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Judy Tenuta, star of Broadway, film, and television, will perform one night only at the historic State Theatre in downtown Modesto, on Friday, May 4th at 8:00 PM. Tenuta, full of ribald humor, is known by audiences for such things as being carried onstage by scantily-clad, sculpted men, and for her on-stage accordion skits. She calls herself a “lesbetarian� and has even got her own religion, “Judyism�. Joan Rivers calls her “the funniest person in the world�, and she was the first stand-up comedienne ever to be named “Best Female Comedian� at the American Comedy Awards. For more about Ms. Tenuta, go to judytenuta.com.

Comedian Jon Lovitz June 21 at 8:00 p.m. at the State You may think of Jon Lovitz like most people do, as one of the prime performers in the Saturday Night Live renaissance of the late ’80s, who played a wide array of deceitful yet ultimately lovable characters, ranging from Mephistopheles himself to Tommy Flanagan the pathological liar to the sonorous-voiced Master Thespian. Maybe you remember him for the distinctively potbellied, hilariously nasal characters he portrayed in more than a hundred TV and film roles following his stint with the late-night powerhouse. He’s one of those rare performers whose mere appearance signals laughter on the way.