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Secret Comedy Of Women At Mizner Park Cultural

Center Leads Season Of Live Plays And Concerts

Ladies! Gather your girlfriends and your fun-loving
men! The Secret Comedy of Women opens the Mizner
®
Park Cultural Center on Jan. 15 and runs through Feb. 23.
Here is a schedule of the live performances available at the
Mizner Park theater from now through May, beginning with
this original comedy.
The Secret Comedy of Women celebrates the joys of
the journey from girlhood to womanhood. An immersive
theatrical experience that rejoices in the challenges of being
a woman – from boys to bras and pantyhose to menopause
– this two-woman show explores the universal female
experience through a rollicking spectacle of sweetly-sharp
comedy, songs, dances, stories, and spontaneous moments
of discovery that all women share. Barbara Gehring and Linda Klein in The Secret Comedy
Inspired by authors Barbara Gehring and Linda Klein’s of Women
earnest and amusingly absurd writings in their girlhood
diaries, The Secret Comedy of Women is a mix of sketch, when they wrote The Secret Comedy of Women. Had they
improvisation, audience participation, witty songs and known each other all those years ago, The Secret Comedy Photos by Tony Shapiro
clever videos. The show reminds audiences of the very of Women is exactly the type of show they would have
funny and very charming similarities between all women. created together and now as adults, it is exactly the kind of Standing 2, where he was the favorite of celebrity “judges”
“It’s really like a girlhood reunion,” says Klein. “Our show in which they’ve always wanted to perform. Gehring Drew Carey and Brett Butler – will be performing live.
show is something highly universal, made personal. It’s and Klein have successful careers in the entertainment March 12, 7:30 p.m.: Michael D’Amore – lead singer
for women of all ages – and for the men who love them,” industry beyond comedy, and have rich expertise in the of The Capris: The Very Best of the ’50 and ’60 Hits.
adds Gehring. areas of training, writing, creative thinking, logistics, Singer, songwriter, and member of The Capris, Michael
The Secret Comedy of Women engages its audience administration, marketing, and public relations. D’Amore, takes you on a musical journey of the very
with its high spirited, good-natured style of humor. With The Secret Comedy of Women will be performed at the best hits from the ’50s and ’60s! For more than 30 years,
reviewers calling the show “…truly brilliant.” (Denver Mizner Park Cultural Center. Tickets range from $45 to Michael D’Amore has been a professional entertainer
Post) and “Laugh out loud comedy!” (Broadway World) $65; group rates are also available. Performances: Thursday, based out of New York.
It is no wonder that this “two-hour celebration of bras, Friday, and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, March 14, 7:30 p.m.: Pop2Opera, starring singing
purses, showers, breastfeeding and menopause” (Pittsburgh Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased sensation Jenene Caramielo. With the ability to roll from
Tribune) ran continuously for nearly two years at the Denver online at http://playhouseinfo.com/miznerpark or by phone genres of music from pop to singing opera at a level that
Center for the Performing Arts, and has played to more than at (844) 672-2849. For group sales, call (888) 264-1788. few reach, Jenene Caramielo has been traveling across the
a quarter of a million women across North America. Spring 2020 Theater Schedule world captivating audiences with her eclectic background
Barbara Gehring and Linda Klein both began writing At Mizner Park Cultural Center of musical theater, pop, jazz, country and opera. She has
and performing comedy at an early age. While young Call the Center for information about ticket prices and sold out shows in the top cabaret rooms in the United
Barbara directed elaborate puppet shows in her secret availabilities. States.
fort thousands of miles away in Winnipeg, Canada, little Feb. 14, 7:30 p.m.: Dan Naturman. Hot off another March 15, 3 p.m.: Tea for Three: Lady Bird, Pat and
Linda was producing extravagant backyard circuses in a killer spot on Conan (where he is one of Conan O’Brien’s Betty. “Good stories…subtle…even silence is steeped in
tiny Colorado mountain town. Neither could have foreseen favorites guests), comedian Dan Naturman – who is also
how well these skills would blend together decades later known to his fans as the “real winner” of NBC’s Last Comic Secret Comedy Of Women on page 13

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