Be ready for a David Cross stand-up at the Congress Theater on October 4, 2009. Tickets will be available from this Friday through Ticketmaster. David Cross is an American comedian, writer, and actor. He was born ( April 4, 1964) in Atlanta, Georgia, currently resides in New York City. He began performing stand-up comedy at the age of 17. Stand-up comedy is a style of comedy where a comedian performs for a live audience, usually speaking directly to them. It is usually performed by a single comedian with the aid of a microphone, either hand-held or mounted on a stand. The performer is known as a stand-up comic, stand-up comedian or simply a stand-up. Cross was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album in 2004 for his comedy album Shut up you Fucking Baby. He released his first tour film, Let America Laugh, and was named at 85 on Comedy Central’s list of the 100 greatest stand-ups of all time. Later this year Cross will premiere his first UK only project “The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret”, a comedy pilot for Channel 4 which he has co-written with writer Shaun Pye. Cross’ first book, I Drink For A Reason, will be published in August 2009. In September 2009 Cross will perform at and curate his own comedy stage at the ATP New York 2009 music festival, for which he has picked Eugene Mirman, Jon Benjamin & Jon Glaser and Derrick Brown & The Navy Gravy to join him. source : http://blog.taragana.com