Frank Entertainment and Speakers

Frank Entertainment & Speakers (representing performing artists and
speakers "from the historical to the hysterical!") was established by
Jeannine Frank In 1990. The roster features a lively, creative mix of
nearly four dozen comedians, political and musical satirists,
cabaret, historical shows, monologists and authors, including political
comedians Mort Sahl and Marc Maron, Jim Bruchu's award-winning show on Zero
Mostel, jazz wit Jay Leonhart, Ann Randolph's "Squeeze Box", Carla
Zilbersmith's "Wedding Singer Blues", singing satirist Roy Zimmerman as
well as shows on Einstein, Darwin and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Frank Entertainment artists have been engaged by hundreds of
universities, performing arts centers, comedy festivals, conventions and
charities. While all deliver a full-length performance, many of the
comedians, musical satirists, and cabaret artists are ideal as opening acts
for headlining comics, bands and vocalists and have opened for Bill
Maher, Dennis Miller, Debbie Reynolds, Crystal Gayle, Paula Poundstone and
more.

Frank Entertainment also acts as a broker for high profile speakers
and artists -- tracking down hard-to-reach personalities. We also
feature a live stage version of the classic game show, What's My Line?,
which makes for a great fundraising event when tailored to your
community and local celebrities! (Hint: auction off spots for
panelists, guests and commercials!)

 

Partial Roster:
Comedians, Social Satirists, Monologists, Solo Comedy Shows

* Jim Brochu’s tour-de-force as Zero Mostel in Broadway-bound, 2006
Ovations winner, “Zero Hour” www.jimbrochu.com

* World renowned political satirist Mort Sahl
* Brilliant, acerbic comedian Marc Maron  www.marcmaron.com

* Ann Randolph's Ovations Winner "Squeeze Box" www.annrandolph.com

* Carla Zilbersmith's acclaimed "Wedding Singer Blues"
www.weddingsingerblues.com

* Political satirist / "Realist" editor-journalist Paul Krassner

* Humorist/cartoonist/photographer Flash Rosenberg's "Laughing at the
Speed of Light” www.flashrosenberg.com

* Award-winning monologists Vicki Juditz (think Sara Vowell!) –
hilarious, poignant new show on “going green!”

* SF's favorite satirist Charlie Varon's "People's Violin", "Rush
Limbaugh in Night School" www.charlievaron.com

* Bob Alper -- World's only practicing rabbi doing stand-up
comedy...intentionally!
* Beautifully edgy, brainy (MIT-grad) comedian Betsy Salkind
* Sultans of Satire: Middle East Comic Relief! Comedy from Iran, Iraq,
Israel, Turkey, Egypt & more!


On a Humorous Note: Musical Comedians, Cabaret & Revues

* Singing political satirist Roy Zimmerman ("a latter-day Tom Lehrer"
LA Times) www.royzimmerman.com

* Jim Brochu & Steve Schalchlin's 2006 Ovations winner "Big Voice: God
or Merman?" www.thebigvoice.com

 
* Jay Leonhart (world’s wittiest bassplayer)’s "The Bass
Lesson” www.jayleonhart.com

* Singing-satirist Marie Cain’s “Baby Bloomer: Is There Life After
50?” (think Lily Tomlin meets Randy Newman!)
* Piano-comic Dale Gonyea ("...heir to Victor Borge." LA Times)
* Sr. Citizen Cabaret Darling Ray Jessel ("the millennium Noel Coward!"
Michael Feinstein)
* Lincoln & Sherry Mayorga's “Music from the Wrong Side of the
Railroad Tracks”, “Chopin & Candlelight”and more!
* KUSC host/ music professor Alan Chapman & vocalist Karen Benjamin's
acclaimed "Songwriters and Their Songs"


Historical & Issue-Oriented Solo Performance

* Jim Brochu’s tour-de-force as Zero Mostel in Broadway-bound
critic’s pick “Zero Hour” www.zerohourshow.com
 

* Singing Darwinian Scholar Richard Milner's "Charles Darwin: Live & In
Concert www.darwinlive.com

 
* SF's favorite satirist Charlie Varon's "People's Violin", "Rush
Limbaugh in Night School" www.charlievaron.com

* Marissa Chibon's stunning "Daughter of a Cuban Revolutionary"
* Steve Greenstein's mid-east tour-de-force "Voices from the Holy...
and not so holy Land"
* John Crowther’s “Einstein: A Stage Portrait”
www.jcrowtherart.com/performance.html

 
* Stephanie Satie’s “Refugees” and “Coming to America”
www.refugeestheplay.com

* Kres Mersky’s “Isadora Duncan” & "The Life & Times of A.
Einstein"
* Robin Hirsch’s stunning 7-part solo tour-de-force “Mosaic:
Fragments of a Jewish Life”


Authors & Speakers (most of theses speakers have additonal
programs ideal for middle and high school students)

* Witty, outspoken, Pulitzer Prize-winning TV critic Howard Rosenberg
(dozens of programs/panels on TV & society, media ethics, comedy,
ethnicity, etc.)
* Ruth Broyde-Sharone's film, music and call to action: "God and Allah
Need to Talk" www.filmsthatmatter.com

* World renowned jazz film archivist and historian Mark Cantor --
dozens of talks w/ rare film footage
* Author/ Educator / ”Mozart of Interviewers” (25 years w/
Playboy), book on Capote, Pacino, more, Lawrence Grobel
* Don Sweeney’s insider’s look (with rare footage and guests)
“Backstage at the Tonight Show”
* Michael Shermer - Editor, Skeptics Mag., author “Denying History”
& “Why People Believe Weird Things” & more!

Technical Requirements:

Contact for specific requirements.