COMEDY This show is definitely not for kids

The word 'raw' keeps coming to mind.
YOUNGSTOWN -- Comedienne Thea Vidale recently found a perfect audience for her blue, sometimes raunchy and always honest material.
As host of the AVN (Adult Video News) Awards in January, Vidale didn't have to worry about being offensive.
"It was refreshing that I wasn't going to have to worry about any prudes," said Vidale, calling from her home in Los Angeles. "Porn people are alright with me."
However, the tides were somewhat turned when this funnywoman was nearly offended -- invariably a first for her -- to see the actors, well, practicing their craft throughout the ceremony.
"There was a lot of stuff going on, people kissing and taking off their clothes," Vidale said. "You'd look at people and go, 'Have you been in public before? Is this your first time? Do you know we don't [touch] people at the table?' It was really funny and I was glad they were being themselves."
Point of view
Being herself is something this Washington, D.C., native has done since her stand-up comedy career began in the mid-1980s. Aside from a brief stint on her own ABC show "Thea," which restricted the brash comedian's raw tongue, Vidale has been playing by her own rules with an uninhibited, confrontational stage presence that finds no subject off limits.
"If there is a line, it's in everybody else's head because it ain't in mine," Vidale said.
Currently, Vidale is headlining the "Ladies on a Mission" tour, which features comediennes Queen Aishah and Lunell, as well as master of ceremonies Leroy Williams. For those attending her Saturday appearance at Powers Auditorium, be ready to hear uncensored material covering everything from President Bush (she's not a fan) to Jesse Jackson, the Pope, 9/11 and, naturally, her recent encounter with the porn world.
"I talk about some rough stuff that's funny and the audience thinks it's funny, but they'd never say it," Vidale said.
When she's not touring comedy clubs, colleges and theaters, the performer still dabbles in acting, recently appearing on "Law & amp; Order: Criminal Intent." While she joked her goal is to appear on all four "Law & amp; Order" franchises, the truth is Vidale is interested in New York City for another reason. Specifically, she'd like to be off Broadway in her own one-woman show.
While the likelihood of that coming to fruition is strong, Vidale remains committed to the road, where she spends roughly 45 weeks a year giving her loyal audiences exactly what they want.
"We're going to have some adult fun," Vidale said. "I talk about sex. I help women with sex. I am a renaissance woman. I am rough and tumble and I want everybody: white, black, Latino, Asian, blind, deaf and dumb, people that are midgets...."