Janeane Garofalo News

Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, has announced IT STARTED AS A JOKE will be released on-demand on Friday, April 3. The feature documentary chronicles the decade-long run of the EUGENE MIRMAN COMEDY FESTIVAL including the final farewell show. Packed with stars and offering an intimate look at the New York comedy scene, It Started As A Joke celebrates Eugene's unique brand of humor and his role in the alternative comedy movement. Heartfelt and hilarious, the doc offers a bittersweet goodbye to an era and reminds us of the healing properties of comedy – even in the most challenging of life's circumstances.

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Caitlin Cook in Death Wish on April 23 at 9:30pm. Since she was seventeen, Cook has lived by a code: if something scares her, she has to do it. Join this LA-born, NYC-based, Oxford-educated, hyphen-addicted raconteur for a raucous hour of music, comedy, and bathroom stall graffiti art to find out why.

You may remember Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon as the 2019 a?oeAmerican Idola?? finalist whose incredible vocal range and emotional backstory grabbed the judge's attention and elicited comparisons to the likes of Jeff Buckley, Freddie Mercury and Billy Joel.

Play and Screenwriter, Caytha Jentis, will bring her new motion picture to live theatre with a special presentation of POOLING TO PARADISE, April 22, 23, 24 at 7:00 p.m. as part of Emerging Artists New Works Series at TADA! (Paul Adams, artistic director) https://newworkseries.com.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents Janeane Garofalo on Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 8:00 p.m.

Sometimes, during the holiday season a?' as much as you love your friends and fam a?' you just need a break.

Here is the debut trailer for COME AS YOU ARE, starring Academy Award nominated Gabourey Sidibe (EMPIRE, PRECIOUS), Grant Rosenmeyer (THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS), Ravi Patel (MEET THE PATELS), Hayden Szeto (THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN) & Janeane Garofalo (WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER).

On Nov. 25, Celebrity Autobiography celebrated its 10th anniversary as winner of the Drama Desk Award with a show at The Triad (158 West 72nd St) with a cast featuring Susan Lucci, Tony Danza, Janeane Garofalo, John Fugelsang, Tony-nominee Andy Grotelueschen (Tootsie) and show creators, Emmy-nominated, Drama Desk-winners Eugene Pack & Dayle Reyfel. Last winter, Celebrity Autobiography enjoyed a residency at the Marquis Theatre on Broadway.

Paul Rudd recently hosted the 8th annual Paul Rudd All-Star Bowling Benefit for The Stuttering Association for the Young (SAY).

Emmy-nominee Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Office) has been added to the Nov. 25 NYC performance of Celebrity Autobiography at 7pm at The Triad (158 West 72nd St). She joins previously announced Susan Lucci, Tony Danza, Janeane Garofalo, John Fugelsang, Tony-nominee Andy Grotelueschen (Tootsie) and the show's creators, Emmy-nominated, Drama Desk-winners Eugene Pack & Dayle Reyfel.

The Paul Rudd All-Star Bowling Benefit raises crucial funds that help send young people who stutter to Camp SAY. Last year's event raised over $200,000, helping children from families-in-need benefit from this life-changing camp experience. More than 70 million people stutter, including 5% of all young children, and approximately 1 in every 100 adults.

This November, Celebrity Autobiography will continue to celebrate its 10th anniversary as winner of the Drama Desk Award with a show on Monday, November 25 at 7pm in NYC at the show's original home, The Triad (158 West 72nd St).

It's the final week of LAUGHING LIBERALLY OFF BROADWAY: a?oeMAKE AMERICA LAUGH AGAIN,a?? featuring a diverse roster of political performers taking back the discourse and bringing joy and intelligent topical humor to the NY stage.

Kevin Allison Presents RISK! Live at Caveat

Today the Kennedy Center announces programming added to its comedy repertoire for the 2019-2020 season.

RISK! is a live show and podcast where people tell true stories they never thought they'd dare to share in public, hosted by Kevin Allison of the legendary TV sketch comedy troupe, The State.

National Lampoon's Kevin Frakes and Raj B. Singh announced today that prolific producer and head of eshapTV, Evan Shapiro, has been named the company's President. In the newly created role, Shapiro will oversee all development, acquisitions, and production on television, digital and audio content for the entertainment company.

Comedy Central, the #1 brand in comedy, Superfly, the founders of Bonnaroo, and Outside Lands co-producer Another Planet Entertainment, today announced the Live Read castings for cult hits Clueless and Romy & Michele's High School Reunion at Clusterfest in San Francisco June 21-23. 

Comedy Central, the #1 brand in comedy, Superfly, the founders of Bonnaroo, and Outside Lands co-producer Another Planet Entertainment, today announced the Live Read castings for cult hits Clueless and Romy & Michele's High School Reunion at Clusterfest in San Francisco June 21-23. Wildly popular, the Live Reads are dramatic staged readings of popular movie scripts, and past performances have included Spice World, Planes Trains and Automobiles and Wayne's World. This year they will reach new levels of hilarity with must-see ensemble casts putting their spin on two film favorites. In celebration of its 25th anniversary, Clueless will star Issa Rae (Cher), Amanda Seales (Dionne), Ilana Glazer (Tai), Kumail Nanjiani, star of the upcoming film Stuber (Josh), Chris Redd (Murray) and others. Romy & Michele's High School Reunion will feature drag queens Trixie Mattel (Romy), Katya Zamolodchikova (Michele) and San Francisco legend Peaches Christ (Heather) with supporting roles filled by Matteo Lane, Nicole Byer and more.

RISK! is a live show and podcast where people tell true stories they never thought they'd dare to share in public, hosted by Kevin Allison of the legendary TV sketch comedy troupe, The State.