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Lenny Clark, always unpredictable, edgy (Courtesy photo)
ROCHESTER - Lenny Clarke has an oddly calibrated act - his material and his perspective are very much in an old-school Don Rickles vein, but his attitude is very much that of a quick-witted young comic.
Folks can see him in action up close and personal at the Rochester Opera House on Friday.
This contrast comes wrapped in a conversational, deceptively genial delivery, with just brief moments of clowning. Clarke is also unpredictable in a very good way on stage; you don't know where he's going to go next.
In a July 2016 interview with The Rochester Voice Clark expounded on his standup style.
"I'm a lunatic," he said. "I say what's on my mind, that's how I feel."
An American comedian and actor, Clark is famous for his thick Boston accent and role as Uncle Teddy on the series Rescue Me. He was the most famous "saloon comic" in Boston during the 1980s, the heyday of the Boston comedy scene. In 1980, Clarke wrote and starred in a local television show Lenny Clarke's Late Show. Since his early days in Boston, Clarke starred in his own short-lived network sitcom Lenny (1990), and in such TV shows as Contest Searchlight, The Job, The John Larroquette Show and It's All Relative and movies like Monument Ave., Fever Pitch and Southie. From 2004 to 2011, Clarke appeared in the recurring role of Uncle Teddy on the FX comedy-drama Rescue Me.
PARTICULARS: The show starts at 8pm (doors open at 7pm) on Friday, August 18. Tickets start at $20. Reserve tickets online or call the box office (603) 335-1992, W/F from 12-5pm and 1-hour before the show.

The Rochester Opera House is sponsored by TD Bank North, Eastern Propane, Shaheen & Gordon P.A., and Norm Vetter Foundations. The Rochester Opera House is located in City Hall, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester NH. Visit www.RochesterOperaHouse.com for more information.

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