Lucille Ball ’s vision for a national clowning hub is finally becoming a reality . America ’s first comedy museum , dubbed the National Comedy Center , is set to open this summer in Jamestown , New York , where the lateI Love Lucyactress grow up , Varietyreports .
The initiative of the centre will coincide with the twenty-seventh annual Lucille Ball Comedy Festival , which will be hold from August 1 to August 5 . The idea for this heart , which is countersink up as a non - profit ethnical institution , has been whirlpool around for decades . Before Ball ’s death in 1989 , she reportedly see “ a name and address for the jubilation of comedy , ” concord to the center .
labor organizer and helper are quick to luff out that this wo n’t be a residence hall of fame . “ It ’s an experience versus a hall of dead guy , and that ’s what we need , ” comedian Lisa Lampanelli says in a promotional video . Housed in a former railroad station and trolley car service department , the center will say the history of comedy through 50 interactive exhibits .
Visitors will be given a sensation - of - wit visibility mental testing when they first arrive , and the termination will be form onto radio - frequency ID wristbands in an effort to make a more personalised ( and hopefully , peculiar ) museum experience . Comedic milestones will be featured on a large touchscreen , and personal archives from some of the worldly concern ’s foremost comedians — like the Marx Brothers , Charlie Chaplin , Jerry Lewis , and George Carlin — will also be on thought .
The center field will search more complex topic as well , such as the relationship between humor and healing and comedy ’s persona in politics . fully grown names like Amy Schumer , Lily Tomlin , Fran Drescher , and formerSaturday Night Livemembers Dan Aykroyd , Laraine Newman , and Garrett Morris will all be performing at the shopping centre ’s grand opening . Lewis Black will also lead a give-and-take on comedy and censorship .
Jamestown is home to the Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum , so visitors to the National Comedy Center can make a slip out of it . To buy tickets , visit the National Comedy Center ’s websitehere .
[ h / tVariety ]
