THEATRE + COMEDY

The Improv Comedy Showcase and Restaurant presents Nick Di Paolo. 

In this day of watered down comedy, Nick Di Paolo's brutally honest performances stick out like a Catholic priest at the Little League World Series. Nick began his career in his hometown of Boston and two years later he made the jump to New York, where he found his seething, sarcastic style was welcomed with open arms by New York audiences at such clubs as "Catch a Rising Star," "Caroline's" and "The Comic Strip." It was at clubs like these where he honed his uncompromising point of view, which makes him not only a club favorite, but a true "comic's comic."

His range has allowed him to perform on shows as tame as "The Tonight Show," yet as edgy as HBO's "Young Comedians Special" and "Late Night with David Letterman." He was twice nominated for an Emmy for his writing on "The Chris Rock Show." He has also had two half-hour stand-up specials of his own on Comedy Central. Not limited to stand-up and writing, he has had guest starring roles on "News Radio" and "The Sopranos," as well as in films. A critic for the Winnipeg Press said it best when he described Nick as "Gentle as a starved wolverine and as predictable as a tipsy-hop through a minefield, Nick Di Paolo is an experience constrained only slightly by the demands of stand up comedy."

Di Paolo was one of the stars of Comedy Central's "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn" and is a Howard Stern favorite. He also provides the voice for "Baby Nick" in the animated Comedy Central Series "Shorties Watchin' Shorties."