Modified On December 17, 2004
The comics in Boston are having a rollicking time for a serious cause: Comic Lauren Dombrowski, who started out in the rough and tumble Boston comedy scene of the early 80s, has breast cancer.
With the same cool nerves and humor, she’s now facing breast cancer. Sunday’s final Ding Ho Reunion show at Jimmy Tingle’s Off Broadway theater will be dedicated to her by her old friends, and a portion of the proceeds of the show, which will feature host Tingle, Steven Wright, Jim Morris, Chance Langton, and Fran Solomita, will go to the City of Hope cancer research center in LA in her honor.
As Boston Globe writer Nick Zaino III points out, Dombrowski, by virtue of her gig as co-executive producer of MadTV, has health insurance. With friends like the boys in Boston, who needs insurance? Read the rest here.