DON'T QUIT YOUR NIGHT JOB - THIS THURS!!

[DontQuitYourNightJob]

Posted: 3/24/08 at 10:18am

The Critically Acclaimed Comedy Variety Show
Where Broadway and Improv Meet… and Make Out

Featuring Co-Creators
STEVE ROSEN (The Farnsworth Invention)
DAVID ROSSMER (Fiddler on the Roof)
SARAH SALTZBERG (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee)
and DAN LIPTON (The Coast of Utopia)

Thursday, March 27th at 11:30 PM
The Zipper Factory (336 W 37th St/9th Ave)
Tickets: $20.00

With Special Guests
RANDY AARON (Dame Edna)
DERRICK BASKIN (The Little Mermaid)
Tony winner NORBERT LEO BUTZ (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Is He Dead?)
Tony winner SUTTON FOSTER (Young Frankenstein, The Drowsy Chaperone)
JORDAN GELBER (Two Thousand Years, Avenue Q)
ALEXANDER GEMIGNANI (Les Misérables, Sunday in the Park with George)
ASMERET GHEBREMICHAEL (Legally Blonde)
RICK HOLMES (Monty Python’s Spamalot)
Tony and Emmy winner ANDREA MARTIN (Young Frankenstein, SCTV)
CHARLIE POLLOCK (Urinetown)
SANDY RUSTIN (I See London, I See France)
Tony nominee CHRISTOPHER SIEBER (Monty Python’s Spamalot, Shrek)
GEORGE WENDT (Hairspray, Cheers)
ALICIA WITT (Law & Order: Criminal Intent, 88 Minutes)
with SEAN McDANIEL on drums, YOU on audience, AND MORE!!

Cast subject to change, but always subject to awesome.

DON’T QUIT YOUR NIGHT JOB is where Broadway goes to let its hair down. The late night happening of improv, music, sketches and stories was created by its stars: industry mainstays Steve Rosen, David Rossmer, Sarah Saltzberg and Dan Lipton.

Proceeds go to benefit Open Doors, the Theatre Development Fund's theatre arts mentoring program for high school students, which was started in 1998 by TDF with playwright Wendy Wasserstein. Its goal is to explore the relevance of theatre in the lives of today's youth.

Tickets for DON’T QUIT YOUR NIGHT JOB are $20.00 and are available now by calling Ovation Tix at 212-352-3101, or online at www.thezipperfactory.com.

For pre-show dinner reservations at The Zipper Factory Tavern, please call 212-695-4600. View the menu online at www.thezipperfactory.com.


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Updated On: 3/24/08 at 10:18 AM

[liotte]

Posted: 3/24/08 at 11:17am

I can't wait!

And for those of you who have never seen Sutton's DQYNJ madlib before, it's hysterical, go watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RubsP3KDv0

[staticradar]

Posted: 3/24/08 at 11:26am

Figures it's the day before I come into the city. Oh well maybe next time! Hopefully someone here will do a review.

[liotte]

Posted: 3/24/08 at 2:30pm

I'm definitely going, I will post a review.

Plus there are usually videos on youtube and the DQ myspace page from the shows, so if you miss it live, you can always catch them there.

[skb2010]

Posted: 3/24/08 at 2:38pm

i hate living in the middle of illinois...=[

[broadwayfan7]

Posted: 3/24/08 at 3:38pm

That lineup of performers is incredible! I look forward to the reviews.

[EugLoven]

Posted: 3/24/08 at 4:52pm

Can't wait!

[popular_elphie]

Posted: 3/24/08 at 6:34pm

So excited :)!

[Idinster87]

Posted: 3/24/08 at 6:43pm

I can't waaaaait for my first DQYNJ.

Liotte- how early do people start lining up? Also, I called the theatre today- they said the performers usually hang around in the lobby afterward to mingle, sign, etc. is that true?

[FeelingElectric]

Posted: 3/24/08 at 7:32pm

Idinster87,

I have been to every night job at the Zipper so far.

People usually start lining up for the show around 10:45. This really sucks for me this time, since I will be at City Center until past 11 at Juno. Hopefully, I will still be able to get a close seat when I get there.

Many of the performers stay around to mingle after the show. I have had a better experience after the Night Job shows than at many stage doors. In the past four months, I have met:

Bob Saget
Jamie Lynn Sigler
Mo Rocca
Marc Kudisch
Alicia Witt
John Lloyd Young
Hank Azaria
David Yazbek
Richard Kind
Jimmi Simpson
Melanie Lynskey (There with her husband, Jimmi Simpson. Long story.)
and Sara Ramirez


I'm looking very forward to the hilarity of the show, and hopefully meeting Christopher Sieber, NLB, and Andrea Martin afterwards.

