Wednesday, February 15, 2017, 8:00 PM YAKOV SMIRNOFF
Wednesday, February 15th 8:00pm
$20.00 Residents • $25.00 Non-Residents
Yakov Naumovich Pokhis, better known as Yakov Smirnoff is a Soviet-born American comedian, actor and writer. After immigrating to the United States in 1977, Smirnoff began performing as a stand-up comic. He eventually gained fame and reached his biggest successes in the mid-to-late 1980’s when he appeared in several films and television shows, including his own 1986-87 sitcom, “What a Country!” His comic persona was of a native immigrant from the Soviet Union who was perpetually confused and delighted about life in the United States. His humor combined a mockery of life under Communism and of consumerism in the United States. |