Long Story Short extends a second time

Former "Saturday Night Live" and Comedy Central star Colin Quinn's one-man show, Colin Quinn Long Story Short, directed by Jerry Seinfeld, will extend its run at the Helen Hayes Theatre for a second time, through to 5 Mar 2011.

The show opened at the Helen Hayes Theatre on 9 Nov 2011, following previews from 22 Oct 2011. The show was initially scheduled to end its 11-week limited engagement on 8 Jan 2011, but has now extended its for a second time.

Colin Quinn Long Story Short opened to mostly excellent reviews: Quinn is very, very funny. A combination of Speed Dating and History with a few detours along the way (newyorktheatreguide.com); Global studies just got funnier and faster (NY Daily News); The show fairly flies by (NY Post); Razor sharp send-up of civilization (NY1)

Comically channeling the demise of great world empires, Colin Quinn uses his "articulate brand of comedy" in taking audiences through an history of the world in 75 minutes. From his personification of Caesar as the original Italian mobster to his complaints about Ancient Greece and Antigone giving way to Costco and Snooki, Quinn is at his satirical best, taking on the attitudes, appetites and bad habits that toppled the world's most powerful nations. Colin Quinn Long Story Short proves that throughout human history, the joke has always been on us.

Colin Quinn recently completed a Q & A for newyorktheatreguide.com, you can read his answers to our questions here.

The show is produced by Eva Price and Richard Martini. Additional creative team members to be announced.

Colin Quinn Long Story Short previously played a successful engagement at the Bleecker Street Theatre from 19 Jun through to 4 Sep 2010. This marks Colin's return to the Helen Hayes Theatre, previously starring in Colin Quinn - An Irish Wake in 1998.