Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words (play)
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| Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Eugene Pack |
| Characters | various |
| Place premiered | Book Soup[1] Los Angeles |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Official site | |
Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words is an entertainment created by Eugene Pack, consisting of comically ironic verbatim readings of memoirs of, and a few poems by, celebrities. Critic Charles Isherwood called it "a merry compendium of the witlessness and wisdom of the rich and famous". A later version was titled Celebrity Autobiography: The Next Chapter.
The show was created in 1998 in Los Angeles and became prominent as a 2005 Bravo Network one-hour television special of the same name.[2] It was mounted off-Broadway at the Triad Theater beginning in 2008 and has run weekly or monthly since then. At the Triad, Pack has served as the host, and the show has featured Will Forte, Kristen Johnston, Tony Roberts and Rachel Dratch, among others.[2][3] The show won the 2009 Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience.[4] According to the production's official website, as of 2011[update] it had run in New York for three sold-out years.[5]
The entertainment has been staged in over a dozen cities. It is currently running in New York City, Los Angeles, London and Minneapolis, and a national tour has been announced.[6] London and Los Angeles runs were sold out.[7]