Quick wit: Paula Poundstone brings her comedy to the Garde
Need a good laugh? Paula Poundstone is here to provide.
She’ll bring her comedy to the Garde Arts Center on Friday, and I can tell you from experience that her shows are a hoot and a howl.
Her particular area of expertise is audience-inspired improv. She’ll ask someone in the crowd what they do for a living and, sparked by answers to that, she’ll come up with hilarious comments, asides and follow-up questions.
Fans know all about Poundstone’s quick wit from her podcast “Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone” and from her appearances as a panelist on the NPR news quiz show “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!”
And if a voice in “Inside Out 2” sounded familiar, yes, that was Poundstone voicing the character of Forgetter Paula.
Paula Poundstone, 8 p.m. Friday, Garde Arts Center, 325 State St., New London; $35-$65; (860) 444-7373, gardearts.org.
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