New Jersey Stage - July/August 2014 | Page 13

Comedy Store you were always nice to me.” I said you’re supposed to be nice to people, he goes, “Yeah, but I don’t forget that.” You’re playing the Tropicana on August 2nd. That’s one of the few casinos on the upswing. The Tropicana is the best place I’ve done standup since the Sands closed. They’re one of the only casinos in the black. I can’t explain why, but they have the whole spectrum of ages. They’re not like a young hip club and they’re not like an old, fuddyduddy club. You go to the bar there and it’s like being in Ire- land. You’ll see an 80-year-old couple sitting next to teenagers. It’s a really different vibe there. It’s not an elitist vibe or a big money vibe, it’s got everyone and I think that helps it. To me, doing Atlantic City is the ultimate, coolest thing for me and my career because I grew up in Philly. I grew up down the Shore and to be headlining a casino, I never lose sight as to how cool that is. I mean it’s so weird to be on a billboard on the Atlantic City Expressway next to someone like Eminem or Gladys Knight! “To me, doing Atlantic City is the ultimate, coolest thing for me and my career because I grew up in Philly. ” DomIrrera.com Visit us online at http://www.NewJerseyStage.com pg 13