AN EVENING WITH JOHNNY VALIANT RETURNS TO THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY IN EAST VILLAGE- EVERY SATURDAY AT 10:30PM

The former pro wrestling champion returns to the prestigious Theater for the New City in the East Village. Major media has raved about his one man show which has an open run every Saturday at 10:30PM.

PRESS RELEASE- AN EVENING WITH JOHNNY VALIANT

Location: The Theater for the New City
                 155 1st Ave. (at 10th St.)
                 East Village, NY
                 212-254-1109
                 www.theaterforthenewcity.net

Dates: Every Saturday night at 10:30PM starting 11/15

Contact: evan_ginzburg@yahoo.com
Johnny Valiant available for interviews through Evan Ginzburg
            
As a two-time World Wide Wrestling Federation tag team champion, Johnny Valiant sold out huge arenas worldwide and has many a story to tell. And as an actor, stand-up, and improv artist, he's worked with the best that show business has to offer.

In "An Evening With Johnny Valiant" the WWF Hall of Famer tells his life story and what a story it is. From appearing in the WWF's Wrestlemania before 93,000 people to a recurring role on The Sopranos, Johnny has seen and done it all.

Fans of professional wrestling as well as great comedy and theater won't want to miss "An Evening With Johnny Valiant" at The Theater for the New City returning for an open-ended engagement Saturday Nov. 15 and continuing each and every Saturday. Tickets are only $10.

The media's raved about Johnny Valiant. The WWE was there to cover his funny and poignant show for Raw Magazine. So don't miss "An Evening With Johnny Valiant" when he returns to the prestigious Theater for the New City in Manhattan's East Village. Directed by Gary Wagner. There will be video highlights, a Q&A, meet and greet and autograph signing after each show. Advance tickets available at: www.theaterforthenewcity.net.

Please note these special events:

Saturday Nov. 22- Johnny Valiant Birthday Celebration

Saturday Nov. 29- WWF Tag Champion/Wrestling legend Nikolai Volkoff & manager Nikita Breznikov will be appearing with Johnny Valiant.

" He hugs his microphone, peers into the intimately situated crowd and sets sail on a 90-minute one-man show that slices and dices his days as a professional wrestler with animated humor and unexpected sensitivity: fall-out-of-your-seat funny."
(Kenny Herzog- Long Island Press)

"Stuns like a side piledriver"
(The Village Voice)

"He is funny, prowling the stage and using his graying, 240-pound frame as a comic prop. It's as if Spalding Gray had, at least for a few minutes, entered the body of Jonathan Winters."
(Microsoft's Slate)

"The one-man show serves as a confessional of sorts, an exorcism of the demons one accumulates on the sleeper-hold circuit."
(Time Out New York)

"Johnny Valiant adds excitement to anything he performs in...he brings so much...he is awesome."
(Billy Merritt of Piledriver-- Upright Citizens Brigade Troop)

"Funny Heartwarming, and very, very interesting. You had to be there. I did not see anyone leave the place for even one of those 55 minutes. Riveting- glad I was there."
(Gary Heiderich WTFO Hotline)

"Johnny was always one of the most outrageous characters as a wrestler. Now, in standup, you don't want to mess with Johnny."
(Fred Geobold, WBAI-FM Light Show NYC)

"The people loved Johnny. Congratulations on a memorable evening."
(Nick Oddo Documentary Filmmaker)

"Johnny Valiant is hilarious and entertaining."
(Nelson Torres WTF TV NYC)

For more on Johnny Valiant: www.wrestlingthenandnow.com
and www.johnnyvaliant.net