Press Release: Robert Schimmel headlines the Wilbur Theatre 1/22

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COMEDIAN ROBERT SCHIMMEL HEADLINES THE WILBUR THATRE ON

JANUARY 22nd

Boston, MA – Robert Schimmel is set to perform at The Wilbur Theatre on Friday, January 22, 2010 at 7:30 PM.

Born in the Bronx, Robert Schimmel’s “big break” came in 1986 when Rodney Dangerfield invited Robert to perform on his HBO Young Comedians Special (also debuting Andrew “Dice” Clay, Bill Hicks, Dom Irrera, and Carol Leifer), which led to his critically-acclaimed Showtime specials Hard Core in the Big Apple and Robert Schimmel: Guilty As Charged. While a staff writer on the hit series In Living Color, an impromptu set at a local club generated the opportunity to perform in Scotland at the Edinburgh Festival in 1994, where he was nominated for the coveted Perrier Award.  In 1997 & 2202, he headlined at Montreal’s Juste Pour Rire (Just For Laughs), the world’s largest international comedy festival.

Red-hot word-of-mouth sparked the attention of major media, resulting in editorial pieces in Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, and US News & World Report, and a four-page feature profile in Playboy Magazine.

Robert Schimmel has proven that the best comedy comes from the truth. His all-too-real brand of humor, which spotlights relationships and sex, has put him at the forefront of the comedy circuit.  Other TV shows Schimmel has been seen on include Hollywood Squares and The Simpsons, and he has been seen in the films Scary Movie 2, A Low Down Dirty Shame, and Blankman, as well as at the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, where he delivered a stellar performance. Robert’s CD releases include Robert Schimmel Comes Clean, followed by If You Buy This CD, I Can Get This Car, which helped to land the performer the prestigious Best Male Stand-Up Comic Award at The 13th Annual American Comedy Awards and his latest release Robert Schimmel: Unprotected, recorded from his HBO special Unprotected.  Schimmel also taped a pilot for FOX in October 2002 titled The Pitch, from producer Mike Scully (of The Simpsons fame, also a producer of Robert’s first pilot for FOX, titled Schimmel).

The “C” word has become one of the cornerstones of Schimmel’s act.  He openly jokes about his bout with Lymphoma Cancer and being faced with the possibility of having only 6 months to live.  Now hitting the two year mark of complete remission, Robert’s personal quest is to bring hope to others who are faced with the illness, proving laughter is powerful medicine.  His national crusade to build a CD and audio book library in cancer infusion centers across the country has been a huge success.  He has collected hundreds of CDs and personally purchased Discmen for patients to use during their long chemotherapy treatments.

The Wilbur Theatre presents Robert Schimmel

Friday, January 22, 2010 at 7:30pm

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

Tickets:  $20 and $32

To purchase tickets log on to thewilburtheatre.com

or call Ticketmaster 1-800-745-3000