WELCOME 2023 WITH LAUGHTER AT SEVEN ANGELS THEATRE

What better way to usher in the New Year 2023 than with laughter! Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury stands ready to fill your prescription for joy twice over with COUNTDOWN NEW YEAR’S EVE COMEDY NIGHT at 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.on Saturday, December 31. A free glass of champagne is available for toasting before each show and the bar opens 45 minutes prior to each performance. Straight from New York City are four professional comics - Richie Byrne, Jim Mendrinos, Mark Riccadonna and Kevin Bartini. Richie Byrne has a resume any comic would be delighted to claim as his own. Since 2009, he has been the warm up comedian for The Doctor Oz Show and has recently performed at Radio City Music Hall as the opening act for Dr. Oz Health and Happiness Summit. In addition Richie is both a singer and an actor and has appeared on such shows as “Sex and the City,” “The Sopranos,” and “Law and Order Criminal Intent.” If you travel to the Big Apple, he can also be seen at New York Comedy Club, Broadway Comedy Club, Greenwich Village Comedy Club, Comic Strip Live and a bevy of others. For three decades Jim Mendrinos has earned his star record in stand-up comedy and performance pride. His uncommon comedy observations about life belie his ever so common persona. If he isn’t riffing about politics around the world, he is revealing his personal relationships with humor. He chooses humanity as his topic of the night. Stick with Jim as he mines the field, from valleys to peaks and back, that he finds personally challenging. Appearing as a Gotham Comedy Club comic, he is the author of “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Comedy Writing” and also teaches his craft. He has appeared on stages around the world, including SiTV Comedy Central, the Fox News Network, HBO and the BBC. Moving to New York City in search of his calling and his happiness, Mark Riccadonna earned his education at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and joined “The Company” upon graduation. When he found Stand-Up Comedy, he realized success as a storyteller around New York City and then farther afield. A writer, actor and director, this versatile man recently had a lead role in “Days of Power,” played Cooler in “Un$uited,” and has been a contributing writer to such projects as Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update,” columnist and travel writer for “Today’s Man” Magazine, wrote and directed “Radio Gods” television pilot, starred in “Game Night” (winner of the International Film Festival NYC) and has also been seen on AXS TV’s “Live at Gotham,” FOX’s “Laughs,” and heard on Sirius XM and Bob and Tom, as well as many other venues Earning his chops as a TV and radio personality, a writer and a nationally touring comedian, Kevin Bartini enjoys a recurring role on “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” as Billy Jones as well as making numerous appearances on ABC’s hidden camera show “What Would You Do?” Jon Stewart takes credit for discovering Kevin and hiring him to warm up audiences at the Daily Show and The Colbert Report, ultimately making Kevin one of the most desired Audience Warm-Up comics in television! His credits can be enjoyed by audiences from shows like Match Game with Alec Baldwin, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, The Opposition with Jordan Klepper, The President Show, Bunk Debate Wars, TruTV’s Comedy Knockout, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and many others. For tickets ($45), call the Seven Angels Theatre, Plank Road, Waterbury at 203-757-4676 or online at SevenAngelsTheatre.org. Light up the last night of the year with enough illumination to keep you happy and warm until the winter snows melt and spring arrives.