Billy Eichner News

Joe's Pub has announced its upcoming events for March 4th-9th. Events include Holmes Brothers CD Release, Somi and Chanda Rule: A Dramatic Reading of Listening To Roots and Voicing Branches, Dear Companion Tour, Billy Eichner Vs. The Oscars: A Pre-Oscar Night Comedy Bash, Bubble Do Beatles: Rubber Soul Family Matinee, Murray Hill Oscar Party, The Tonics, Mel Flannery Trucking Co. CD Release Featuring The Mumbles, and Bridget Everett: We've Got Tonight.

Ars Nova (Jason Eagan, Artistic Director; Jon Steingart and Jenny Wiener Steingart, Executive Producers) helped launch of their second annual new talent festival, ANT FEST. The five-week festival kicked off on October 19th with a Press Launch that includes performances by festival artists and an invitation only, opening night party, sponsored by Cooralook Wines and Long Trail Brewing Co.

Ars Nova (Jason Eagan, Artistic Director; Jon Steingart and Jenny Wiener Steingart, Executive Producers) announces four unmissable October events, featuring the return of Ars Nova all-stars Gavin Creel, Billy Eichner and The Striking Viking Story Pirates, as well as an original comedy written by Bekah Brunstetter (Oohrah!) and starring Lauren Blumenfeld (Sailor Man).

Ars Nova (Jason Eagan, Artistic Director; Jon Steingart and Jenny Wiener Steingart, Executive Producers) announces four unmissable October events, featuring the return of Ars Nova all-stars Gavin Creel, Billy Eichner and The Striking Viking Story Pirates, as well as an original comedy written by Bekah Brunstetter (Oohrah!) and starring Lauren Blumenfeld (Sailor Man).

From the creator of Creation Nation... BILLY EICHNER: GAY, WHITE AND TERRIFIED! 5/25, June 1 and 8, Friday, June 12 at 7:30 PM Now more than ever this country needs a gay male comic that's as raw and real as Richard Pryor or Chris Rock...Billy Eichner, the creator and star of the critically acclaimed comedy hit Creation Nation, steps up with Billy Eichner: Gay, White And Terrified! His first ever solo show.

Now more than ever this country needs a gay male comic that's as raw and real as Richard Pryor or Chris Rock . . . Billy Eichner, the creator and star of the critically acclaimed comedy hit Creation Nation, steps up with BILLY EICHNER: GAY, WHITE AND TERRIFIED! his first ever solo show.

From the creator of Creation Nation... BILLY EICHNER: GAY, WHITE AND TERRIFIED! 5/25, June 1 and 8, Friday, June 12 at 7:30 PM Now more than ever this country needs a gay male comic that's as raw and real as Richard Pryor or Chris Rock...Billy Eichner, the creator and star of the critically acclaimed comedy hit Creation Nation, steps up with Billy Eichner: Gay, White And Terrified! His first ever solo show.

Now more than ever this country needs a gay male comic that's as raw and real as Richard Pryor or Chris Rock . . . Billy Eichner, the creator and star of the critically acclaimed comedy hit Creation Nation, steps up with BILLY EICHNER: GAY, WHITE AND TERRIFIED! his first ever solo show.

Kenny Mellman, Bridget Everett and Neal Medlyn Premiere two shows at THE Zipper Factory Theater in December. The Zipper Factory Theater (located at 336 West 37th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues) proudly announces the following shows premiering in December: OUR HIT PARADE A New York Premiere Starring Kenny Mellman, Bridget Everett & Neal Medlyn. OUR HIT PARADE is a countdown of Today's Top Hits, performed by the hosts and special guests, including Adam Dugas, Johnny McGovern, Billy Eichner, Jim Andralis and Larry Krone, Will Schwartz (of the band hey willpower), VIDS and more.

Kenny Mellman, Bridget Everett and Neal Medlyn Premiere two shows at THE Zipper Factory Theater in December. The Zipper Factory Theater (located at 336 West 37th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues) proudly announces the following shows premiering in December: OUR HIT PARADE A New York Premiere Starring Kenny Mellman, Bridget Everett & Neal Medlyn. OUR HIT PARADE is a countdown of Today's Top Hits, performed by the hosts and special guests, including Adam Dugas, Johnny McGovern, Billy Eichner, Jim Andralis and Larry Krone, Will Schwartz (of the band hey willpower), VIDS and more.

CREATION NATION: A LIVE TALK SHOW celebrates its fifth anniversary at The Zipper Factory Theater (336 West 37th Street) on Tuesday, at 8:00 p.m.

The Zipper Factory announces its June line-up featuring some old favorites and some new shows.

Times Square will be ringing with show tunes and shouts of BINGO! as Broadway stars and other celebrities take part in BROADWAY BINGO. This new monthly event benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS kicks off Sunday, May 11 (Mother's Day) at Spotlight Live on Broadway.

