YOU SAY TOMATO, I SAY SHUT UP!, Herberger Theatre, December 26, 2014 - January 25

The national tour of the hilarious new show You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up! will have its Arizona premiere at The Herberger Theater Center.

After 17 years of marriage, writers-actors-and real-life-married-couple Annabelle Gurwitch (Dinner and a Movie, Fired!) and Emmy Award winner Jeff Kahn (The Ben Stiller Show, The 40-Year-Old Virgin) have adapted their hilarious, often moving, memoir, You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up!, for the stage.  Directed by Van Kaplan, the show stars Robin Abramson and Gregory Johnstone who have been hailed for their roles in this play.

This 80-minute tour de force takes a humorous look at a relationship that seems challenged from the start by powerful, opposing personalities.   After trials and tribulations, they learn to navigate the conflicts that come with romance, money and children by embracing each other’s differences, taking on parenting as a competitive sport and dropping out of couple’s therapy. Their delightfully crazy lifestyle has managed to keep their relationship intact, up-ending every idea you ever had about living “happily ever after.” 

You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up!, is touring the country with stops in Boston, Phoenix, Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The book was developed through sold-out performances at The Comedy Central Theatre and at Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles, and made its New York premiere at The New York Comedy Festival in 2009.

For up-to-date information, please visit www.thetomatocomedy.com.

Tickets for You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up!,  are $43-$53 and can be purchased at www.playhouseinfo.com or at the Herberger Theater Center, (602) 254-7399 or www.herbergertheater.org.

CANNOLI, LATKES & GUILT...THE THERAPY CONTINUES, Herberger Center Theatre, Feb. 4 - March 1, 2015

Steve Solomon’s newest collection of side-splitting stories, Cannoli, Latkes, and Guilt … The Therapy Continues, will have its Arizona premiere at The Herberger Theater Center.

Solomon’ newest show once again showcases his impressive comedic talent, inimitable story-telling ability and his funny and clever facility with words, accents and sounds. The show contains a lot of new material, as well as the very best of Solomon’s previous work which includes My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m in Therapy; My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m STILL in Therapy; and his holiday show, and personal favorite, My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish .... & I'm Home For the Holidays.

Solomon’s humor is universal, and universally loved. Enhanced by his talent for impersonation and his mastery of different dialects, he does approximately 20 different characters and voices in his shows.  His stories about his mixed-heritage Italian/Jewish family resonate with everyone, no matter what their ethnicity, and have delighted and entertained audiences for over 3200 performances.

And as Solomon will tell you himself – he’s politically incorrect:
“Of course I am! My entire family is politically incorrect; and that’s what helps make the shows so funny. The very fact that we can go out to the theatre and spend an evening laughing at ourselves—and the antics of others - without fear of repercussion helps make this the great country it is!”

Tickets for Cannoli, Latkes, and Guilt … The Therapy Continues are $43-$53 and can be purchased at www.playhouseinfo.com or at the Herberger Theater Center, (602) 254-7399 or www.herbergertheater.org.

For more information, visit  www.stevesolomon.net or www.herbergertheater.org.