Event: Joan Rivers will occur on Mar 26, 2011 at 8:00pm to 10:00pm
Location: Sunrise Theatre, 17 S. Second St, Fort Pierce, FL US
Description: Saturday, March 26th at 8:00 pm
Tickets: $65 (Golden Circle), $55/45
Joan Rivers is a force of nature, and one of the hardest working celebrities in the world. Comedienne; Tony-nominated actress; best-selling author; Emmy Award-winning television talk-show host; playwright; screenwriter; motion picture director; columnist; lecturer; syndicated radio host; jewelry designer and cosmetic company entrepreneur; red-carpet fashion laureate; businesswoman and, most importantly to her, mother and grandmother. She is exhausted!
The daughter of immigrant Russian parents, Joan created her own brand of irreverent, unconventional comedy to forge her remarkable rise to stardom in the entertainment world. Enduring humiliation and deprivation for nearly a decade playing tawdry clubs, Borscht Belt hotels, and Greenwich Village cabarets (“I was insanely persistent,” she says), Joan’s career skyrocketed in 1968 when she appeared on THE TONIGHT SHOW Starring JOHNNY CARSON. Within three years she was hosting THAT SHOW WITH JOAN RIVERS, one of the first syndicated daytime shows, and went on to become the first sole guest host of THE TONIGHT SHOW. Her own THE LATE SHOW STARRING JOAN RIVERS helped launch the Fox Network in 1986. In 1989, she returned to daytime television with THE JOAN RIVERS SHOW, winning an Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host the following year, and her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Using her unique gifts of humor, compassion and tenacity has enabled Joan to triumph over personal tragedy and attain extraordinary professional success. In 1990, she launched the Joan Rivers Classics Collection of fashion jewelry on QVC. She won an ACE Award from the Accessories Council in 1997, and continues to achieve unprecedented success with a record-breaking 500 million dollars plus in sales to date.
One of the most naturally style-savvy women on the planet, Joan consistently appears on Best Dressed lists around the world. Along with her daughter Melissa, she hosted E!’s red-carpet events from 1996-2004. In 2004, they signed a long-term contract with the TV Guide Channel, where they are continuing their “must-see” red-carpet coverage.
A pre-eminent connoisseur of fine art, antiques and vintage jewelry, Joan keeps her finger on the pulse of all the latest trends and is widely considered America’s most visible, accessible and authoritative fashion spokesperson. Her firm belief that when women look their best they can be their best was the inspiration for her Joan Rivers Beauty Line, a continually expanding line of products that was launched on QVC in 2000. It encompasses Absolutely Magic skincare treatment, color cosmetics, and her signature fragrance, Now & Forever.
While continuing to headline at prestigious concert venues worldwide, Joan is always working on new projects. In April 2002, she brought her critically acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe Festival one-woman show, “Broke and Alone,” to London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket. She received
rave reviews and the first standing ovation at the theatre in fourteen years. Joan then took the show to the State Theatres in Sydney and Melbourne where it received the same enthusiastic critical and audience response. Subsequent performances, including two one-week runs at the Canon Theatre in Los Angeles, have all garnered “hottest ticket in town” status.
Good news travels fast and, before she knew it, Joan was back headlining in Las Vegas. In October of 2004, she returned to the U.K. for her first national concert tour. The Glasgow International Comedy Festival followed in March of 2005. But the U.K. was clamoring for more, so in 2005 Joan returned to England for her second major tour in two years. In the spring of 2006, she will tour Australia and New Zealand again in highly anticipated appearances.
Constantly in motion, Joan knows first-hand the importance of healthy bones in helping us all live the life we want and deserve. In 2004, she reached out to the National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) with a passion and purpose to get the word out about osteoporosis, a disease that affects one in two women over 50. As NOF Ambassador, she took this message to Capitol Hill in 2005 where she met with the Surgeon General and worked with Congressional leaders to encourage support for increased awareness and national action to prevent this disease. Honored by NOF in 2005 with its first-ever Innovation Award, Joan continues to lend her energy and creativity to encourage people everywhere to be aware of osteoporosis and bone health.
From her signature question, “Can we talk?” (a Federal trademark), to her red-carpet mantra, “Who are you wearing?” the woman who asks the questions gets the answers America… and the world… wants to hear.
Joan Rivers embodies class, confidence and chutzpah in all the right proportions and her accomplishments are amazing (see attached). Of course, her most joyous triumph is being grandmother to Melissa’s son, Cooper (Edgar Cooper Endicott), who was born on December 1, 2000.– and she’s enjoying that immensely!
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