Comedian Joe Yannetty will perform at 49 Franklin’s Mystic Theater in Rumford. Sam Ogden

Comedian Joe Yannetty draws on his travels, his Italian heritage, family situations and Boston blue-collar upbringing to bring family-oriented comedy to audiences around the world. At 8 p.m. on June 18, he will perform at 49 Franklin’s Mystic Theater in Rumford.

Yannetty was featured in a segment on the television show “20/20” regarding his appearance on Ed MacMahon’s TV show “Star Search” where Yannetty was victorious over the now famous Drew Carey. He has been a guest on dozens of television shows, and has headlined around the world. He has appeared at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. Yannetty has written for and toured with Rosie O’Donnell. He also spent some time as a morning show personality, writer, and producer on two of Boston’s top ten rated radio stations. The HBO movie “Suckers,” a motion picture Yannetty wrote and appears in, is based on a part of his own life. It has been distributed worldwide, and is aired on major cable stations. In October of 2001, it was awarded the Premiere Video Award for Best Screenplay.

Opening act Matt Barry has been a staple of the New England comedy scene for eight years. He’s performed in clubs, theaters bars and apartments. In 2013 he was crowned “New England’s Best Bar Comic” and in 2015, he took third place in “Last Comic Standing,” a competition between 120 comedians at the Mohegan Sun Casino. He’s appeared on SiriusXM Satellite Radio and has opened for national acts including Tom Green, Gilbert Gottfried, and Harland Williams.

49 Franklin’s Scot Grassette says, “You deserve a night like this.”

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for social, seating, cash only bar, and full pub menu. Special priced $20 advanced tickets are available at www.49franklin.com and hard copies can be found at All That Jazz downtown Rumford. Tickets will be $25 day of show. Please enter the theater at the top back parking lot.


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