NEWS
May 7, 2008
KANSAS CITY - Right Between the Ears will be featured on this month's broadcast of Uniquely Kansas City, the seasonally-themed magazine show on KCPT-TV (channel 9 in Kansas City).
Broadcast times/dates for Uniquely Kansas City are:
Thursday, May 15 at 8:00pm
Thursday, May 29 at 9:00pm
Wednesday, June 11 at 10:00pm
The series showcases the wealth of music, theatre, dance and visual arts that make Kansas City special. KCPT cameras recently captured performances of Right Between the Ears at both Liberty Hall in Lawrence, KS and The Off Center Theatre in Kansas City's Crown Center. In addition, the segment will feature interviews with RBTE producer-creator Darrell Brogdon and cast members Roberta Solomon and Rick Tamblyn.
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April 12, 2008
KANSAS CITY – Frank Lloyd Wright once called television “chewing gum for the eyes”. Now the award-winning comedy show Right Between the Ears aims to chew up the boob tube in live performances at Crown Center 's Off Center Theatre, April 25-27 .
Right Between the Ears Takes On TV will feature take-offs on shows like C.S.I. Miami , 24 , Dancing with the Stars , Jeopardy , The Adventures of Jonny Quest and more, along with spoofs of ESPN, Popeye the Sailor, the Weather Channel and reality TV. Also, primetime TV soaps and home repair shows get the RBTE needle in episodes of The O.C.D and Man Cave .
Tickets for the show range from $18.00 to $22.00 and are on sale now at 816-842-9999, or click here to purchase your tickets now.
Cast members for Right Between the Ears Takes On TV will include David Greusel, John Jessup, Rick Tamblyn, Roberta Solomon and Teri Wilder. Right Between the Ears is produced by Darrell Brogdon.
Right Between the Ears is a three-time winner of the Gold Medal as Best Comedy Show at the New York Festivals. The show airs every Saturday at 7:00pm Central on Sirius Satellite Radio's Laugh Break 105; and Sundays at 7:00pm on the stations of Kansas Public Radio.
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March 3, 2008
KANSAS CITY, MO - Some familiar Kansas City TV weather people will duke it out for comedysupremacy when the nationally broadcast sketch comedy show Right Between the Ears opens at Crown Center 's new Off Center Theatre, March 28-30.
KCTV5's Katie Horner, Karli Ritter of WDAF Fox 4, KSHB 41's Brett Anthony and Bryan Busby of KMBC 9 will all try out their comedy chops, with the weather person judged the funniest by RBTE fans (in an online poll at the show's website) appearing in a nationwide broadcast on Sirius Satellite Radio.
Schedule of performances:
Friday, March 28 at 7:00pm
Katie Horner
Saturday, March 29 at 5:00pm
Karli Ritter
Saturday, March 29 at 8:00pm
Brett Anthony
Sunday, March 30 at 3:00pm
Bryan Busby
“We're delighted that Katie, Karli, Brett and Bryan agreed so readily to do the show,” said RBTE creator-producer Darrell Brogdon. “I don't know what they were thinking. But I salute their courage.”
Tickets for the show range from $18.00 to $22.00 and are on sale now at 816-842-9999, or online.
Right Between the Ears is a three-time winner of the Gold Medal as Best Comedy Show at the New York Festivals. The show airs every Saturday at 7:00pm Central on Sirius Satellite Radio's Laugh Break 105; and Sundays at 7:00pm on the stations of Kansas Public Radio.
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December 1 , 2007
LAWRENCE , KS – Beginning in 2008, Right Between the Ears, the nationally broadcast comedy series based in Lawrence, KS, will present an ambitious schedule of live performances at the new Off Center Theatre in Kansas City's Crown Center.
The Off Center Theatre, scheduled to open in January 2008, is a 250-seat performance space (see artist's depiction at right), located on level three at Crown Center. Right Between the Ears is one of a core group of KC-area theatre companies selected by Crown Center to appear in the new venue. The opportunity will provide RBTE the means to offer not only more original productions in 2008, but also multiple performances of each new production. Tickets for the Off Center Theatre productions will be on sale in early 2008.
The first Right Between the Ears show at the Off Center Theatre is scheduled for the weekend of March 28-30, with performances on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Future productions are set for April 25-27; May 30-June 1; and July 25-27, with more dates to be announced soon.
In addition, RBTE will kick off 2008 with two performances at Liberty Hall in Lawrence, KS on Saturday, February 23. Tickets for the February show are on sale now at the Liberty Hall box office, Ticketmaster and the Right Between the Ears website.
Right Between the Ears is produced by Darrell Brogdon and airs every Saturday at 7:00pm Central on Sirius Satellite Radio's Laugh Break 105; Saturdays at 6:00pm Central on KCMO AM-710, Kansas City; and Sundays at 7:00pm Central on the stations of Kansas Public Radio.
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August 20, 2007
LAWRENCE , KS – In a stunningly bad career move, Jayni Carey, host of the TV cooking show Jayni's Kitchen , makes her comedic debut on the next live performance of Right Between the Ears – Saturday, September 15 at Liberty Hall in Lawrence , KS . The nationally broadcast comedy show will present live performances at 5:00pm and 8:00pm. The shows will be recorded for later broadcast on Sirius Satellite Radio's Laugh Break 105, on Kansas Public Radio and on KCMO AM-710, Kansas City .
Besides sabotaging Jayni's TV career, the RBTE crew will present the usual stew of topical take-offs and put-ons, including spoofs of George W. Bush, the 2008 Presidential campaign, Karl Rove, the recall of Chinese-made toys and troubled celebutantes Lindsey Lohan and Britney Spears.
Jayni Carey is co-author (with husband Frank) of three cookbooks, including The Easier You Make It, The Better It Tastes!, published in 1994 by Better Homes and Gardens Books.
Jayni's Kitchen airs every week on Sunflower Broadband Channel 6 in Lawrence and on KTKA-TV in Topeka .
Tickets for the show range from $15.50 to $19.50 and are on sale at the Right Between the Ears website, the Liberty Hall box office, area Ticketmaster outlets (816-931-3330) and at Ticketmaster.com.
Right Between the Ears airs every Saturday at 7:00pm Central on Sirius Satellite Radio's Laugh Break 105; Saturdays at 6:00pm on KCMO AM-710, Kansas City; and Sundays at 7:00pm on the stations of Kansas Public Radio.
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