Comedy Great Jerry Seinfeld Returns to The Colosseum at Caesars Palace June 11 and 12.Entertainment Editors LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2004 Comedy great Jerry Seinfeld will return to The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on June 11 and 12. These performances mark Seinfeld's third engagement at The Colosseum; all shows of his two previous engagements completely sold out. Tickets for this special engagement are now on sale at the Caesars Palace box office and may also be purchased with a credit card through Ticketmaster at 702.474.4000 or online at www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets are priced at $75 - $150 (excluding applicable tax & handling fee). Shows start at 7:30 p.m. both nights. "We are pleased that Jerry Seinfeld is returning to The Colosseum at Caesars Palace for a third time," said Caesars Palace President, Mark Juliano. "It is an extraordinary opportunity for our guests to see a comedic talent of his caliber in such an intimate entertainment venue as The Colosseum." Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Jerry Seinfeld grew up in Massapequa, Long Island. In 1976, he went straight from college graduation to an amateur night try-out at New York's Catch A Rising Star Catch a Rising Star is a chain of comedy clubs, founded in New York City in December 1972 and owned by Rick Newman. It has since spread to other areas, such as Las Vegas and New Jersey. comedy club. He continued to perform in local clubs until his career was boosted by an appearance in a Rodney Dangerfield HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy special in 1976. His stand-up stand·up or stand-up adj. 1. Standing erect; upright: a standup collar. 2. Taken, done, or used while standing: a standup supper; a standup bar. career took off after successful spots on Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show" in 1981. He also became a regular guest on Late Night with David Letterman Late Night with David Letterman was a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC hosted by David Letterman. It premiered in 1982 and went off the air in 1993 after Letterman left NBC when he moved to Late Show on CBS. and the Tonight show. In 1989, Jerry Seinfeld co-created and filmed the NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. pilot, "The Seinfeld Chronicles" for Castle Rock Entertainment. The show later turned into the now classic television series "Seinfeld." The last episode aired in 1998, after nine extraordinarily successful years. The release of the "Seinfeld" DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. with a good deal of added material will be released prior to Christmas. Jerry Seinfeld has just been set to write, produce and star in a feature length animated movie for Dreamworks entitled "Bee Movie." |
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