After three weeks of large audiences and favorable reviews, bleached blond and quirky "concept comedian" Reno has been given an extended, open-ended run of her new show Rebel Without a Pause at LaMaMa.

After the events of Sept. 11 at the World Trade Center, Reno threw out the original script for the show and now follows a more stream-of consciousness monologue that changes with current events and her own feelings.

A statement to the press explains "her material is always shifting and in the moment. It was actually invigorating to her to toss out much of her material ... and start over." Reno believes that this performance has more of a town-meeting kind of feel, allowing audiences to speak out as much as she does.

Reno herself speaks out on topics of the hour such as patriotism, young war-mongers, ignorant citizens and the idea of self-imprisonment in these newly-formed monologues.

Reno got her start in 1990 in her Off Broadway show Reno: In Rage and Rehab, and has go on to make shows like Reno Once Removed and the HBO Special Reno Finds Her Mom, co-starring Lily Tomlin and Mary Tyler Moore. Rebel Without a Pause is currently running at La MaMa. For tickets and more information, call (212) 475-7710.

— Steve Luber