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JIMMY TINGLE
POLITICAL HUMORIST
Jimmy Tingle was born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The social, political and economic diversity of that city laid the groundwork for his development as a performer and satirist. He started performing in 1980 during the early stand up comedy scene in Boston and quickly rose through the ranks from open-mike performer to paid engagements, headlining at comedy clubs, theaters and colleges nationwide. He is now regarded as one of the top social commentators and humorists in the country.
He co-starred in the PBS “Travels” series special “America with the Top Down” and appeared in “But Seriously” and “But seriously 94”, Showtime documentaries featuring prominent social satirists from Lenny Bruce to the present.
Jimmy’s theatrical credits include writing and starring in his own one man show “Jimmy Tingle’s Uncommon Sense, The Education of an American Comic”. Directed by Larry Arrick, the play received stellar reviews during a nine-week engagement at the American Place Theater in New York City and continued to succeed brilliantly at the Hasty Pudding Theater in Cambridge, MA becoming the longest running one person show in that theater’s history.
Jimmy Tingle’s Uncommon Sense made its Los Angeles debut at the Coast Playhouse in 1998 and was nominated by The L.A. Weekly for “best male solo performance” for their 20th Annual Theater Awards. His latest one-man show, Jimmy Tingle In The Promised Land, debuted at Jimmy Tingle’s OFF BROADWAY Theater in Somerville, MA in 2002 and is currently on tour.
Jimmy’s latest venture is that of theater mogul. He recently opened Jimmy Tingle’s Off Broadway Theater in Somerville, MA, where he presents a wide variety of entertainment programming.
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