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Actor-comedian Mike Birbiglia performs at Bay Street Theater for one night only on July 29. Birbiglia will perform two shows. COURTESY BAY STREET THEATER
Bay Street Theater has announced the addition of a second performance by actor-comedian Mike Birbiglia, who will be at the theater for one night only, Saturday, July 29. The 7:30 p.m. show is sold out, but a second, 9:30 p.m. performance has been added.
On the heels of his hit Broadway show “The Old Man and the Pool” Mike Birbiglia works out new jokes and stories. Birbiglia is a comedian, storyteller, director and actor who has performed in front of audiences worldwide, from the Sydney Opera House to Carnegie Hall to Broadway.
His five solo shows “Sleepwalk With Me,” “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend,” “Thank God For Jokes” and “The New One” enjoyed successful runs on and off Broadway. “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend” won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Solo Show and “The New One” received the Drama Desk Award as well as the Outer Critics Circle Award for outstanding solo performance.
Birbiglia is also a filmmaker who wrote, directed, and starred in the films “Sleepwalk With Me” and “Don’t Think Twice.” As an actor, Birbiglia has appeared in the films “Trainwreck,” “The Fault in Our Stars,” “Popstar,” “A Man Called Otto” starring Tom Hanks, Taylor Swift’s music video for “Anti-Hero,” as well as TV roles in “Orange Is the New Black” and “Billions.” He is the host of the podcast "Mike Birbiglia’s Working It Out” and just finished a sold-out 85-performance Broadway run of his new show “The Old Man and the Pool” at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center.
Tickets are available at 631-725-9500 or baystreet.org. Bay Street Theater is on Long Wharf in Sag Harbor.
Staff Writer on Jun 10, 2023