[MusicAndPassion]

Posted: 3/24/08 at 7:35pm

Is it 21+ or can all ages go?

I think I'll be going this Thursday.

[BroadwayBaby6]

Posted: 3/24/08 at 8:15pm

I am so there!!!

[Idinster87]

Posted: 3/24/08 at 10:33pm

FeelingElectric,


Thanks so might for the response. I am really hoping to meet Sutton Foster, so I hope she hangs around afterward. Also- since I'll probably be getting there around 10:45 (I'm seeing Xanadu beforehand, and I have nothing in between the two shows really), I can try and save a seat for you if you'd like!

[liotte]

Posted: 3/25/08 at 11:21am

All ages are allowed, but there is definitely some swearing and sexual references, so use your own discretion.

I have had a 12 year old with me and she loved it, despite a lot of it not being age appropriate.

They don't open the doors to the actual theater until right before the show starts (11:15-11:20), so no need to rush in. Plus all the seats are good in that theater.

[MotorTink]

Posted: 3/25/08 at 11:32am

I am SOOOO tempted to say screw it and just drive in, despite the time, this line up is killing me with intrigue!! (hear that Norbie, you may make me break my "I will never drive into NYC" rule! I hope your happy!)

And everyone else should go too cause this is such a funny show, and I can just imagine how much this cast is going to bring to it!!!

[Anakela]

Posted: 3/25/08 at 12:49pm

I might have just bought six tickets for this Thurs night- can. not. wait.

[singingbackup]

Posted: 3/25/08 at 4:58pm

I am excited to go finally. The cast line-up looks fantastic!

[Eris0303]

Posted: 3/25/08 at 5:15pm

"Plus there are usually videos on youtube and the DQ myspace page from the shows, so if you miss it live, you can always catch them there."

I'm still waiting for them to upload videos/pix from the last Don't Quit at Ha which was the last time I was able to go.

[liotte]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 5:50pm

It's tonight! Hope to see so many of you guys there!

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 8:18pm

I will be there with bells on. :) Not literally bells, but hoop earrings... anyway, I will be there.

[liotte]

Posted: 3/28/08 at 2:29am

Absolutely hysterical tonight! I was literally in tears for so many different parts.

Sutton Foster and Andrea Martin's showbiz showdown relay race, Norbert Leo Butz celeb press conference, Jerry Orbach's eyes (OMG), Broadway Symphony with Chris Seiber's Elphaba scream and Norberts burp, Alex G's madblibs, George Wendt "Sunday in the park with George", foreign film, just so many things tonight!

And a congrats to Sarah Saltzberg on her engagement!!!

[Anakela]

Posted: 3/28/08 at 3:28am

Jerry. Orbach's. Eyes. I may still be laughing. And this is what I love about the DQYNJ crowd, as, where do you go from Jerry Orbach's eyes? Well, to "...let Jerry Orbach die, let Helen Keller live" in Bring Him Home madlibs, of course- so wrong it's right.

Always love Norbert Leo Butz- "I am Jesus." And it was fun to see Sutton do something besides madlibs for once! And I don't think I ever realized how *tiny* Andrea Martin is before.

Ok, and can we talk for a second about whatever reality show whatever was filming there tonight? I didn't care enough to find out what was going on, but the taped off seats had an "MTV" on them, so I am guessing it was for some show- MTV, can you bring some girls next time who *won't* spend the entire show texting each other? kthx.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 3/28/08 at 3:57am

Yeah, I didn't care about the reality show or whatever it was, but the friggin' light on that camera was annoying the piss out of me while we were waiting to get in.

It was too much fun and I was in tears during part. I loved the relay and had missed that Andrea was going to be there, so that was a special treat. Sutton is just so adorable and not at all afraid to look goofy. Loved it. Chris Sieber's Elphaba cry during the Broadway Chorus had me rolling.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 3/28/08 at 7:52am

I was there last night too!

Anakela, I saw you, but we were sitting on complete opposite ends of the theatre.

Liotte, nice seeing you as always.

JG2, if I knew you were going to be there, I would have looked for you.

I had a blast!

I *loved* Christopher Sieber's Idina impersonation! I was hysterically laughing!

The Sutton/Andrea face-off was fantastic.

And I loved the "Sunday In The Park With George [Wendt]" Opening!

[broadwayfan7]

Posted: 3/28/08 at 10:56am

Thanks for posting everyone! Sounds like it was a fun night!