Gregory Benjamin

Gregory Benjamin is a performance you can watch morning, evening, sober, stoned, love-lost, in bed; but what is maybe best about him is the way he is at midnight. Long Island Ice Tea nights on rooftop bars; New York summer nights when you ought to be at work, but it's too stressful to live; cool city nights when the air and your head are suddenly clear for the first time in weeks. That's Gregory, with his out-to-sea presence and laughing heart.

I know he's more than a performer, there's something he's trying to tell us. I'm not quite sure what it is, and I'm not so sure that he knows. Wait. Maybe that's why he's so special. He isn't peddling answers, he's inviting us to go exploring with him. Yes. Any night. Gregory Benjamin finds comedy in newspapers, in the routine of daily life, in clever play on words. His inventiveness is amazing. Just when you begin to think that Gregory can't possibly top himself, he does it! One might say that Gregory Benjamin is equipped by nature with a special antenna that understands "GIVING PLEASURE, GETS YOU POWER"

Gregory is a natural fantasy-chaser. In this era, when the world is filled with tension, rumors of wars and animosity between people, he is a welcome relief. He is a rib-tickler, a manufacturer of the big laugh. He is a shatter-er of inhibition. He confirms the old suspicion that behind every dark cloud there is a big fat silver lining...You may owe the car dealer, the insurance company, the utility people, the finance man, that house note -- You watch Gregory Benjamin and suddenly, you see the bright side of life...The guy simply slays you. And he does it (just buy the tickets and prove it!) with his tremendous wealth of ..."CHOCOLATE THERAPY!"