8/5/07

August 9: TONY Phoney


There's only one word to describe this Thursday's Liar at Time Out New York Lounge: Five dollar admission. I mean three words.

Our first show at TONY Lounge will be guest hosted by the incomparable and inscrutable Ophira Eisenberg while I join three other storytellers trying to put one over on you. Please come listen, drink, seek truth and win a t-shirt.

Thursday, August 9 @ 10:00pm
TIME OUT NY LOUNGE
340 West 50th Street (bet 8th & 9th Aves) $5.

Jon Levin has been a featured performer on The Moth main stage. When not working on obscure documentaries, he is writing a psycho-spiritual memoir set against a backdrop of politics, corporate media, pop-culture and drug abuse. Just like everyone else.

Margot Leitman was a nominee for the ECNY "Best Stand-up" award in 2004 and 2005. Her one woman show, Just Here For the Day, ran for six months at the UCB Theatre and her one-act play, Slow Night (co-written with Sarah Burns) was an off-off Broadway pick by New York Magazine. She performs regularly in the NYC downtown alternative storytelling scene and is a contributing writer for, The Complete Idiot's Guide To Jokes. She's appeared on MTV, ESPN's Cheap Seats, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and has hosted AMC's Date Night. www.MargotLeitman.com

Jeffery Rudell is The Moth's 2003 GrandSLAM Champion and a featured performer on the CD, The Moth: Audience Favorites, Vol. I. He has performed at The Player's Club, The New York Public Library, and The Long Wharf Theater in New Haven. In September his definition of "reality" changed dramatically when he made his television debut on the NBC series The Apprentice: Martha Stewart.

Andy Christie, the creator of Liar, is co-author and illustrator of I Wasn't Kidding, How To Commit Suicide So They'll Never Forget It (Ballantine Books). Recently, his piece on midlife mortification appeared in the New York Times. He has appeared on The Moth main stage and is the current Moth GrandSlam Champion.

Guest host Ophira Eisenberg has appeared on Comedy Central's Premium Blend and as part of their Fresh Faces of Comedy series. She appeared in her own half hour special on CTV’s Comedy Now! and is a contributing writer to US Weekly’s Fashion Police. She co-produces Sweet Paprika every Friday night at D-Lounge, beneath the Daryl Roth Theatre in NYC. www.OphiraEisenberg.com
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