Lisa Lampanelli is 'Losin' It!' at Austin's McCullough Theatre

Famed stand-up comic Lisa Lampanelli brings her new theatrical production of Lisa Lampanelli’s LOSIN’ IT! to Texas Performing Arts for two performances only on March 26 & 27 at McCullough Theatre.

LISA LAMPANELLI’S LOSIN’ IT!, an intimate collection of humorous observations and real-life stories, is curated and performed by LISA and her hilarious friend Frank Liotti. In a departure from the insult comedy she’s long been known for, LISA has created a heartfelt, funny theatrical evening focusing on issues of weight, body image, and “losin’ it!.” Obsessed with food for as long as she can remember, LISA has lost and gained more than 372 pounds over the course of her life. Performed in the spirit of The Vagina Monologues and Love, Loss, & What I Wore, LISA and friends enchant theatergoers with touching anecdotes about their own weight struggles, spiked with Lisa’s cutting-edge humor.

LOSIN’ IT! is a departure from the cutting comedy Lisa has long been known for.  Of the change of direction, she said: “I decided stand-up comedy really wasn’t for me anymore. It wasn’t making my heart happy.  So, I created LOSIN’ IT!, a show using comedy to talk about weight and body issues, which are things I’ve struggled with for years. This is so much more fulfilling!”

Lisa has been obsessed with food for as long as she can remember. She ate butter by the stick as a child, chowed down to please her Italian mother, and has lost and gained more than 372 pounds over the course of her life. But, you know what they say: when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. And, in Lisa’s case, she spikes HER lemonade with humor, hilarious observations, and, most importantly, real, true, intimate stories.

LOSIN’ IT! features stories and observations by Lisa, who is joined on stage by Frank Liotti, each with their own story to tell. Tickets are on sale now at www.texasperformingarts.org, the Bass Concert Hall Ticket Office, and by phone at 512.477.6060.