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Marking its 12th year, the New York Comedy Festival (NYCF), presented in association with Comedy Central, announced its 2015 line-up today.  Expanding to six days and running from November 10 -15, the festival will feature some of comedy's biggest stars performing in New York City's most prestigious venues, including the Beacon Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Carnegie Hall, Carolines on Broadway, Madison Square Garden, The Theater at MSG, Town Hall and the 92nd Street Y.

Single Room Occupancy, a new pop/rock comedy musical will be presented as part of the 2015 New York International Fringe Festival on August 14, 17, 20, 21 and 27.  Written by and starring popular theatre, film and television actor  Ben Rauch (HBO's Girls, Jersey Boys-The Movie, Gossip Girl), Single Room Occupancy has lyrics by Gaby Gold, Rory Scholl, and Ben Rauch, set design by You-Shin Chen, lighting design by Suzanne Immarigeon, sound design by Joshua D. Reid, choreography by Jebbel Arce, musical direction by Noriko Sunamoto  and will be directed by Joey Murray. The musical will run at the Lynn Redgrave Theatre at Culture Project (Venue #13), 45 Bleecker Street (at Lafayette) for five shows only.

Netflix, the world's leading Internet TV network, today announced premiere dates for several of its highly-anticipated upcoming series. All, sans Longmire, will be available globally upon release in all territories where Netflix is available:

Bridget Everett is taking Comedy Central by the balls in the uncensored world premiere of her one-hour special, 'Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder,' airing on Comedy Central tonight, July 11 at 12:30 a.m. ET/PT. For fans that can't wait for Everett's new material, the special will be available on July 6 on CC: Stand-Up Direct.

Bridget Everett is taking Comedy Central by the balls in the uncensored world premiere of her one-hour special, "Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder," airing on Comedy Central on Saturday, July 11

Jenni Barber, Quentin Earl Darrington, Bradley Dean, Dan Fogler, Ana Gasteyer, Josh Lamon, Aaron Lazar, Alyse Alan Louis and Rema Webb join Jonathan Groff in the Encores! Off-Center production of William Finn and James Lapine's A New Brain, running tonight, June 24, through June 27, 2015. The production is directed by James Lapine, with choreography by Josh Prince.

Directors and producers in the Nashville region are seeking actors for upcoming productions of Heathers the Musical, Smoke/Spirit and The Music Man - and more! We've gathered the details together here to make your planning easier. So now you have no excuse!

On last night's TONIGHT SHOW, comedian Aziz Ansari shared some tips on love and texting from his book Modern Romance.

America's Roastmaster General himself, Jeff Ross, gives the most dangerous - and enlightening - roast of his life from behind the walls of the Brazos County Jail in Bryan, Texas.

Directors and producers in the Nashville region are seeking actors for upcoming productions of August: Osage County, Nunsense, The Last Five Years, Heathers the Musical, Smoke/Spirit and The Music Man. We've gathered the details together here to make your planning easier. So now you have no excuse!

Nick Swardson is serving up hot new jokes in the world premiere of 'Nick Swardson: Taste It,' debuting tonight, May 30 at 10 P.M. ET/PT on Comedy Central.

Jenni Barber, Quentin Earl Darrington, Bradley Dean, Dan Fogler, Ana Gasteyer, Josh Lamon, Aaron Lazar, Alyse Alan Louis and Rema Webb will join the previously announced Jonathan Groff in the Encores! Off-Center production of William Finn and James Lapine's A New Brain, running June 24 - 27, 2015. The production will be directed by James Lapine, with choreography by Josh Prince.

A University of Pennsylvania magna cum laude grad with a degree in communications and film, Whitney Cummings covers topics such as gender differences, sexism, human sexuality and relationships. In the words of someone who recently saw Whitney's stand-up show, 'Whitney is beautiful, quick-witted, and laugh-out-loud funny. Her star is rising. Catch her whenever you can. I will always go to see her whenever she's in town.'

School of Visual Arts (SVA) announces this year's 26th Dusty Film & Animation Festival awards presenters.

 Christopher Titus returns to Comedy Central with the uncensored world television premiere of “Christopher Titus: The Angry Pursuit of Happiness” debuting tonight, May 9 at Midnight ET/PT.

Comedy Dynamics president Brian Volk-Weiss will be a panelist at the eighth annual Bridgetown Comedy Festival this weekend. The Panel, titled 'Finding Your Audience in 2015' will be free to comedians, writers, podcasters, and entertainment producers and take place at 12 noon on Saturday, May 9th, at the MailChimp Stage at Bossanova Ballroom (722 E. Burnside).