Bridget Everett
| Bridget Everett | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 21, 1972 Manhattan, Kansas |
| Medium | cabaret, stand-up, television |
| Notable works and roles |
Inside Amy Schumer Lady Dynamite |
| Website |
bridgeteverett |
Bridget Everett (born 21 April 1972)[1][2] is an American comedian, actress, writer, and cabaret performer. Originally from Manhattan, Kansas,[3] she has been performing in New York City for over a decade. She has performed stand-up on Inside Amy Schumer[4] on Comedy Central. Everett has described herself as an “alt-cabaret provocateur.”[5][2]
Career
Everett often performs with her band, The Tender Moments, which includes Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz from the Beastie Boys and Carmine Covelli from The Julie Ruin. In October 2013, Everett and Horovitz performed in a show called Rock Bottom that the two co-wrote with Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.[6] Bridget has also performed with Brad Williams in a show called Down n Dirty (hosted by Broad City's Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer) at the 2014 Bonnaroo Music Festival.
Bridget performed a duet of “Me and Bobby McGee” with Patti LuPone at Carnegie Hall.[6]
In 2014, Bridget Everett and the Tender Moments released an album with twelve tracks entitled Pound It!
Everett's first one-hour TV special, Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder, premiered on Comedy Central in 2015. In it, she performs her usual brand of comedy cabaret.
Additional credits
- Lady Dynamite
- Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival
- Jeffery & Cole Casserole
- Carlos Cañedo
- Miss Fag Hag Pageant
- @midnight
- She's Living for This
- Gayby
- 2 Broke Girls
- Sex and the City
- Trainwreck
- Girls (TV series)
- Opposite Sex (2014)
- You Must Be Joking (2014)
- Funny as Hell (writing credit) — a Canadian comedy show with three seasons, which began in 2011[4]
References
- ↑ "Joe's Pub on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
- 1 2 Seabaugh, Julie (2014-09-09). "Alt-Cabaret Provocateur Bridget Everett Is the Most Exciting Performer in New York City". Village Voice. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
- ↑ Isherwood, Charles (26 January 2007). "A friendly face with a foul mouth that sings". NY Times. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
- 1 2 "IMDb". Retrieved 11 November 2014.
- ↑ "Bridget Everett: No Boundaries, No Filter, Lots of Touching". YouTube. Fusion. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- 1 2 Langmuir, Molly (24 November 2013). "129 minutes with Bridget Everett". New York Magazine. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
External links
- Official website
- Bridget Everett at the Internet Movie Database
- Bridget Everett on Twitter
- Bridget Everett on Tumblr