DENVER
July 29 & 30
The Paramount tickethorse.com
866-461-6556
SAN DIEGO
August 1 & 2
Spreckels Theatre ticketmaster.com
619-220-8497
LOS ANGELES
August 5 - 9*
Kodak Theatre ticketmaster.com
213-480-3232
* Tickets will go on-sale for the added shows on May 18 at 10 AM. $69/$59/$39
REVIEWS
New York:
" There are no words to describe Eddie Izzard's performance last night (Sunday,
June 29) at Radio City Music Hall in New York City -- except for his words, which
I can't reproduce here, because there were so many of them, delivered so precisely,
so hysterically, that it boggled the mind. Plus, you really have to hear him say
them, and watch his incredibly mobile features and his incredibly mischievous
eyes as he speaks them. And his body language. That's a language that stands on
its own. Imitating the Rockettes. And monkeys. And dinosaurs, and out-of-breath
Roman messengers who had trouble with their Latin declensions and tenses and couldn't
find the right words to tell the battle commander that Hannibal was on his way
through the Alps to attack them. . . . with elephants . . . that look like big
pigs with squirrels draped over their faces. When it was over, two solid hours
after it started, with no intermission, with Eddie talking consistently at 500
mph and never missing a beat, I was exhausted. But HE had the energy at the curtain
call, after the encore, to run up 2.5 flights of stairs on the left side of the
hall to take a bow from a balcony, run back down and across the stage, and then
up 2.5 flights of stairs on the right side of the hall for another bow, and down
back to the stage. The show was beyond brilliant. If you live in the US, find
a way to see him -- he'll be out West for July and early August. " -- Peggie
Indianpolis:
"It started with a roar and the audience lept to it's feet. Really a roar.
I was surprised and I was there. Eddie came out and bowed and the roar went up
again. He said "you know after a welcome like that it's like AHHHH1" After that
the whole thing went of really well. At one point he made a bad pun and the whole
audience groaned, Eddie froze and flipped us a slow circular bird then went back
to the show. Outside, there was a line waiting for him that reached from the entrance
to the back door. I didn't get to stay but as usual Eddie kills. " -- Joy
NEW ORLEANS BENEFIT Eddie Izzard, an adventurous standup comedian as well as star of the FX
drama "The Riches," will perform a benefit concert at 7:30 p.m. June 23 at Tulane
University's McAlister Auditorium. The show is a late addition to Izzard's summer-long
"Stripped" tour of America, which has been winning rave reviews wherever it's
played so far. Proceeds will go to Neighborhood Housing Services of New Orleans.
Tickets go on sale Sat, 06/07/08 10:00 AM CDT via Ticketmaster, (504) 522-5555
or www.ticketmaster.com.
Neighborhood Housing Services of New Orleans -- which helps low- and moderate-income
New Orleanians become home owners -- will be the recipient of 100 percent of the
proceeds, and Ticketmaster has agreed to donate a portion of its ticket fees to
the organization as well. There will be a special reception with Izzard after
the show for "Producer Circle" ticket holders.
NEED A TICKET? An Eddie fan has three EXCELLENT seats for both the July 11 Seattle show
and the July 15 Portland show for sale. If you're interested in buying these,
CONTACT
HER DIRECTLY.
From Pittsburgh: Eddie said he won't be doing meet and greets anymore just
Q&A's after the shows.
"Oh, and since I was the person who asked about merch at the beginning
of the tour, I should add that there are child-sized t-shirts that say "Covered
in Bees", if you have Eddie-loving hipster children in your life. They're red
with black old-fashioned lettering and, of course, bees. They were selling for
$20." -- Minneapolis (thanks Annette)
They're selling several styles of T-shirts specifically for the Stripped tour,
as well as classics like "Covered in Bees", "Cake or Death?" and a "Glorious"
T-shirt. They had dogtags and keychains, two 8x10 photos, previous tour DVD's,
and a very nice program. T-shirts ranged from $25-35, while the photos were $5
each and the programs were $15. (thanks Annette and LiveJournal)
