Sentence examples for comedian playing from inspiring English sources

And like Mr. Falardeau, Mr. Cedar has coaxed a strong performance from a comedian playing a dramatic part, Shlomo Bar Aba in the role of the father.

By 1996 Ms. Behar was an established comedian, playing all the major venues; she also had a talk show on WABC-Radio.

Not for nothing did the philosopher Voltaire once compare God to a "comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh".

Hample was a fan of Allen's in the sixties, when Allen was a little-known comedian playing to sometimes hostile crowds in the Village.

It must have seemed like a good idea at first: a chatty comedian playing the nearly indefatigable Winnie, a middle-aged woman whose incessant demand for attention is like a prayer of sorts, one that Winnie directs at herself.

By night, Nito Artaza is Argentina's most popular comedian, playing here to packed houses that roar as he imitates and ridicules the politicians and financiers who have led this country to ruin.

Amy Poehler, the comedian, played down her own inclusion on the list.

THOUGHTS ON THEATER Audience feedback is different when a comedian plays a theater.

But then, it's not every day a comedian plays the House of Commons.

(In "Down to Earth," the leading character is a comedian, played by Chris Rock).

The comedian plays the show's camp, eco-friendly new host following the sacking of Jeremy Clarkson by the BBC yesterday.