Gold Coast Arts Center to Host 50+ Comedy Tour on Saturday, October 14, 2017

The 50+ Comedy Tour, featuring “mature” comedians over 50 for audiences in the same age range, is returning for a command performance at the Gold Coast Arts Center, 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck, NY on the evening of Saturday, October 14, 2017.

This year’s show has an entirely new line-up of side-splitting seasoned comics, including:

• Les Bayer, a resident of East Meadow and recent winner of AARP Long Island’s “Search for the Next 50+ Comedy Star.”
• Peter Bales, a resident of Northport and faculty member at Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York. Bales is a professor of stand-up comedy, who has performed on Comedy Central, A&E, and Showtime.
• Steve Lazarus, a Queens resident who has opened for such noted comedians as Ray Romano, Kevin James, and Lewis Black.
• Paul Anthony, comedian, host, and executive producer and creator of the Long Island Comedy Festival.

“Audiences love this show because the humor is performed by, and aimed at, Baby Boomers, a group often overlooked,” says Lauren Wagner, Director of Marketing & Development, Gold Coast Arts Center. “We sell out every year, and people leave the event literally exhausted from laughing, but with big smiles on their faces.”

The show will take place at the Gold Coast Arts Center, 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck, NY on Saturday, October 14, 2017, at 8:30 p.m. (doors will open at 8:00 p.m.). Tickets for general admission seating cost $20 if purchased in advance, or $30 at the door. To purchase tickets, please call 516-829-2570 or visit www.goldcoastarts.org. Refreshments will be available sale and there is plenty of free parking in the Maple Drive municipal parking lot with easy access to the Great Neck Arts Center’s Maple Drive entrance.

About Gold Coast Arts Center
The Gold Coast Arts Center is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting the arts through education, exhibition, performance and outreach. Located on the North Shore of Long Island, it has brought the arts to tens of thousands of people throughout the region for more than 20 years. Among the Center’s offerings are its School for the Arts, which holds year-round classes in visual and performing arts for students of all ages and abilities; a free public art gallery; a concert and lecture series; film screenings and discussions; the annual Gold Coast International Film Festival; and initiatives that focus on senior citizens and underserved communities. These initiatives include artist residencies, after-school programs, school assemblies, teacher-training workshops and parent-child workshops. The Gold Coast Arts Center is an affiliate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Partners in Education program, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. More information can be found at www.goldcoastarts.org.

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