BILLY CONNOLLY LIVE Comes To Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre 5/6-7

New England audiences were treated to the uncensored, uncut and as unpredictable as ever, comedian Billy Connolly in June 2007 at The American Repertory Theatre. Now he returns to Boston with his hilarious, oxygen-depriving new show Billy Connolly LIVE! for two performances only on May 6 & 7, 2010 (8pm) at the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre, 265 Tremont Street in Boston's Theater District. Billy Connolly LIVE! is presented by WestBeth Entertainment. Tickets go on sale on Friday, April 2. Tickets are $53 - $63 (including fees) and are available by calling 866.348.9738, online at www.citicenter.org or in person at the Citi Performing Arts Center Box Office Tuesday-Saturday 12pm-6pm.

Connolly just completed a four-week sold out (3500 seats) run at London's Hammersmith Apollo proving yet again his universal appeal. Considered ‘Britain's greatest living comedian', critics have hailed him as ‘a genius', ‘a comic legend', ‘brilliantly funny' and ‘a superstar', they've called his comedy ‘priceless, non-stop laughter verging on tears' and ‘a must see night of comedy - he's fantastic, charming, rude and above all - hilarious.' Billy's audience is as diverse as his material.

Revered across the globe, he has broken box office records from the UK to New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, New York and Canada. The demand for tickets was so high during his recent tour of Scotland that ordering websites crashed the day tickets went on sale. Connolly was immortalized on the Avenue of the Stars (the UK's version of The Hollywood Walk of Fame) alongside Sir Laurence Olivier, John Cleese and The Rolling Stones.

Best known in the United States for his starring role in the popular 1980's sitcom Head of the Class, Connolly most recently appeared in the X-Files sequel untitled X-Files sequel feature film X-Files: I Want To Believe and the sequel to the cult classic Boondock Saints, Boondock Saints II - All Saint's Day, and will next be seen in the upcoming film Gulliver's Travels with Jack Black and Jason Segel. Connolly has also appeared on-screen with some of Hollywood's biggest stars including Dame Judi Dench in the prestigious art film Mrs. Brown, Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai and Jim Carrey in Lemony Snicket's - A Series of Unfortunate Events. 

WESTBETH ENTERTAINMENT, Arnold Engelman-President, is a producing organization that for 30 years has successfully and consistently produced critically-acclaimed work in live entertainment. Productions have included the sold-out national tours of Eddie Izzard's Dress to Kill, Circle, and Sexie; From Eddie Izzard to Billy Connolly, Mike Myers to Lewis Black, Wigfield to Hedwig, and The Family Guy to Tenacious D, WestBeth has been the creative catalyst, partner and producer of some of the most innovative productions to come in and out of New York and LA. Productions include Eddie Izzard's sold out 2008 American Tour STRIPPED that spanned 34 cities, and his upcoming January 2010 US Arena Tour STRIPPED TOO - The Big Intimacy Tour. As well as Billy Connolly's Too Old to Die Young (North American Tour) and tour of Canada; Lewis Black's Nothing Sacred (Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall) and his tour of Canada - THE DUAL CITIZENSHIP TOUR; John Leguizamo's new John Leguizamo Live! For more information go online at www.westbethent.com or http://www.myspace.com/westbeth.

ABOUT CITI PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Citi Performing Arts Center, which includes both the Wang Theatre and Shubert Theatre, is one of the nation's foremost not-for-profit performing arts institutions. As New England's largest cultural venue, it honors all aspects of the performing arts offering theatre, opera, classical and popular music, international ballet, contemporary dance, one-night engagements, and Broadway musicals. As a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization located in Boston's historical Theater District, Citi Performing Arts Center offers a diverse mix of educational workshops, lectures, and community activities through its education department; collaborates with artists and local performing arts organizations, and acts as a champion for the arts in the Greater Boston community by aggressively helping to make the arts an integral part of the community's collective, daily experience. For further information, please go to citicenter.org.