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Comedian, Actor Leslie Jordan To Perform In San Diego

Thursday, December 22, 2016

By Alison St John, Brooke Ruth

Comedian Leslie Jordan is pictured in this undated photo.

Photo credit: Courtesy of Leslie Jordan

Comedian Leslie Jordan is pictured in this undated photo.

Aired 12/22/16 on KPBS Midday Edition

Comedian, Actor Leslie Jordan To Perform In San Diego

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Leslie Jordan, comedian and actor

Transcript

Emmy award-winning actor and comedian Leslie Jordan is in San Diego to perform his stand-up comedy show at Martinis Above Fourth.

The show, "Stra?ght Outta Chattanooga," features stories from his childhood in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Jordan won a Best Supporting Actor Emmy for his role as Karen Walker's frenemy Beverley Leslie in "Will & Grace."

Jordan is performing Thursday at 8 p.m. at Martinis Above Fourth, 3940 Fourth Avenue in San Diego.

On Thursday's Midday Edition, we talk to Jordan ahead of the show about his life and career.

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