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Colin Quinn’s Stage Show ‘Unconstitutional’ To Open At Cherry Lane Theatre July 4

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday June 17, 2013 @ 1:04pm PDTTags: Cherry Lane Theatre, Colin Quinn, Unconstitutional
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Following a five week run at The Barrow Street Theatre in New York City last month, Colin Quinn Unconstitutional will be re-opening at The Cherry Lane Theatre on July 4. Quinn, the former Weekend Update anchor on Saturday Night Live, wrote and stars. Rebecca A. Trent directs him. It is presented by Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Mike Lavoie.

Basically, Quinn tackles 226 years of American Constitutional calamities in 70 minutes. The reviews were strong in its first limited run. The show will also hit the road, with Quinn starring in a tour that starts with the 13 original American colonies, sometime in the fall. Quinn’s last one man stage show, Colin Quinn Long Story Short, debuted in 2010 with Jerry Seinfeld directing. The show received a Drama Desk nomination as well as an Emmy Award for the HBO broadcast of the play. Onscreen, Quinn will next be seen in Grown Ups 2 for Sony, and he will reprise his recurring role in the new season of the HBO series Girls.

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Colin Quinn Makes Book Deal With Grand Central Publishing For ‘Yesterday’s News’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday July 26, 2011 @ 8:25am PDTTags: Book Rights, Colin Quinn, Grand Central Publishing, Jerry Seinfeld
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: In competitive bidding, Colin Quinn has signed with Grand Central Publishing’s Ben Greenberg for Yesterday’s News. Quinn’s first book went for mid-six figures and is a humorous look at humanity and pop culture, in which the former Weekend Update … Read More »

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HBO To Turn Colin Quinn’s Broadway Show Into TV Special

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday January 27, 2011 @ 11:00am PSTTags: Colin Quinn, HBO, Jerry Seinfeld, TV
Nellie Andreeva

HBO will shoot the Broadway one-man show Colin Quinn Long Story Short for a special to debut in April.  Long Story Short, which recently extended its run at the Helen Hayes Theatre through March 5, features veteran standup comic Quinn take on world history in a 75-minute show directed by … Read More »

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