COMEDY NIGHT AT AZUL STARRING LA'S HOTTEST COMICS

Comedy Night at Azul Starring LA's Hottest Comics announces its Saturday, May 19 show featuring comic stars VICKI BARBOLAK named Nickelodeon’s “Funniest Mom” and of ABC’s Roseanne and The Comedy Store, MATTHEW NOURIEL of The Comedy Store, Hollywood Improv and Streeptease, and CONSTANCE WALKER of The Comedy Store, Second City Theatre and M-Bar.

The pre-show starts at 6:30PM and the show begins at 7:30PM.  With twenty-seven sold-out shows in a row, reservations are highly encouraged.  Please call 760.325.5533.  Cover for this great show is only $10.

VICKI BARBOLAK

 Vicki Barbolak is one of America’s funniest comedians.  In 2007 she won Nickelodeon’s America’s Funniest Mom show hosted by Roseanne Barr.  Roseanne was so impressed that she hired Vicki as one of her writers and requested that Vicki open for her at the New York New York Casino in Las Vegas.  Vicki started her stand-up career in 1998, when she emerged as a favorite at the famed Comedy Store.   

Drawing on her roller-coaster life of working in a family carpet business owned by her dad, a former Pittsburgh Steeler, dueling with ex-husbands who think alimony is an Italian ice-cream flavor, and raising two great kids all while living in the ultra posh Vista Manor Trailer Park near San Diego, Vicki has created a comic persona that has earned her well-deserved praise.  She is considered unique both in the character she has created as well as the fresh material she consistently delivers. 

She was also selected for the Jay Leno Show’s Laugh Squad.  Vicki was one of six comediennes to win a nationwide search for Jenny’s Comedy Diva’s on The Jenny Jones Show.  Vicki was also the first winner of California’s Funniest Female contest.    

Vicki is currently touring with the extremely popular Funniest Housewives of Orange County, Visit Funnniesthousewives.com for more information.) She also appears with Pretty Funny Women, Rhonda Shear’s Up All Night Pajama Party and her own tour The Wild Girls of Comedy.  Vicki is a regular at The Comedy Store and can be found most Saturday nights in their Main Room when she is not on the road. 

On the film and television side, Vicki is featured in the new film from Napoleon Dynamite’s John Griess, Pickin and Grinnin and has appeared in a number of Indie films, as well as Pauly Shore’s sitcom Minding the Store on TBS.

Matthew Nouriel

Matthew Nouriel was born in London, England to Jewish Iranian parents. In his teenage years he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he lives to this day. Matthew has worked in television, film, theatre, and for the past two years been performing stand up comedy. His Iranian heritage, along with his British sensibilities, American influences, and slight Jewish neurosis, result in a unique point of view in life, and ultimately result in very funny comedy. Matthew’s blunt, honest, raw approach has been gaining much attention in the Los Angeles comedy scene.  He regularly performs at many of L.A.’s hottest clubs, including The Comedy Store, The Improv, The Ice House, and is a regular at the Downtown Comedy Club.  

Constance Walker

The multi-talented Constance Walker's entertainment career spans five decades – and numerous genres. She began her career as a child performer in television commercials (“Yes, we had TV back then,” Constance says) and went on to become a ballet dancer after studying with Rosella Hightower in Cannes, France and then a modern dancer with the Valerie Bettis Company in New York City. Her work with this company is featured in the Lincoln Center's Dance Video Collection in New York. Also an actress, she has appeared in numerous commercials, musicals and off-Broadway theater. Her off-Broadway credits include: Exit the King, The Bald Soprano, The Loveliest Day of the Year and Something for Kitty Genovese.