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| RICK SHAPIRO |
Commercially, he created a character for Nintendo, which won the most popular character contest voted by Nintendo users. On stage he has performed in "Edmond," directed by David Mamet. Rick has also performed various original one man shows "Repeat Offender," "Unleashed," "Torment at the Flea Theater," "The Bowery" and "Melrose Improv." He also performs live regularly at many NYC comedy venues. Most recently, Rick performed at the Edinburgh Comedy Fringe Festival where he received numerous 4 and 5 star reviews from publications such as Chortle, Metro, The List, and others. Here is a article that was written on Rick: www.thisislondon.co.uk: the entertainment guide London, Wednesday 15.08.07 Rick Shapiro An impressive shock-jock comic Mickey Noonan, Metro 14.08.07 4 Stars Inventive: Rick Shapiro has the power to shock! New York comedian Rick Shapiro takes a while to warm up. But, my God, once he's in his stream-of consciousness stride, it's impressive. Shapiro produces some of the most inventive filth you've ever heard. He makes the spiky likes of Doug Stanhope look like an Andrex puppy. Being a shock-jock comic is arguably trickier in Britain than in America. There, the word c*** is enough to elicit O-shaped mouths, whereas here, the response is relatively hard to provoke. It's a credit to Shapiro, then, that he has the power to shock us and be hilarious with it. Yet it's his political invective that's his best material. Republicans and Democrats could easily be Tories and Labourites and he's savvy about how it works here. The man has a brain and he uses crudeness to underline points well worth making. A 50-minute slot clips his wings but this is the only chance you've got to see him in Britain. And you really should. |
stand- up, he would be Rick Shapiro. He’s surely the world’s most feral comedian, and his electric, untamed energy should appeal to any hardcore stand-up fan seeking an extreme hit. Don’t expect a tight one- liner - CHORTLE, August, 2007 |
| RICK'S TOUR DATES March 6-20, 2008 Soho Theatre, London www.sohotheatre.com/pl1430. html March 21-22, 2008 Magners Fringe Comedy Festival, Glasgow, Scotland March 23-24, 2008 Galway Comedy Festival, Galway Ireland |
| Photos by Denise Kearns |
| RICK SHAPIRO Friday the 22nd of February and Saturday the 23rd of February Time: 8p-10p FanaticSalon 3815 Sawtelle Blvd. Culver City, CA 310.795.7469 info@fanaticSalon.com The Lineup! Friday the 22nd of February Comedy Jesus Lynn Shawcroft Rick Shapiro Saturday the 23rd of February Lynn Shawcroft Taylor Negron Rick Shapiro Special VIVID Girls guests: Brianna Banks and Maggie Malone Directions Tickets can be purchased in advance at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/28648 $15 advance purchase through BPT. $20 at door. To reach Rick please contact his manager, Tracy at: recognizetracy@cs.com MYSPACE: www.myspace.com/rickshapiro |
Rick Shapiro is a staple of the NYC and LA Underground Comedy Scene. His life story is featured in "Give it up!," a book by award-winning author Adrian LeBlanc, which will be published by Random House this summer. Rick has been a featured performer on "Conan O'Brien," "Tough Crowd" and "Howard Stern." For Conan, he created Richard Black and appeared as himself doing angry rant poetry and sketches. Rick has also performed on "Law and Order," "Deadline" and "Saturday Night Live." Most recently he performed as the regular character Jerry on HBO’s “Lucky Louie.” |
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