Paula Poundstone Port Appearance
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Paula_PoundstoneIt’s impossible to attend a Paula Poundstone performance without marveling at her ability to interact spontaneously with audience members in conversations bound to garner riotous laughter.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Friday April 9 at 8pm
Portsmouth, NH  

Armed with nothing but a stool, a microphone and a can of Diet Pepsi, Paula’s ability to create humor on the spot has become the stuff of legend. Little wonder people leave Paula’s shows debating whether the random people she talked to were "plants" – which, of course they never are, and complaining that their cheeks hurt from laughter.  

According to Kathleen Soldati Director of Marketing at The Music Hall, "This is going to be one funny show! We just got off the phone talking to her about her career start in Boston comedy clubs, her first CD taped in Maine – we’re clearly welcoming home one of our top New England star comics – to her debut on The Music Hall stage. There are good seats still available for this show – don’t miss out!"

"a great comic…a disarming ease in her craft…quick on her feet " -- - Boston Globe  

Paula’s spontaneity and razor-sharp wit have made her one of the most popular panelists on NPR's "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me" (2008 winner of the prestigious Peabody Award for Broadcasting Excellence). Paula’s commentaries can be heard on NPR’s Morning Edition and read on the Huffington Post and comedy site: 23/6. Her first book, There’s Nothing In This Book That I Meant To Say, (with a foreword by Mary Tyler Moore) was published by Random House and she is hard at work on her second for the same imprint. Paula also released her first comedy CD: I HEART JOKES: Paula Tells Them In Maine, 60 minutes of hilarious comedy recorded live at the sensational Stone Mountain Arts Center – because as Paula says, "It’s very hard to do it any other way." Paula has had several solo specials on HBO and most recently, BRAVO. She was the first woman to win an ACE (the Cable EMMY) for Best Standup Comedy performance and the first woman to be invited to perform at the distinguished White House Correspondents dinner where those in attendance included the President. Paula has made frequent TV appearances including Letterman, Leno, Craig Ferguson, as well as Garrison Keillor’s, A Prairie Home Companion.

TICKETS
Paula Poundstone will appear at The Music Hall on Friday April 9, 2010 at 8pm. Tickets are $35 and $28 and can be purchased at The Music Hall box office (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth), on the phone at 603.436.2400, or online   

Show Sponsors
Barbara Henry, Hampton NH Carpe Diem Coffee Roasting Company; Dowling Corporation; Squamscott Press; TMS Architects; WSCA 106.1FM

Season Sponsors
Liberty Mutual; and Martins Point Health Care  

RELATED LINKS: Paula's web site