SHE CAN TALK JOAN RIVERS PROVES THAT IN HER ONE-WOMAN SHOW, NO TOPIC IS OUT OF FASHION.Byline: Valerie Kuklenski Staff Writer There will be no cheese plate in Joan Rivers' dressing room tonight at the Canon Theatre The Canon Theatre is a historic theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. History The Canon Theatre began as the Pantages Theatre in 1920 as a combination vaudeville and motion picture house. Designed by the great theatre architect Thomas W. for the opening of her one-woman show, ``Broke and Alone in L.A.'' That ticks Joan off. For the apparent stinginess Stinginess See also Greed, Miserliness. Stoicism (See LONGSUFFERING.) Benny, Jack (1894–1974) the king of penny pinchers. , the producers and the theater will pay when Rivers targets them in her 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. routine. For a woman who chides Mother Teresa and Anne Frank  Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank (listen as `'whiners,'' the possibilities for the cheese cheapskates are limitless. Rivers developed the show in 2001 as ``Broke and Alone in Edinburgh'' when she headlined the Edinburgh Festival Edinburgh Festival International festival of the arts, with an emphasis on music and drama. Founded in 1947 by Rudolf Bing, it is held for three weeks each summer. Its theatrical offerings include plays by major international theatrical companies; plays premiered at the in Scotland. That led to engagements in London, Sydney and Melbourne, with the title changing accordingly. She has been tuning it up in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of clubs, in between her duties as feisty fashion maven with daughter Melissa Rivers Melissa Rivers (born on January 20, 1968) is an American actress and television co-host for fashion/red carpet interviews on cable and satellite television, previously for the E! cable network and currently for the TV Guide channel with her mother, comedian Joan Rivers. on E! Entertainment Television, jewelry designer A jewelry designer is defined as a person who renders, creates, and models original Jewelry creations. By profession this person would be trained in the knowledge of metalsmithing and design. and hawker on QVC QVC Quality Value Convenience QVC Question Valid Command , host of her self-titled radio show, spokeswoman for cystic fibrosis cystic fibrosis (sĭs`tĭk fībrō`sĭs), inherited disorder of the exocrine glands (see gland), affecting children and young people; median survival is 25 years in females and 30 years in males. and suicide prevention Suicide prevention is an umbrella term for the collective efforts of mental health practitioners and related professionals to reduce the incidence of suicide through proactive preventive measures. causes, and - every now and then - cosmetic surgery cosmetic surgery, plastic surgery for cosmetic purposes, such as the improvement of the appearance of the face by removing wrinkles or reshaping the nose. patient. For those who know Rivers primarily from her sniping red-carpet commentary at the Oscars, a stand-up show may seem to be her umpteenth reinvention of herself. But her passion for standing alone in a spotlight before people daring her to amuse them dates back to the early '60s in New York's dive clubs and strip joints. It was on Johnny Carson's ``Tonight Show'' stage in 1965 - in a tasteful little black dress and pearls - that she made her name with a national audience, one of only a handful of women at the time to break into the boy's club. ``She got up and did stand-up comedy  This article or section may deal primarily with the U.S. and may not present a worldwide view. as a woman when nobody was
doing it,'' said comedian Rita Rudner Rita Rudner (born on 17 September 1956 in Miami, Florida) is an American comedienne and writer. CareerRudner has appeared in several television shows both in the US and the UK and appeared often on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. , who headlines at New York, New York in Las Vegas. ``I always admired her. She's just fearless and I love that about her. ``She does different things,'' Rudner said. ``I think of the Stephen Sondheim song 'I'm Still Here,' and she's still there. She's figured out so many ways to keep her career interesting.'' Rivers, who turns 70 in June according to an E! biography, spoke by telephone from her New York office about jokes after the 1987 suicide of her husband, Edgar Rosenberg; pets past and present; being someone else's punch line and - oh, yeah - cheese. Q: Why just a one-week stand? A: I just really want to go in and just have fun for a week and get out. It's not anything serious. I just want to have a good time, enjoy myself and then go home. Q: Do you worry about reviewers? A: You always worry about reviewers. And I think it's about time It's About Time may refer to:
"Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. where I'd rather be hated, in New York or L.A. I wish they had hated me in Australia. Q: Tell me what the material is like. Does it evolve night to night? A: It changes. It's about everything. It's obviously about life and death and old people having sex and Melissa having the baby and the child hating me and it's about ethnic groups and stereotypes. The latest thing I've been working on is that I hate whiners. Mother Teresa? A whiner. Princess Diana? A whiner. Anne Frank? A whiner. I'm having so much fun. I'm really enjoying it more than I've ever enjoyed it before. Q: Edgar was front and center for years in your routines. Are you doing anything with that? A: Just about why I cremated him instead of buried him. He's still in there. It's just everything - my dead dog who I still bring on stage with me. It's very comforting to have him there. ... Sometimes he's a part of the costume - you have cuffs and you say, ``This is my dog Spike.'' And sometimes I bring on a dog. They're so cheap at the Canon. We just were having an argument with the producer. He doesn't want to give me cheese in the dressing room. It's in my contract - Diet Cokes and a cheese plate. And he said we can't afford a cheese plate. It's just very sad that, when people come back and see me, you can't say, ``Would you like a piece of cheese?'' Q: So that now becomes part of the material, at least out here? A: Of course. I just said to my assistant, ``Well, we know how we're starting the act.'' Q: You poke a lot of fun at Melissa on E! Is there anything that you discuss with her regarding the material and whether certain areas are OK or not? A: No. It's always been self-centered. She grew up with me telling everybody what they thought was everything, and of course it wasn't. You know exactly where to go and how far to draw the line. Q: Your red-carpet gig has become fodder for other stand-up comics over the years. What do you think of that? A: Oh, I think it's amazing. When I started out (in 1995) nobody was doing it, and now we've become an institution. When all the reporters were going over to Iraq in the beginning, somebody sent me a cartoon from, I think, a Seattle paper, and the husband and wife are watching me on the news and he says, ``This is too much.'' And I'm commenting on what the soldiers are wearing, what the Iraqis are wearing. It's amazing that America has picked up on it like that. Q: What is performing for a live audience like now that you're doing so much in front of cameras? A: It's great because you can say anything. The nice thing about stand-up is the rules are your rules, and that changes everything. You can go as far as you want to go. (She coos at a dog who has jumped on her lap.) I just got an abused dog - Max, poor old thing. He hates everybody. He's so perfect for me. Q: He's probably looking at those cuffs on your costume and worrying. A: Yes. Also, I do terrible things like say, ``Well, Spike wouldn't have done that.'' It's like the first and second husband. Q: Speaking of which, is there a man in your life right now, and is he fair game, too? A: Unfortunately, no. I'm in a bad state right now. I don't think I'll ever meet anybody because I hate old men and I hate young men. So who's left? I'm looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. that perfect sailor. Q: What if the newspapers here send the fashion writers to review you? A: They probably will. I will be looking stunning, of course, but I love clothes. So I'll probably be in an amazing Dolce dol·ce Music adv. & adj. In a gentle and sweet manner. Used chiefly as a direction. [From Italian, sweet, from Latin dulcis.] Adv. 1. & Gabbana jacket that I just love that's made out of chain mail. Q: Which also intimidates your new dog? A: Right. It's trimmed with the old dog. Q: Are they going to be selling your jewelry in the lobby? A: I'd love to! ``No cheese? Fine. I'm selling bee pins in the lobby.'' JOAN RIVERS: BROKE AND ALONE IN L.A. Where: Canon Theatre, 209 N. Canon Drive, Beverly Hills. When: 8 tonight through Thursday, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Tickets: $40 and $50. Call the Canon box office, (310) 859-2830, or Ticketmaster, (213) 480-3232. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- cover -- color) Not a RIVERS to cross Ms. Joan out for revenge and laughs in her new stand-up show Steve Granitz/WireImage.com (2) no caption (Joan Rivers) |
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