Comedy Night @ Mamma Vittoria's, Jan.30th

We have a special Saturday night at yet another new place in Nutley. Delicious Italian cuisine with a great comedy lineup for an awesome night of laughs! 7pm social/dinner, then 8pm show. Byob is allowed.

National Headliner: Joseph Anthony

NBC’s Last Comic Standing, Atlantic City Borgata Comedy Club

Joseph’s father was an Italian Immigrant, who entered the United States just after WWII and began his career as a Longshoreman at the age of 17. He quickly climbed up the management ladder. His mother was born in Brooklyn, NY and raised Joseph on: delicious dishes, overbearing love, inherent O.C.D. … And incidentally, had a mean right hook - for someone who stood only 4’ 11!”

Surprisingly, being raised (in part) by his five older sisters who frequently opened Joseph’s mind up to such things as: how to use a hot curling hair kit, cleaning the crevices of wood furniture, and being a constant (mini) Hustle practice partner, all with the absence of any brothers and a father determined to figure out the fine art of betting, he (Joseph) was no stranger to the ways of the streets, but also enjoyed a quiet retreat to read and write at a very young age. The results you say? He can hold court with both Harvard and Sing Sing prison alumni, just the same. Yet despite his upbringing, he belongs to no one particular group, class, click, or innate stereotypes, as it were. In the world of entertainment, he’s simply referred to quite often as: VERSATILE – TALENTED – FUNNY - SMART!

Joseph studied writing style and screen writing at the New School for Social Research, in New York City. He learned the basics of filmmaking at the College of Staten Island, NY. He studied the Meisner technique of acting under Joanna Beckson (Ray Romano’s teacher), herself a student of the famed Actors Studio.

Feature: Sharon Simon

Saturday Night Live

Edgy, electifying and a bit sassy, comedian Sharon Simon personifies “Jewish Trash”.
Growing up as the only Jewish child in an Hispanic neighborhood, her blonde hair and lack of pigment quickly earned her the sobriquet, “Flashlight”.

YESTERDAY
If you watched Saturday Night Live in the 80s, and didn’t blink, you MIGHT have seen a very young Sharon in a Christmas sketch. Apparently this small scene paid a lot as Sharon didn’t find it necessary to appear on TV again for quite some time

While most Jewish girls use daddy’s money to attend spendy colleges, Sharon stripped to pay her way through Rutgers University’s drama program. Sharon briefly dated the one straight man in her acting program but alas, he too turned out to be gay.
Sharon later went on to become an EMT

TODAY
Sharon’s edgy act and unique, “Jewish Trash” style is burning up clubs and colleges all over the U.S. and Canada. You can catch Sharon on Sirius Radio and as an opening act for Jim Norton, (she once used her EMT training to save a woman that collapsed during a Norton show).

TONIGHT
If Sharon isn’t home in one of New York City’s top clubs she is pounding an audience on the road with her refreshingly unique comedy, (that means, among other things, Sharon doesn’t get on stage to complain about men and PMS).

Also performing.. John Clark, Rocco Romeo

Dinner Choices:

Sausage & Peppers

Chicken Francese

Salmon Livornese

Penne Vodka

Including: Mixed Salads, Seasonal Vegetables & Roasted Potatoes

Tickets available online. Dinner and Comedy show for one price of $35.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mamma-vittorias-comedy-night-tickets-20628706015