stand-up in the ’60s, it wasn’t his Canadian heritage that his agents suggested he conceal.
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Photo credit: Showtime | David Steinberg and Louis CK in “Inside Comedy.” (Season 2, Episode 1)
By DIANE WERTS. Special to Newsday
WHAT IT’S ABOUT Two comic brains sit down with Steinberg, the standup-director whose career spans 40-some years of funny. It’s simple, really — Steinberg and his guest, on location, in chairs, talking, joking.
So it’s smart, really — Steinberg guides them separately through their careers and comic attitudes, then intercuts chat strands to weave humor revelation.
Monday’s second-season premiere pairs deadpan ’60s arrival BobNewhart, the overnight-sensation standup turned long-running TV star, and current king Louis CK, a long-running standup turned tube sensation in FX’s “Louie.”
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A big hand for David
By CLAIRE CARASKA, ANGELA CARONE, MAUREEN CAVANAUGH
When the great Shakespearean actor Edmund Kean was near death, he was asked how he felt. Legend has it the elderly actor looked up, and said, “Dying is easy. Comedy is hard.”
This weekend, San Diegans can hear from a man who’s spent his career in all aspects of comedy, from stand-up to sitcoms, both in front of the camera and behind. Celebrated comedian and director David Steinberg will share his personal stories and reflect on the difficulty and delight of making people laugh in a new one-man show at the La Jolla Playhouse.
The workshop production, “David Steinberg: That Could Turn Into Something Big…or Not,” will be performed for six nights only beginning tomorrow.
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Date: Sun, Nov 11, 2012, 7:30 pm
Venue: Kaufmann Concert Hall
Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd St
Price: from $29.00
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David and Martin Short on “Inside Comedy”
By NANCY DEWOLF SMITH
Even the best comedians can’t explain where jokes come from, and it’s probably better that way. So David Steinberg’s new interview series with 19 famous comics only takes us partway behind the curtain. The mystery, the tiny, glittering surprise at the heart of every gag, remains hidden from view.
Almost everyone on “Inside Comedy”—from Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner to Billy Crystal and Martin Short, to Jane Lynch and Steve Carell (this week’s pair of guests) and many more—got their start doing stand-up. But genre is not the most important common denominator. Neither is the way these people get laughs. In a broad sense, what’s funny about Jonathan Winters or Tim Conway is nothing like what makes us laugh at Sarah Silverman or Garry Shandling.
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