COMEDY & SPEAKERS
Seth Meyers
Mainstage Theatre
Saturday, February 25
8:00PM
$35 all seats
Discount tickets for students (all schools) now available! Only $20 per ticket with ID at the Box Office
Presented by Outback Concerts
Head Writer of SNL and Weekend Update Anchor in an evening of standup comedy!
The star of Saturday Night Live's 'Weekend Update' comes to UB Center for the Arts for a rare night of standup! As head writer for SNL, Seth Meyers has helped shape some of the best comedy of the last 10 years and recently delivered an absolutely incredible & hilarious keynote at this year’s White House Correspondents Dinner.
The New Hampshire-born Seth Meyers graduated from Northwestern University and soon joined the improv/sketch comedy group Boom Chicago, which performed in Chicago, London, Amsterdam, Edinburgh and Singapore. Meyers also performed with Chicago's Improv Olympic, which has been used as a springboard by many other SNL cast members and writers.
During a performance at the Chicago Improv Festival, he caught the eye of SNL producers and was soon hired as a featured player. In addition to contributing to numerous sketches, Meyers appears in the recurring “Jarret's Room” sketch as DJ Jonathan Feinstein as well as co-hosting the Irish talk show “Top O' The Morning” as William Fitzpatrick, opposite Jimmy Fallon's Patrick Fitzwilliam. He has also contributed notable impressions of Hugh Grant, Russell Crowe, Tobey Maguire, Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry and NBC News’ Stone Phillips and Brian Williams.
Lily Tomlin
Mainstage Theatre
Saturday, April 28
7:30PM
Tickets: $47.00
Enjoy a nostalgic evening full of smart comedy, social commentary and personal reminiscences with one of America's best-loved performers, Lily Tomlin. Featuring hilarious insights from more than a dozen of her famous characters, including: the precocious 6-year-old Edith Ann; telephone operator Ernestine; Judith Beasley from Calumet City, Indiana; and Trudy, the schizophrenic street lady – Lily Tomlin has truly come to define the bold, irreverent nature of the one-person show.
Throughout her extraordinary entertainment career, Tomlin has received numerous awards, including: six Emmys; two Tonys; two Peabody Awards, and more. Her film credits include Robert Altman's
The Player
and
Short Cuts; Joel Schumacher's comedy
The Incredible Shrinking Woman; Woody Allen's
Shadows and Fog;
9 to 5 with Dolly Parton;
Orange County;
Flirting With Disaster and
I Heart Huckabees. She has also had memorable roles on television, including appearances on
Murphy Brown,
Will and Grace and
The West Wing.
Proceeds benefit Beechwood Continuing Care's Welcome Home Initiative
This performance is presented by Beechwood Continuing Care, WNY’s premier not-for profit senior care community and the first to spearhead the national movement for person-centered care and household living. Named
Welcome Home, this initiative focuses on enhancing as many aspects as possible that make Beechwood a true home for their residents by ensuring they experience the best quality of life.