Kool & The Gang, whose string of R&B and disco hits stretched from the early ’70s to the late ’80s, is at the Oakdale.

The punk-pop band Chisel has reformed and is playing in Hamden, and an “I Love the ‘90s” hip-hop tour is at Mohegan Sun with everyone from Vanilla Ice to Tone Loc.įrom the ‘80s, there’s Steve Martin and Martin Short, whose friendship blossomed while making “Three Amigos” in 1986 and who now do comedy tours together. Louis to Hollywood to become a working actress, and the forthcoming Office BFF's: Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There (co-authored with Angela Kinsey), which is a memoir of their best friendship and time working on The Office.“Jagged Little Pill,” the Broadway musical coming to The Bushnell on its first national tour, isn’t the only thing still rocking from the 1990s this week in Connecticut. She is the author of two books: The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide, in which she details her journey from St.

In January 2021, Office Ladies won iHeart Radio's Podcast of the Year award.

In October 2019, Fischer and The Office cast-mate and real-life best friend Angela Kinsey launched a podcast called Office Ladies on the Earwolf platform, which has become wildly popular, landing in the Top Ten globally every week and receiving over 200 million downloads in its first two years. She went on to star in the world premiere of Steve Martin's newest play Meteor Shower, an absurdist comedy opposite Greg Germann and Josh Stamberg, for a record-breaking run at the Old Globe Theatre. She starred in the Off-Broadway play Reasons to Be Happy, written and directed by Neil LaBute and co-starring Josh Hamilton, Leslie Bibb, and Fred Weller. A trained theater actress, Fischer returned to her roots after wrapping The Office. Jenna watched her mom, Anne, perform in church plays when she was young, which instilled a love of theater and performance. She was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, but was raised mostly in St. Jenna Fischer is best known for playing Pam Beesly on the acclaimed television show The Office, for which she received an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actress and two SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Comedy.

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