Robert Klein: Jan 27 & 28

[The DC Improv]

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."

 

Robert, a lifelong New Yorker, makes his home in Westchester and New York City.

 

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