Comedian Paula Poundstone who’s currently
on tour talks with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson, host
of OUTTAKE VOICES™. Paula will be appearing at The Crown & Anchor in Provincetown,
Massachusetts for two shows on Sunday, August 25th at 7:30P &
9:30P. Since Paula is a regular panelist on the hit NPR news quiz show,
“Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me” we talked to Paula about our LGBT issues
including the US Supreme Court gay marriage decisions, Russia’s anti gay
laws and how this may impact the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics an...
Comedian Paula Poundstone who’s currently
on tour talks with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson, host
of OUTTAKE VOICES™. Paula will be appearing at The Crown & Anchor in Provincetown,
Massachusetts for two shows on Sunday, August 25th at 7:30P &
9:30P. Since Paula is a regular panelist on the hit NPR news quiz show,
“Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me” we talked to Paula about our LGBT issues
including the US Supreme Court gay marriage decisions, Russia’s anti gay
laws and how this may impact the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and more.
When asked about her grueling year-round performance schedule Poundstone
stated,
“To go into a room of people who come out to laugh for the night is
already magical to begin with. In our society it’s almost unique at this
point because people are so electronically hooked-up and enjoy that
kind of entertainment so much. So to be in a room of live human beings
where you can shake hands, make eye contact, talk about
what happened to you on the way there, have some real genuine exchanges
is a fantastic thing in itself. And then to get to stand on the stage
and say what you think is funny and often times by the way I’ve shared
things that were very personal on stage. I’ve had lots of struggles
along the way and I’ve shared those struggles whether they were the most
dramatic struggles or just the lesser frustrating ones and people laugh
because the truth is, as much as we may think we’re terribly unique, in
all of our difficulties we have a lot more in common than we have
differences no matter who you are. So to be in a room of people laughing
about those difficulties is the most amazing wonderful thing in the
world. I’m really lucky that I sort of just stumbled in that direction
and it’s helped me out in the last 34 years.”
In March 2013 Paula joined Whoopi Goldberg, Joan Rivers and several
other prominent women in comedy for a feature-length documentary
produced by Lions Gate for Showtime TV entitled, “Why We Laugh Too:
Women of Comedy”. Her newest comedy cd, “I Heart Jokes: Paula Tells Them
in Boston” was recorded during a performance at the Wilbur Theatre in
the heart of the city and was released on April Fool’s Day 2013.
Poundstone lives in Santa Monica, California with her three children,
Toshia, Allison and Thomas E. To catch her at The Crown & Anchor in Provincetown, Massachusetts on August 25th Showtime is at 7:30P & 9:30P Tix are $40.
For More Info & Tour Schedule: paulapoundstone.com
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