Comedian Kathleen Madigan performs at Beaver Creek's Vilar Center on Friday

Dubbed by Lewis Black as “The funniest woman in America,” Kathleen Madigan's “Gone Madigan” comedy tour will make a stop at the Vilar Performing Arts Center (VPAC) in Beaver Creek on Friday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m.

In her 22 year career, Kathleen Madigan has never been hotter. With her new Showtime special, “Gone Madigan,” in constant rotation and the DVD-CD of the special topping the Amazon and iTunes charts, Madigan has the entire year booked with over 100 theater gigs across the country and numerous television appearances.

Kathleen Madigan performs at the Vilar Center in Beaver Creek on Friday, March 11.

Madigan has appeared countless times on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “The Late Show with David Letterman” and every other late night show that has come and gone. She has released four CDs and two, hour-long DVDs and has received the American Comedy Award for "Best Female Comedian" and the Phyllis Diller Award for "Best Female Comedian."

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Madigan now lives in Los Angeles but spends, as she puts it, "inordinate amounts of time," with her 6 siblings and parents who live in the Midwest where she hangs out on her farm and on a raft in a lake.

After 23 years of 300 nights on the road, her goal remains to move to Ireland and drink Guinness while feeding her sheep herding dogs.

Tickets for Kathleen Madigan are $35. Choose seats online at vilarpac.org, by phone at 888.920.ARTS(2787) or in person at the Vilar Center box office in Beaver Creek or Marketplace Box Office in Vail Village.

The VPAC will offer hummer shuttle service from the Marketplace Box Office in Vail Village to the VPAC in Beaver Creek for the Kathleen Madigan show on March 11. The cost is $10 per person (round-trip) or $40 for a family of 4 or more (round-trip.) For more information, please call 888.920.ARTS(2787).

The Vilar Performing Arts Center is a project of the Vail Valley Foundation. For more information on the Vail Valley Foundation, visit www.vvf.org.