Comedy at Gametime Lanes Peabody with Paul D'Angelo, Jason Merrill

Top Boston headliner Paul D'Angelo heads up an all-star lineup with Jason Merrill, and Dan Donahue as comedy comes to Gametime Lanes & Entertainment at Northshore Mall in Peabody on Friday, May 2.

Doors open at 7 p.m. with showtime at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door if seats are available. Check ScampsComedy.com/shows.

Paul D’Angelo won Boston Magazine's award as "Best of Boston Comedian" so many times, the magazine stopped giving it out for a few years. He's a former assistant district attorney and criminal-defense trial lawyer who has been headlining A-List comedy clubs around the country for over thirty-five years. He has performed at many other famed entertainment venues, ranging from the legendary Friar’s Clubs and the Waldorf Astoria’s main ballroom in New York City, to the main showroom at Harrah’s Casino and Caesar’s Palace; has entertained hundreds of prominent corporate clients such as Ford Motor Company, Sony Music Corp., Hewlett-Packard Corp., Nike-Bauer International, Fidelity Investments, CVS/Caremark Inc., American and Delta Airlines, the American Bar Association, General Electric and Goldman-Sachs; and has opened for over sixty international stars such as Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, The Beach Boys, Chicago, The Doobie Brothers, Tony Bennett and Tom Jones. He co-starred in the Showtime movie, The Godfathers of Comedy and is also the author of six hilarious books that have won numerous literary awards.

With an act that’s one part Saturday-morning cartoon character and one part pro-wrestler, Jason Merrill is a fast-rising Boston comedian with an animated style. The latest in a line of strong comedians from the great city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, he has impressed audiences with his streetwise style and good-natured exuberance. He is a member of Hard Hat Comedy – featuring three great Boston comics who are also union builders – and has performed at the Hampton Beach Comedy Festival. He has shared the stage with accomplished comedians such as Juston McKinney, Lenny Clarke, Christine Hurley, Joe Yannetty, and Steve Sweeney.

Man-mountain Dan Donahue works in theaters around New England as the opener for Juston McKinney, and he’s also shared the stage with Boston headliners such as Jimmy Dunn, Mike McDonald, Christine Hurley, Mike Donovan, Paul Nardizzi and Dave Rattigan. He performs at the prestigious Hampton Beach Comedy Festival, and appears in the horror-comedy short film Mars Hill Bait & Tackle.

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