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Directed by Hollywood stage veteran DAVID GALLIGAN and produced by Palm Springs based REACTION PRODUCTIONS, the acclaimed, versatile performer, LESLIE JORDAN, has built his resume’ predominantly in television and films, returns to the stage, having conquered the other performance mediums on the strength of his own unique character and convictions. His adroit, one-of-a-kind Southern branded humor and innate storytelling abilities have brought Jordan legions of new fans.
Jordan is best known for his innumerable television appearances both as a series regular and guest star. Along with his portrayal of the irascible nemesis to Karen Walker, Beverley Leslie on Will & Grace, he has registered memorable guest stints in an array of television’s best known series such as Boston Legal, Ugly Betty and Reba. Equal acclaim has come from Jordan’s hilarious, poignant and humane portrayals on stage and film. His most enduring turn as Brother Boy in the hit cult film classic Sordid Lives as well as his one-man autobiographical stage renderings “Like a Dog on Linoleum” and “Hysterical Blindness and other Southern Tragedies That Have Plagued My Life Thus Far” have hailed Jordan with well deserved accolades for his unique emotional voice.
2008 is shaping up to be a banner year for the comedic actor from Chattanooga. He is currently nearing completion on the initial season of his new cable series entitled “12 Miles of Bad Road”, co-starring alongside comedy genius LILY TOMLIN and popular fellow Southerner MARY KAY PLACE. Advance buzz on this new venture has been extraordinary. The new series completed production in Spring 2008 as he then immediately segued into preparations for the new Pink Carpet stage production which premiered in San Diego and will culminate in Provincetown, MA. It is also based upon his additional latest conquest; this time as a published author. Having taken feathered plume to hand to commit to pages (and the Ages), his first book tentatively titled “My Trip Down the Pink Carpet”, an autobiographical compilation of witticisms and wisdoms he has collected along his colorful life course. The “trip” is saturated with star encounters as well; show biz legends BETTY WHITE, CLORIS LEACHMAN and FAYE DUNAWAY along with contemporaries GEORGE CLOONEY, MEGAN MULALLHY, DELTA BURKE, BILLY BOB THORTON, JOHN RITTER and ROBERT DOWNEY JR. make his written journey a true “cause celebre” and are mixed in memorably with his encounters in a colorful assortment of family, friends and bands of “gypsies, tramps and thieves” all of whom Jordan is more than willing to “Cher”.
Published by SIMON & SCHUSTER, Inc., the narrative voice is unmistakable, vintage Jordan, doing what he does best; traipsing his way down the path he was destined to take, with no apologies and fewer regrets. In the process, Jordan hits more than a few potholes along the way while rendering a life experience filled with raucous humor, wild abandon, trials and tribulations and anecdotal tidbits that are often painfully honest but forthrightly shared with the integrity only a man of his spiritually awakened sense and resolve could possess. And to his undeniable. devotion and credit to his Southern upbringing.
Scheduled to visit 28 cities throughout North America, “My Trip Down the Pink Carpet” will continue throughout Spring and early Summer 2008. Play dates for the show, accompanying book signings and special appearances will include the major urban centers of America and continuing through the Heartland, the Deep South and beyond to the capitols of neighboring Canada.
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