By RICHARD VIRGILIO
Suzanne Westenhoefer, the very first openly gay comic, in the early 1990’s, rules the stage of the Stone Pony Thurs., July 16 at 8:30 p.m., welcoming in the best weekend of the summer, Road Trip 8.
Yes, Thursday. Thanks to Jill Potter’s AwwMama Productions and a new regime in place at the Asbury Park Marketing Fund (the producer of Road Trip), headed by Wanamassa resident Joe Zarro, Road Trip weekend has expanded to begin Thursday night.

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