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Press Release: Mike Birbiglia - The Wilbur

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COMEDIAN MIKE BIRBIGLIA HEADLINES THE WILBUR

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13TH

 

 

Boston, MA –Mike Birbiglia: Painfully True Stories Tour is set to perform at The Wilbur on Wednesday, October 13th at 7:30pm.

 

In his career of 11 years, Mike Birbiglia has released two critically acclaimed albums and three Comedy Central specials. At 24, Birbiglia was one of the youngest comedians ever to appear on The Late Show With David Letterman. From there, Birbiglia took his act on the road: headlining colleges, then clubs, then concert halls nationwide.

           

In 2003, Birbiglia performed at HBO’s U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado, where he was asked to be a part of The Moth Storytelling Series. This piqued his interest in bringing more honest storytelling to his standup. Over the next year, Birbiglia started writing his “Secret Public Journal,” a blog chronicling his habit of “making awkward situations even more awkward.” The Journal picked up 30,000 email subscribers and an invitation to perform it regularly on the nationally syndicated Bob & Tom Radio Show.

 

In 2007, Birbiglia released My Secret Public Journal Live, a live performance of his favorite stories, which both Time Out New York and Time Out Chicago hailed as the “Comedy Album of the Year.” The Boston Globe called Mike’s storytelling “as honest as any Richard Pryconfession, and as engaging and inclusive as an old Bill Cosby record.”

 

In the fall of 2007 Birbiglia also opened his one man show “Sleepwalk With Me” presented by Nathan Lane. The off Broadway theatre production lasted for 18 months and detailed Birbiglia’s personal struggles with love, honesty, and growing up, all complicated by his tendency to sleep walk. After rave reviews and close to 200 shows, “Sleepwalk With Me” closed in June 2009.

In 2009 Birbiglia also appeared on NPR's "This American Life" in a segment entitled "Surviving the Night With the Sleepwalker."

This fall Birbiglia will be headlining his own “Painfully True Stories Tour” which will take him nationwide to perform his critically acclaimed stand up.

 

The Wilbur presents Mike Birbiglia

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 7:30pm

The Wilbur is located at 246 Tremont St. in Boston’s historic Theatre District

Tickets: $52

To purchase tickets log on to www.thewilbur.com

or call Ticketmaster 1-800-745-3000