Showtimes:

Sunday
7:30 PM

Tuesday
8:00 PM

Wednesday
8:00* PM

Thursday
8:00 PM

Friday
7:30 and 10:15 PM

Saturday
7:30* and 10:15 PM

*Times in orange are non-smoking showtimes

Paula Poundstone
April 6-9


Appearing on stage with a stool, a microphone, and a can of Diet Pepsi, Paula Poundstone’s ability to create humor on the spot is legendary. There’s a wonderful synergy to each of her one-of-a-kind two-hour shows. She improvises with a crowd like a jazz musician. She’ll find an audience member who sells grass seed to golf courses in part of the state of Maryland and wonder, “In such a small territory, even if the grass seed were any good at all, how could you possibly be working to your full potential?” -- then she swings in another unexpected direction without a plan, without a net. Paula is so quick and unassuming that audience members leave complaining that their cheeks hurt from laughter and debating whether the random people she talked to were “plants.”

In the Spring of 2002, Paula became a regular panelist on NPR’s oddly informative, weekly hour-long news quiz program “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me!” where she matches wits and tests her knowledge against some of the best and brightest in the news and entertainment world including Roy Blount Jr, Calvin Trillin, Adam Felber and P.J. O'Rourke. Paula’s website, www.paulapoundstone.com, is being applauded for it’s originality and entertainment. Visitors are treated to Paula’s personal diary entries with pictures from her life; her Calendar, with humorous detail; and a special column, “Ask Paula to ask Hep Cat.” Paula’s cat Hep can speak (but only to Paula) with authority on a surprisingly wide array of topics, and what Hep doesn’t know she’s only too glad to try and find out. Paula, for example, asked Hep recently if she should use a “no stick” spray on a “no stick” pan and Hep replied, “no.” Answers are posted on the website for all to read.

In 1992 Paula was the first woman to win a Cable ACE Award for Best Stand-Up Comedy Special for her HBO special “Cats, Cops, and Stuff.” In l996 she debuted her second HBO stand-up special, “Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard,” the only time the elite university has allowed their name to be used in the title of a television show. Paula was the first woman invited to headline the White House Correspondents Dinner, and she provided memorable live coverage of the ’92 political conventions and presidential inauguration for “The Tonight Show.” Her casual air and razor-sharp wit made her a perfect fit as backstage commentator for the ’93 Emmy Awards the following year. Paula starred in a self-titled series for HBO in ’92 (for which she won her second Cable ACE Award for Best Program Interviewer) and moved the show to ABC in ’93, where it was short-lived but applauded for its break from convention. She performed at both “A Gala for the President at Ford’s Theatre” television specials broadcast on ABC during President Clinton’s administrations. In the Fall of 2004, Paula hosted the WIN Awards (Women’s Image Network), honoring Jack Nicholson, director Catherine Hardwicke, and several other luminaries for their outstanding work to further the image of women in all forms of entertainment. In February 2005, Paula will perform at the highly-regarded HBO Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen Colorado, a part of which will air as a special on TBS in the Spring.

Additional credits include numerous appearances on “Late Night with David Letterman,” “The Tonight Show, Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion” for American Public Radio, and “The Rosie O’Donnell Show, ” She has served as a guest commentator for the Oscars on “E! Entertainment Television.” Paula voiced the character of Judge Stone on the acclaimed ABC-TV Saturday morning animated series “ Science Court” (a.k.a. “Squigglevision”) for three years, as well as the character of “Paula” on Cartoon Network’s “Home Movies.” She has appeared on PBS favorites “ Sesame Street” and “Storytime.” During 2000 and 2001, she served as a celebrity regular on the syndicated game show “To Tell The Truth.” Not one to be easily defined, Paula guest-starred on the CBS series “Cybill,” which led to a recurring role during the show’s final season. Her field pieces on the renowned series “Life & Times” for PBS station KCET won Paula a local Emmy Award.