Newport Comedy Series to Kick Off 15th Season on July 25
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Newport Comedy Series to Kick Off 15th Season on July 25
The Laughs & Luck of the Irish show will star Juston McKinney, Ray Harrington and Mike Donovan. Hosting three headliners in one night will be a first for the Newport Comedy Series.
“We wanted opening night of the Series to be something special so we reached out to three of the most talented comedians in America. Juston, Ray and Mike are all hilarious and will put on a fantastic show. Any one of these guys with an opening act would be a good show. This one will be off the charts and it may feel like St. Patrick’s Day all over again in Newport” says Series President and Co-Founder Joe Rocco. “We will be announcing more shows soon starring some of the biggest names in standup comedy, says Rocco.”
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTJustin McKinney starred in two of his own Comedy Central specials and has appeared in four others. He has also performed many time on The Tonight Show and Conan. McKinney has appeared on The King of Queens, The Sydney Lumet drama and 100 Centre Street and movies, The Zookeeper and Here Comes the Boom.
Ray Harrington has performed to sell out audiences from Los Angeles to London. iTunes named his début album Stand Up! Records, The Worst is Over “new and noteworthy”. It debuted at the top of the comedy charts on iTunes and Amazon.
Mike Donovan is a Boston comedian who has performed in front of many Newport audiences over the years. He has appeared on Showtime, the Fox Sports Network and NESN.
Tickets for this PG-13 show go on sale this Friday, June 12th at 10 AM. Tickets for the Laughs & Luck of the Irish are available at www.newportcomedy.com and by calling 1-800-745-3000
The Newport Comedy Series will run from July to November.
newportFILM’s 2015 Summer Lineup
July 2nd
Sunshine Superman
Thursday, July 2nd at 8:30pm
Queen Anne Square
A heart-racing documentary portrait of Carl Boenish, the father of the BASE jumping movement, whose early passion for skydiving led him to ever more spectacular –and dangerous– feats of foot-launched human flight.
Length: 101 minutes
Director: Marah Strauch
Producers: Eric Bruggemann, Marah Strauch, Lars Løge, Alex Gibney, Josh Braun, Dan Braun, Samantha Horley, and Phil Hunt
July 9th
Meru
Thursday, July 9th at 8:45pm
St. George's School Lawn
"Meru" is the story of that journey—one of friendship, sacrifice, hope and obsession.
Length: 87 minutes
Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
July 16th
Iris
Thursday, July 16th at 8:30pm
Marble House
The latest film from legendary documentarian Albert Maysles ("Grey Gardens", "Gimme Shelter"), "Iris" pairs the late 88-year-old filmmaker (who passed away on March 5) with Iris Apfel, the quick-witted, flamboyantly dressed 93-year-old style maven who has had an outsized presence on the New York fashion scene for decades.
Length: 80 minutes
Director: Albert Maysles
Producers: Laura Coxson, Rebekah Maysles, and Jennifer Ash Rudick
July 23rd
The Diplomat
Thursday, July 23rd at 8:30pm
The Redwood Library and Athenaeum
"The Diplomat" tells the remarkable story of the life and legacy of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, whose singular career spans fifty years of American foreign policy from Vietnam to Afghanistan.
Director: David Holbrooke
July 30th
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Thursday, July 30th at 8:30pm
Doris Duke's Rough Point, 680 Bellevue Avenue, Newport
Classically trained pianist, dive-bar chanteuse, black power icon and legendary recording artist, Nina Simone lived a life of brutal honesty, musical genius and tortured melancholy. In this epic documentary, director Liz Garbus interweaves never-before-heard recordings and rare archival footage together with Nina’s most memorable songs, to create an unforgettable portrait of one of the least understood, yet most beloved, artists of our time.
Length: 102 minutes
Director: Liz Garbus
Producers: Amy Hobby, Liz Garbus, Justin Wilkes, and Jayson Jackson
August 6th
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
Thursday, August 6th at 8:15pm
Newport Art Museum
Bouncing between Europe and the United States as often as she would between lovers, Peggy Guggenheim’s life was as swirling as the design of her uncle’s museum, and reads more like fiction than any reality imaginable. "Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict" offers a rare look into Guggenheim’s world: blending the abstract, the colorful, the surreal and the salacious, to portray a life that was as complex and unpredictable as the artwork Peggy revered and the artists she pushed forward.
Length: 97 minutes
Director: Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Producers: Stanley Buchthal, David Koh, Dan Braun, and Lisa Immordino Vreeland
August 13th
Best of Enemies
Thursday, August 13th at 8:15pm
The Elms Mansion Gardens
"Best of Enemies" is a behind-the-scenes account of the explosive 1968 televised debates between liberal Gore Vidal and conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and their rancorous disagreements about politics, God and sex.
Length: 87 minutes
Directors: Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon
Producers: Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville
August 20th
Racing Extinction
Thursday, August 20th at 8:00pm
Location TBD
Oscar®-winning director Louie Psihoyos ("The Cove") assembles a team of artists and activists on an undercover operation to expose the hidden world of endangered species and the race to protect them against mass extinction. Spanning the globe to infiltrate the world’s most dangerous black markets and using high tech tactics to document the link between carbon emissions and species extinction, "Racing Extinction" reveals stunning, never-before seen images that truly change the way we see the world.
Length: 94 minutes
Director: Louie Psihoyos
Producers: Fisher Stevens, Olivia Ahnemann, and Gina Papabeis
August 27th
Harry & Snowman
Thursday, August 27th at 8:45pm
Newport Polo Grounds
"Harry & Snowman" is a feature length documentary that tells the remarkable life story of international show jumping legend Harry deLeyer, whose career was launched by his famous show jumping horse Snowman.
Director: Ron Davis
Producers: Ron Davis, Nancy Knox Talcott, Clay Westervelt, Karin Reid Offield (Exec. Producer), and Paul Winston Blavin (Exec. Producer)
September 3rd
Tiger, Tiger
Thursday, September 3rd at 7:30pm
Norman Bird Sanctuary
Set in one of the least known landscapes left on earth, "Tiger, Tiger" is the story of a man with numbered days seeking to save the tiger, an animal whose days may also numbered. Director George Butler.
Length: 90 minutes
Director: George Butler
Producers: Julian Robertson, Caroline Alexander, and Keero Birla
