"The crowd immediately spotted Ruth, and from that moment he held the spotlight in the various roles of ballplayer, home run king, comedian, showman and lovable big kid," Don Skene wrote in The Herald Tribune.
This weekend the drag king comedian Murray Hill -- the self-proclaimed "hardest-working middle-aged man in show biz" -- brings "A Murray Little Christmas," his annual spectacle of burlesque, cabaret, off-color humor and too-tight clothing, to the Zipper Theater.
GRAND ARMY PLAZA Crowning King, Queen And Marble Players "It's not easy being king," said the comedian Jerry Stiller, who will be crowned homecoming king, as his wife, the actress Anne Meara (above right, with her husband), is named queen at the Welcome Back to Brooklyn Homecoming Festival at the Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn today.
ALAN KING, KINGS POINT Comedian "I've lived on Long Island in the same house for 40 years.
But the king of late-night comedians, at least, has joined forces with the subject of his satire.
Drama, not the comedian, was now king.
Criado Perez is in conversation with comedian Bridget Christie at Kings Place, London N1, on Monday 18 May.
If, as evidenced by politicians, comedians and our future king, mocking and demonising supposed white trash is our new national pastime, we're victimising an awful lot of people.
Clooney is a king of practical jokes, so the comedians should probably watch their backs.
Elvis may have left the building, but there's a new comedian in town, a man who would be the king.
A number of high profile names are on the bill, including Justian Vivan Bond, drag king Murrary Hill, Brooklyn drag artist Untitled Queen, indie-folk-pop artist Julia Weldon, comedian and activist Red Durkin, comedic performer Erin Markey and songwriter and videographer Shane Shane.
