After their exuberant cameo in last
year’s hit film Nick & Norah’s
Infinite Playlist, the nasty knee-slapping Nellie Olesons bring
in 2009 with their new show, Nine-Inch
Nellies,
at the Cavern Club Theater in Los Angeles and The Madeira Room at the
Pilgrim House in Provincetown, MA. Depression, torture and nuclear
proliferation have nothing on the Nellies. Their fast, funny, flatulent
comedy will make your head spin faster than a CIA interrogation. Like
Kids In The Hall, South Park and a Ziegfeld
Follies show rolled into one, get ready for an hour of
non-stop comedy sketches, f*cked up dance routines and hilarious takes on
gay marriage, obesity, speed dating, Mommie Dearest,
Psycho and more.
Founded by Nora Burns
and Terrence Michael
in New York in 1993 (John
Cantwell
joined in 1996), the Nellies have created over ten critically acclaimed
shows, garnered a loyal cult following and toured all over the U.S. and
Canada. Based in L.A. since 1998, they’ve performed at Highways, The
Improv, UCB, Luna Park and The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center to name a few.
Their short film, The Nellie
Olesons, won the Audience Award
for Best Short Video at Outfest in 1997. Since 2005 the group has been
presenting new work via the Cavern Club at Casita Del Campo. In addition to
their appearance in Nick & Norah, the group
has also been seen in the films
Legally Blonde, Outlaugh: The Movie, Broken Hearts Club, Flintstones Viva Rock Vegas
and on TV in Pushing Daisies, Nip/Tuck, Will & Grace, The Riches and Logo’s
Wisecrack
series.
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THE NELLIE OLESONS
“Brazen sketch comedy trio”,
is “high-octane high camp.”
Vanity Fair
"Fast, smart, good-natured, ribald to say the least and inarguably hilarious."
New York Times
"Clearly, nothing is off limits for this raucous comedy group... twisted enough to keep the audience happily offended."
Entertainment Weekly
"The troupe's assaults on taste push way past the more mainstream boundaries observed by kindred companies like the Groundlings and Acme... incisive and hilarious... risky (and risque).
Los Angeles Times
"Funnier than f*ck - whoops (see what a bad influence they are?).
LA Weekly
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