It was her work in refining the staging of comedy that he was eventually to perfect.
On his days off and in the off-season, Mr. Lazarus's sense of humor has also translated into a paycheck, because when he is not working at the stadium he is appearing on the stages of comedy clubs, mostly in the suburbs in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Rock of Ages is technically a jukebox musical: a stage presentation of comedy, drama and song in which, instead of using original songs, the writers build a story out of existing music, re-purposing it to retrofit a plot or a plot point.
This is not because I hate students, but because nobody is much good at such an early stage of their comedy career.
After the two finish their sets on the stage of a comedy club (where DiPaolo's Obama jokes are greeted with uncomfortable laughter and groans) they head to a diner where they quickly become enraged over politics.
Tickets: $20 to $30. "Temp Odyssey," staged reading of comedy by Dan Dietz.
12 MILES WEST THEATER COMPANY "Come On-A My House," staged reading of comedy by Peter Morris.
His style of comedy on stage and in motion pictures, however, was highly visual, often involving the use of bizarre costumes and exaggerated, madcap mannerisms and sight gags.
Long before Saturday Night Live, before Monty Python's Flying Circus, before Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, a hulking colossus stalked across the 1950s television stage, creating a frenetic style of comedy that had never been seen before.
Although the new live show is billed as marking a silver anniversary for the couple, Vic and Bob have pointed out that it is actually 30 years since they first staged their apparently haphazard style of comedy in London clubs.
