STAGE QUOTESTHE VERY FUNNY LADY
Leighann Lord's stand-up comedy show is smart, upscale, and engaging with topics including current events, politics, family, marriage and more. Audiences Say:
“She is funny and sophisticated.” “One who teaches while making jokes.” “A wonderful combination of beauty, class, grace and goofiness.” “She is so sly and funny. Sharp as a laser and quick to a punch. Every joke is handmade with her own brilliance and slant on life.” Smart, sexy, savvy, and funny, Leighann Lord’s “heads up humor” is stand-up comedy at it’s finest. Inspired by the brilliance of George Carlin, the smooth jazz style of Franklyn Ajaye, and the elegance of Rita Rudner, Leighann has crafted her own unique brand of Thinking Cap Comedy. It’s no wonder she received the NYC Black Comedy Award for “The Most Thought Provoking Black Female Comic.” And for two consecutive years, Leighann was Harlem Week’s official comedian. (The only other comedian in Harlem Week’s history to earn that distinction was Richard Pryor.) Leighann has performed around the world. In London she appeared at The Comedy Store, and on the BBC show Blouse and Skirt (think Politically Incorrect meets BET). In The Netherlands, she was a guest on the popular late night talk show Raymann is Late! and The Comedy Factory. A festival favorite, Leighann has been featured in the Trinidad, Montreal, Winnipeg, Halifax, Boston, Detroit and NYC Underground Comedy Festivals. She also entertained U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia during Operation Enduring Freedom, as well as troops helping the Haitian earthquake relief effort (Operation Unified Response). As a comedic commentator Leighann has pulled pundit duty on VH1, Fox News, and MSNBC giving her informed and funny take on politics, world news and current events. Her popular weekly humor blog, The Urban Erma, is featured on StageTimeMag.com and is available as a free podcast on iTunes. Leighann has also contributed various blogs on online magazines including This Week in Blackness, The Woodhull Institute, The Three Tomatoes, FoxNew.com’s Team Washington, The Huffington Post, and she wrote for the pilot of The Chris Rock Show. Leighann’s stand-up is frequently heard on XM-Sirius Satellite Radio and appeared on many stand-up comedy shows including Girls Night Out (Lifetime), The Original Def Comedy All Star Jam (HBO), Premium Blend (Comedy Central), The World Stands Up (Comedy Central), Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen, VH1's 40 Most Shocking Celebrity Hair Moments, The View (ABC), Comic Quickies (SiTV), and HA! Comedy (Gospel Music Channel). Named one of New York’s 10 Hot Comics by Improper Magazine her web site, VeryFunnyLady.com, says it all! LEARN MORE HERE!
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PERFORMING FOR THE TROOPS Leighann Lord performing at Camp Nasir Wa Salaam With the NY Underground Comedy Festival I've entertained U.S. Troops in the South Pacific, Europe, Haiti, Africa, Afghanistan and Iraq!
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“She is charming, acutely observant, wickedly disarming, and, most importantly, funny as hell.”
— Mel Watkins, critic and author of On the Real Side: The History of African American Humor
“Leighann is as funny and insightful as any social or political comic working today. And I’m one of ‘em,
so I take notice.”
— Rick Overton, comedian, actor and Emmy award winning writer
“Leighann Lord is insightful and brings forth a grace of truth that makes you think and laugh at the same time. Awareness is bliss when you watch her take the mic. She’s funny, funny, funny!”
— Rain Pryor, actress and author of Jokes My Father Never Taught Me, Life Love and Loss With Richard Pryor
“Smart. Stylish. Laugh-out-loud funny.”
"Leighann Lord is one of the funniest female comics you've probably never heard of -- a comedy triple threat of beauty, style and razor-sharp wit who delivers an uproarious performance every time."
-- STAGE TIME Magazine
— Mel Watkins, critic and author of On the Real Side: The History of African American Humor
“Leighann is as funny and insightful as any social or political comic working today. And I’m one of ‘em,
so I take notice.”
— Rick Overton, comedian, actor and Emmy award winning writer
“Leighann Lord is insightful and brings forth a grace of truth that makes you think and laugh at the same time. Awareness is bliss when you watch her take the mic. She’s funny, funny, funny!”
— Rain Pryor, actress and author of Jokes My Father Never Taught Me, Life Love and Loss With Richard Pryor
“Smart. Stylish. Laugh-out-loud funny.”
"Leighann Lord is one of the funniest female comics you've probably never heard of -- a comedy triple threat of beauty, style and razor-sharp wit who delivers an uproarious performance every time."
-- STAGE TIME Magazine
