Joy Behar Comes to The Wilbur!

BOSTON - Sept. 12, 2014 - PRLog -- WHAT:          On Saturday, October 18th, 2014, Joy Behar is coming to The Wilbur in Boston’s historic Theatre District.

Joy Behar is a comedic original and a leading woman both on stage and screen. She received an Emmy award for her performance on The View, where she was a member of the cast for sixteen years. She also hosted her own talk shows, “The Joy Behar Show” on HLN and “Say Anything” on Current TV.

Armed with an MA in English education from SUNY at Stony Brook, Ms. Behar originally began a career in teaching. She then set out to pursue comedy professionally and immediately received bookings from such famous New York clubs as Caroline’s and Catch a Rising Star. She went on to win three MAC Awards and a CableACE Award. She has starred in her own HBO specials, “One Night Stand,” and “Women of the Night.”

Ms. Behar has recently appeared on “30 Rock,” “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List,” “One Life to Live,” SOAPnet’s “Relative Madness” and “All My Children,” and “Real Time With Bill Maher.” Ms. Behar has also been a frequent substitute host for Larry King on “Larry King Live” on CNN.

For three years Ms. Behar hosted a popular call in radio show on WABC. Her film appearances include “Cookie,” with Peter Falk, “This Is My Life,” directed by Nora Ephron, and Woody Allen’s “Manhattan Murder Mystery.” In theater, she had a successful run in the off Broadway hit “The Food Chain,” and also in the critically acclaimed “The Vagina Monologues.”

Ms. Behar was chosen by TV Guide as a “Personality of the Year” nominee for the Third Annual TV Guide Awards in January of 1991. Other honors include the Real Beauty Award from AWRT and Dove (2007), the Safe Horizon Champion Award (2001), the Gracie Allen Tribute Award from the Foundation of American Women in Radio and Television (2000), and the New York City Public Advocate’s Special Advocate Award for her outstanding friendship to the Gay community (2000).

For tickets and more information about The Wilbur and other great events visit http://thewilbur.com (https://owa2010.exchangecentral.net/OWA/redir.aspx?C=lK03...).

WHEN:          Saturday, October 18^th, 2014 at 7:00 PM

COST:          $39-$55

WHERE:          The Wilbur | 246 Tremont Street | Boston, MA 02116 | 617.248.9800

TICKETS:        Visit www.thewilbur.com (https://owa2010.exchangecentral.net/OWA/redir.aspx?C=lK03...), or call the box office at 617.248.9800