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Comedian and world-renowned entertainer MURRAY HILL is a relentless retro shtick slinger, buster of audience chops and freewheeling ad-libber. The New York Times anointed Murray “the patriarch of downtown performance.” He recently performed with Dita Von Teese for sold-out engagements in New Orleans, Los Angeles and Seattle. He can be seen on television this year, playing himself, on STARZ "Gravity" Season 1 and HBO's "Bored to Death" Season 2 which airs September 2010. He's performed his comedy at top showrooms like Upright Citizen’s Brigade, Gotham Comedy Club, Comix, LA’s Billy Wilder Theater, and headlined his own show at Caroline’s on Broadway. Murray has toured with Le Tigre, hosted The Gossip concerts, and introduced the Beastie Boys, Antony and The Johnsons, to name a few. He’s hosted sold-out burlesque shows at the Bloomsbury Ballroom (London), MTV Italia’s opening party for the Venice Film Festival, NY International Burlesque Festival, Just For Laughs (Montreal) directed by Thierry Mugler and co-starred in Immodesty Blaize's show at London’s Arts Theatre in the West End. He's produced and starred in several theatrical productions: The Murray Hill Show, A Murray Little Christmas, and This is Burlesque. He’s been included in “Best of New York” lists in the Village Voice, Paper, and New York Magazine; inducted into Paper’s Nightlife Hall of Fame; and selected as OUT magazine’s Top 100 influential performers. He enjoys cheeseburgers, Swedish Fish, showbiz biographies, showgirls, and he put the "yes" in polyester. He's currently working on his debut Off-Broadway one-man show to debut in 2011. For a good time, visit http://mistershowbiz.com and follow him http://twitter.com/murray_hill