Rita Rudner has been a favorite with audiences ever since she made her debut on Late Night with David Letterman in 1982and now you can catch her live.

A house-filling favorite in Las Vegas since she opened as one of the hottest tickets in town in June 2000, Rita is known for her epigrammatic one-liners.

 Over the course of a multi-year run she sold almost two million tickets, grossed over a hundred million dollars and become the longest-running solo female comedy show in the history of Las Vegas. She was named Las Vegas’s Comedian of The Yearnine years in a row and in 2017 she was given the Casino Entertainment Legend Award.

To date, Rita has had 10 comedy specials including in 2008, Rita Rudner: Live From Las Vegas, which was PBS’s first ever stand-up comedy special and 2018 saw the release of her last special titled, Rita’s tenth TV special was released – A Tale Of Two Dresses. 

 Rita Rudner has also written six books; her bestselling non-fiction titles, Naked Beneath My Clothes, Rita Rudner’s Guide to Men  and I Still Have It…I Just Can’t Remember Where I Put It, plus the novels Tickled Pink and Turning the Tables.  The audio version of Naked Beneath My Clothes received a Grammy nomination.

Rudner is a frequent collaborator with her writer/producer husband of thirty years, Martin Bergman.  Together the couple produced the film Peter’s Friends starring Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie, Kenneth Branagh and Stephen Fry and Rita where she won Best Supporting Actress at the American Comedy Awards and A Weekend In The Country starring Rita, Jack Lemmon, Dudley Moore and Richard Lewis.

Most recently, Rita had her memoir My Life In Dog Years published in and appeared at the Laguna Playhouse in the world premiere of STAGED, a new comedy written by Bergman and Rudner plus she managed to sneak in a guest star role in an episode of Magnum P.I. on NBC.

Rita Rudner is playing at 54 below on Oct 10-11, 2025   Every so often, throughout my life, this woman has popped up on my television.  Maybe I saw her first on the Tonight show with Johnny Carson?  I don’t know.  I always thought she was unique and very funny, and I was happy to watch anytime she randomly showed up (yes, in the dark ages before video-on-demand).  Even this past year, when she popped up on my YouTube feed, I watched and even shared some clips with my comedian friends (true story!). So when I had an opportunity to interview her this week, I jumped at the chance.  But I had no idea what I’d learn! Prepping for the interview, I did a deep dive into her life, and I was shocked.  There was so much more to this talented person than I ever knew!  – Multiple Broadway shows, a dancing career, a writer and performer in TV, Movies and author of several books. She even had a Las Vegas theater built FOR HER.  Yes!  A 1500 seat theater, which she filled during her 12 year run (it’s also the longest-running solo comedy show in Vegas history). Boy, I felt dumb for not knowing anything at all about her huge background. But it gets even more interesting: Rita grew up in Florida …Read more