CREATION NATION proudly returns with its first New York City show in almost a year! Hosts Billy Willing and Robin Lord (as played by creators Billy Eichner and Robin Taylor, respectively) will welcome Tony and Emmy Award winning stage, screen and television actress Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City) to their unique and critically acclaimed variety show, which plays The Zipper Factory Theater on Tuesday, April 8 at 8:00 p.m.

Creation Nation hosts Billy Willing and Robin Lord (as played by creators Billy Eichner and Robin Taylor, respectively) welcomed stage and television star T.R. Knight to their acclaimed variety show, which played The Zipper Factory on Wednesday, May 23

Creation Nation hosts Billy Willing and Robin Lord (as played by creators Billy Eichner and Robin Taylor, respectively) will welcome stage and television star TR Knight to their acclaimed variety show, which will play The Zipper Factory on Wednesday, May 23 at 8:00 p.m.

Sherie Rene Scott, Jason Danieley and Bob Stillman are among the stars who will soon perform at the Zipper Factory

Ars Nova (voted 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine), as part of the FREE Out Loud reading series, presents THE RED BEARD OF ESAU, written by Rachel Shukert and directed by Alex Timbers. THE RED BEARD OF ESAU will be read by Jeff Binder, Elliotte Crowell, Billy Eichner, Sam Forman, Van Hansis, David Josefsberg, Julie Lake, Maggie Lauren, Austin Lysy, Reginald Veneziano and Taylor Wilcox on Monday, January 29 at 7 PM at Ars Nova (511 West 54th Street). A Neanderthal woman and Cro-Magnon man embark on a passionate love affair at the very dawn of time. But fate, not to mention an assortment of mystics, priestesses, dwarfs, and beautful blonde Californian twins have other things in store for them. Things that could threaten their very existence! Can love survive? Find out in THE RED BEARD OF ESAU, the world's first genocidal romantic comedy. RACHEL SHUKERT (Writer) is a playwright and author based in New York City. Her plays include Bloody Mary (NYIT Award nominee), Sequins for Satan, The Blackstone Hotel, and Soiled Linens. Her work has been developed and produced at Ars Nova, the Williamstown Theater Festival, the Culture Project, the Ontological/Hysteric, and the EVOLVE series at Galapagos. In 2003, she was the Playwright-in-Residence at e74 productions in Amsterdam, and her work was performed extensively throughout the Netherlands. As a performer, she has appeared with Richard Foreman's Ontological/Hysteric Theater, in New York and internationally; Les Freres Courbusier, the T.E.A.M., Salt Theater, e74, and with her own company, the Bushwick Hotel, which she founded in 2002 with the director Stephen Brackett. She is a regular contributor to Nerve.com (2005 ASME finalist, 2006 'Best Writing' Webby Award) and her work will be featured in their latest print anthology. She has also contributed to Heeb Magazine, McSweeney's, Babble, Culturebot, and Critical Moment. Her upcoming collection of essays, Have You No Shame? will be published by Random House/Villard. ALEX TIMBERS (Director) Recent credits include Gutenberg! The Musical! (The Actor's Playhouse and 59E59), A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant (New York Theatre Workshop; OBIE Award- NYC and Garland Award, Best Director- LA), Hell House (St. Ann's Warehouse), underground with David Dorfman Dance (BAM Next Wave and US tour), Boozy (Culture Project- 10 Best of 2005, Daily News and Time Out), Marge (Summer Play Festival), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Williamstown Theater Festival), and Heddatron (HERE). Alex is a Williamstown Directing Fellow, a Drama League Directing Fellow, and the Artistic Director of award-winning theater company Les Freres Corbusier. OUT LOUD has attracted a variety of the industry's top artists, including writers Stephen Belber, Jorge Cortinas, Daniel Goldfarb, Stephen Guirgis, Rinne Groff, Rogelio Martinez, Adam Rapp, Sarah Ruhl, Julian Sheppard, Jonathan Marc Sherman; directors Peter Askin, Jo Bonney, David Esbjornson, Moises Kaufman, Brian Kulick, James Lapine, Lisa Peterson, David Warren; and actors Jason Biggs, Kathleen Chalfant, Robert Sean Leonard, Marsha Mason, Denis O'Hare, Rosie Perez, Paul Rudd, Mercedes Reuhl, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Swoosie Kurtz, David Strathairn, Fred Weller. Ticket & Schedule Information THE RED BEARD OF ESAU will be read on Monday, January 29 at 7 PM. The Out Loud Series is FREE and open to the public. Reservations are required. Please call 212-977-1700. Ars Nova is located at 511 West 54th Street. For more information, check out www.arsnovanyc.com.

On March 20th, stars such as Denis O'Hare, Penny Fuller and Gregg Edelman will toast their alma mater in A Night with Northwestern in New York City

NBC announced that it has entered into a first-look deal with the three-year old Ars Nova Theater (511 W. 54th Street).