Dan Rosenberg: The Coast to Coaster Comedy Tour

Something funny will be going on at The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center on Saturday, April 13. Beaver County native Dan Rosenberg, whose 30-year career has spanned comedy, writing and radio hosting, returns home from the West Coast with The Coast to Coaster comedy tour, featuring “very special guest” Auggie Cook.

Tickets are on sale now for the 90-minute show, with the equivalent of a PG-13 rating, starting at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 13, in The Lindsay Theater’s Community Room. 

Rosenberg, a Chippewa native and Blackhawk High School alumnus, came to The Lindsay last spring to test his pilot sit-com It’s A Lot. He played a used car salesman, while Grammy winning, General Hospital actor Rick Springfield was his rockstar dad. (Update: The show is being pitched for streaming.)

“After screening our sitcom at The Lindsay last spring, it was obvious to me that the theater is a great gift to the community. I serve on the board of a local performing arts center on Bainbridge Island, Washington, and I realize the importance of non-profit theaters,” says Rosenberg.

For the Cultural Center, comedy shows are more often becoming an option. “The Lindsay is broadening its scope beyond film, into different mediums. Our first two comedy shows have featured LA-based female comedians—Angelina Spicer and Nicole Travolta,” says CEO Carolina Thor. “Now, for the first time, we have a Pittsburgh area native with years in the business bringing his latest to a home-town crowd.”

Rosenberg will draw from his experiences at national comedy clubs like the Laugh Factory and the Improv, and at comedy festivals, including Just for Laughs in Montreal, Las Vegas, Boston and New Orleans. 

A host for CBS radio shows in Los Angeles and Seattle, and for National Lampoon Radio on SiriusXM, Rosenberg will be joined by Cook, a nationally touring stand-up comedian who has appeared on ABC-TV and worked with the likes of Howie Mandel, Drew Carey, Robert Klein, Chris Rock, George Wallace and Rick Rockwell.

Cook, who’s been sharpening his quick wit, clean jokes, easy style and hilarious songs since the 1980s, regularly appears on many of the Burgh’s radio and TV stations. He was one of the first comedians Rosenberg met early in the 1990s, at Station Square’s Funnybone Comedy Club. 

For this reunion gig, tickets are $20, on sale now. No passes can be used. For this and other special events hosted at the Theater, absolutely no ticket refunds are possible.

Seating is first-come, first-served, beginning at 6:30 p.m.; BYOB is available.

Details on directions and parking can be found here.