FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 26, 2007
RITA RUDNER EXTENDS HER STAY AT HARRAH'S FOR THREE MORE YEARS
The acclaimed comedian will continue as the Strip Resort's Headliner until 2010
LAS VEGAS – Rita Rudner, the accomplished actress, screenwriter, best-selling author and comedian, has announced an agreement in principle to extend her stay as headliner at Harrah's Las Vegas until January 2010.
"I love working here," said Rudner. "I love all the people at Harrah's, the theater is beautiful and the audiences have been fantastic. When they say I've been extended, does that mean I'm taller?"
This extension means Rudner will pass the one million tickets sold mark some time next year. Her Las Vegas Strip run began six years ago. Rudner's shows have been so well received at Harrah's that additional 6 p.m. shows have been added for the month of May. In addition, Rudner will introduce a $20 Locals' Appreciation ticket for the summer months of July and August. A limited number of tickets will be available to Las Vegas residents on a first-come-first-served basis.
"Rita has been an absolute home run for us from her very first performance," said Don Marrandino, president of Harrah's Las Vegas. "We are pleased that she has extended her engagement and I am certain that she will continue to delight audiences with her sophisticated sense of humor for the next several years."
Rita Rudner is also continuing down the literary path with her fifth book; a collection of essays about being in your fifties entitled "I Can't Believe I'm Filthy." The book will be published later this year. She is also working on two television projects, in one of which she and comedian Jon Lovitz will play a brother and a sister, forced to live together in middle-age.
Tickets to Rudner's shows are $54 or $90 (plus tax and fees). For show schedules and additional information please visit www.harrahs.com or call (702) 369-5222.
SOURCE: KIRVIN DOAK
1. Extended... Taller? Oh Man! That is HILARIOUS! With a wit like that its easy to see why they renewed her show. Taller... Wow! Comedic Genious! Its a play on the word, ya know? She came up with that like, off the cuff. Cause extended could mean taller. So its really, really, really, really very funny. I can almost hear the delivery, "Extended? ... Does that mean I'm TALLER?"
Whew! I'm still laughing. God that is good stuff. Wow! Taller, extended. Man, she is funny. So many other comics out there doing edgy political stuff, and yet the innocence embedded in her feigned naivete... Just golden. I can't believe she didn't go on with it and "extend" the bit. Oh, now I'M doing it. "Will I need a new wradrobe now that I've been extended?" "Should I take off my heels?" I'm cracking up over this. LOL LOL LOL
Scott Nickerson at 10:34PM on Mar 31st 2007