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BAM Announces Brooklyn Stop for David Cross' Making America Great BAM announces Brooklyn stop for David Cross’ Making America Great Again!, the acclaimed comedian’s first stand-up tour in six years—March 25 BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave) Mar 25 at 8pm Tickets available to the general public via BAM.org on Feb 12 (BAM member on sale Feb 9) Tickets: $35, 45, 55 Feb 4, 2016/Brooklyn, New York, NY—Award-winning comedian David Cross will perform at BAM on March 25 as part of his recently announced national stand-up comedy tour. Named one of the ―Top 100 Stand-Up Comedians of All Time‖ by Comedy Central, Cross launched his Making America Great Again! tour on Jan 26 at Observatory North Park in San Diego, CA, and will continue nationwide through April 2016. "I am extremely excited to get back out on the road after six long years away,‖ said Cross. ―I was very busy writing for The View, but now that the kids are off to college, my wife's regiment has been transferred to McMurdo Station in the South Pole, and I'm near completion on Fallout 4, it's time to start up the bus and bring my patented, fart-inducing laugh winces to a town near you. See you soon!" David Cross last toured in 2009 with a solo stand-up show in support of his New York Times bestseller I Drink for a Reason. The hugely successful comedy show was filmed at Boston's Wilbur Theater for a special, Bigger and Blackerer, which premiered on EPIX in April 2010 before being released on CD and DVD by Sub Pop. His previous comedy special, David Cross: The Pride Is Back, aired on HBO in 1999 and was named one of the 25 best stand-up comedy specials and concert films of all time by Rolling Stone in July 2015. Cross has released two other comedy albums—the Grammy Award-nominated Shut Up You Fucking Baby and It's Not Funny. In 2003 he released the DVD Let America Laugh, a documentary film of his groundbreaking stand-up tour of indie rock clubs. One of the stars of the Emmy Award-winning comedy series Arrested Development and one half of the creative duo (along with Bob Odenkirk) behind three-time Emmy Award-nominated sketch comedy series Mr. Show with Bob and David, Cross is himself an Emmy Award-winner for his writing on The Ben Stiller Show. His sketch comedy series With Bob and David is currently available on Netflix. In January 2016 IFC premiered the six episode third season of Todd Margaret, created by and starring Cross. He wrote and directed the indie film Hits, which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, and was released theatrically and on VOD through an innovative initiative with Kickstarter and BitTorrent. He has appeared in such films as Kill Your Darlings, It’s a Disaster, Year One, Waiting for Guffman, Men in Black I & II, Ghost World, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Pitch Perfect 2, I’m Not There, and has provided voices for several animated films, including Megamind, the Kung Fu Panda series and Curious George. Fans can keep track of the tour on David Cross’ social media platforms – twitter.com/davidcrosss, instagram.com/davidcrosss/, and facebook.com/officialdavidcross/. For press information about the BAM engagement, please contact Adriana Leshko at [email protected] or 718.724.8021. For press information about the national tour and general inquiries, please contact Chris Kanarick at ckanarick@id- pr-.com or 212.774.6149. Credits Viacom and Comedy Central are the Presenting Sponsors of Comedy Programming at BAM. Delta is the Official Airline of BAM. Pepsi is the official beverage of BAM. Santander is the BAM Marquee sponsor. Yamaha is the official piano for BAM. New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge is the official hotel for BAM. Your tax dollars make BAM programs possible through funding from the City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts.The BAM facilities are owned by the City of New York and benefit from public funds provided through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs with support from Mayor Bill de Blasio; Cultural Affairs Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl; the New York City Council including Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Finance Committee Chair Julissa Ferreras, Cultural Affairs Committee Chair Jimmy Van Bramer, the Brooklyn Delegation of the Council, and Council Member Laurie Cumbo; and Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams. BAM would like to thank the Brooklyn Delegations of the New York State Assembly, Joseph R. Lentol, Delegation Leader; and New York Senate, Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Delegation Leader. General Information BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, BAM Rose Cinemas, and BAMcafé are located in the Peter Jay Sharp building at 30 Lafayette Avenue (between St Felix Street and Ashland Place) in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn. BAM Harvey Theater is located two blocks from the main building at 651 Fulton Street (between Ashland and Rockwell Places). Both locations house Greenlight Bookstore at BAM kiosks. BAM Fisher, located at 321 Ashland Place, is the newest addition to the BAM campus and houses the Judith and Alan Fishman Space and Rita K. Hillman Studio. BAM Rose Cinemas is Brooklyn’s only movie house dedicated to first-run independent and foreign film and repertory programming. BAMcafé, operated by Great Performances, offers a dinner menu prior to BAM Howard Gilman Opera House evening performances. BAMcafé also features an eclectic mix of live music for BAMcafé Live on Friday and Saturday nights with a bar menu available starting at 6pm. Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5, Q, B to Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center (2, 3, 4, 5 to Nevins St for Harvey Theater) D, N, R to Pacific Street; G to Fulton Street; C to Lafayette Avenue Train: Long Island Railroad to Atlantic Terminal – Barclays Center Bus: B25, B26, B41, B45, B52, B63, B67 all stop within three blocks of BAM Car: Limited commercial parking lots are located near BAM. Visit BAM.org for information. For ticket information, call BAM Ticket Services at 718.636.4100, or visit BAM.org. ### .
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