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X-WR-CALNAME:Larry Miller *SPECIAL EVENT* in Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh 
	Improv - Eventful
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SUMMARY:Larry Miller *SPECIAL EVENT*
DESCRIPTION: From his initial "first break" at The Comic Strip in New 
	York in the mid 1970's\, Larry Miller has developed a sense of style n
	ot often associated with stand-up comedians or actors. His memorable c
	ameo as the pretentious boutique manager "sucking up" to Julia Roberts
	 and Richard Gere in Pretty Woman left an impressionable mark on the i
	ndustry and audiences alike as the film went on to become the smash hi
	t of 1990. In the best Hollywood tradition\, one memorable scene turne
	d into a series of larger roles\, culminating with a co-starring role 
	as Dean Richmond alongside Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor. Not on
	e to limit himself to just films\, Larry has been successful in televi
	sion as well\, with recurring roles on two series: "Law and Order" and
	 "Mad About You." He was also a regular on NBC's "Pursuit of Happiness
	" and ABC's comedy "Life's Work." Larry's love for stand-up comedy con
	tinues with regular guest appearances on "The Tonight Show" and "Late 
	Night with David Letterman" and two of his own critically acclaimed sp
	ecials on HBO. As a classically-trained musician (he began in his coll
	ege years at Amherst)\, proficient on several different instruments\, 
	Larry's professors probably had an inkling of where he was really head
	ed when he wrote\, and had accepted\, his music theory and composition
	s thesis in A Harmonic Analysis of Frank Zappa. After graduating\, Lar
	ry played piano and drums in clubs in New York\, did studio work\, and
	 then one night\, decided to try his hand at joke-telling. After stepp
	ing on stage for the first time\, Larry said to himself\, "I think I'v
	e just done something that I could do again." Larry still maintains\, 
	" The truth is that I loved it then and I love it now\, the same as my
	 first line in a movie." In 1981\, Larry packed his bags and headed fo
	r Hollywood where he slept on Jerry Seinfield's floor for six weeks. W
	ith the help of another buddy\, Jay Leno\, Larry purchased a '63 Chevy
	 for $600 and eventually got an apartment nearby. While performing one
	 night at the Improv\, Milton Berle caught his act and asked Larry to 
	perform at Share\, a star-studded annual charity affair. "Apparently\,
	 Nancy Sinatra was in the audience and really liked my act because the
	 next day she called her father and before I knew it I was renting a t
	ux and flying to Vegas to open for Sinatra for a week at Bally's." Not
	 a bad way to break into Vegas! Before long\, Larry was requested to r
	ead for the movie Pretty Woman. Miller recalls\, " I went in to read f
	or the role and when I got there\, there were no lines for that partic
	ular character. Garry Marshall told me I could have the job and 'to ju
	st show up\, I'd know what to do!' That was one of the greatest compli
	ments from a director I could imagine getting! I showed up not knowing
	 what to expect and ended up improvising the whole thing!" After Prett
	y Woman there was no stopping Larry Miller. Soon he was getting cast a
	nd co-starring in Necessary Roughness\, Undercover Blues\, Corrina Cor
	rina\, Dream Lover\, The Favor\, and Waiting for Gufman. Larry current
	ly resides in Southern California with his wife\, Eileen Conn\, a tele
	vision writer\, and his two sons.\n
LOCATION:Pittsburgh Improv @ 166 East Bridge Street The Stacks at the 
	Waterfront, Homestead, Pennsylvania 15120 United States
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