Jim Gaffigan News

Award winning theatre director and veteran TV writer/producer, Stan Zimmerman, has been set to direct the World Premiere of Paul Shoulberg's play 'Synthesis'. The four character ensemble piece will have a limited run of 12 performances.

Tom Papa: Human Mule will be released by Comedy Dynamics on all digital audio streaming sites on December 16, 2016. A special of the same name will premiere on EPIX December 9, 2016.

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) have announced full casting for Manhattan Theatre Club's American premiere of Linda, a new play by Penelope Skinner (The Ruins of Civilization at MTC, The Village Bike) directed by MTC's award-winning Artistic Director Lynne Meadow (The Assembled Parties, Wit).

'Cinco' captures Gaffigan's recent 'Fully Dressed Tour,' which included a sold-out performance at The Madison Square Garden Arena in New York, and smashed a Salt Lake City record with 29,000 tickets sold.

Tom Papa brings his sharply observational and quick-witted standup to the Jeanne Rimsky Theater for one night only on Friday, January 13.

Actor, writer, producer, Grammy-nominated comedian, New York Times best-selling author, top touring performer and multi-platinum selling father of five Jim Gaffigan has packed up the tour bus and hit the road with his family for his live "Fully Dressed" arena and theatre tour. The tour will make a much anticipated two-night stop at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Saturday, May 6 and Sunday, May 7. Tickets for both performances go on sale this Friday, Dec. 16 at 10 a.m. PT.  

JFL NorthWest, taking place February 16-25 and presented in association with SiriusXM, announced today the following additions to the 2017 festival lineup.

On today, December 13th at 8PM at the historic Comic Strip Live, New York Comedy Legend Gladys Simon will present her legendary showcase of the big apple's hottest talent featuring Darrell Hammond, Nicky Paris, Yamaneika Saunders, Jordan Rock and more! 

Comedy Dynamics will release Janeane Garofalo's If I May on January 6, 2017 on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Amazon and all other digital retailers. The special originally debuted on Seeso on October 27, 2016.

Premium TV Network EPIX announced today that it will showcase the bold comedic musings of Tom Papa in his new stand-up special Tom Papa: Human Mule.

Tom Papa: Human Mule will be released by Comedy Dynamics on all digital audio streaming sites on December 16, 2016. A special of the same name will premiere on EPIX December 9, 2016.

Comedy Dynamics will release Doug Stanhope's No Place Like Home on November 18, 2016 on CD and all digital audio retailers.

POP to bring viewers a scripted, culture-commentary comedy series NIGHTCAP premiering today, November 16 at 8:00 p.m., ET/PT.

Comedy Dynamics announced today that a selection of titles from their comedy catalog is now available for college students and professors to stream for free using Kanopy.

SESAME STREET has been educating and entertaining kids, helping them grow smarter, stronger and kinder, for more than four decades.

Kathleen Madigan's Bothering Jesus Tour comes to Denver's Paramount Theatre on Saturday, May 6th, 2017 at 8:00 PM.  Her latest one-hour special of the same name premieres on Netflix on November 10th. 

Mitch Hedberg's singular style and absurd observations about everyday life turned him into a comedy legend. Now you can relive his entire body of work on vinyl courtesy of Comedy Central Records.

The Ridgefield Playhouse and Bart's Tree Service Comedy Series bring A Night of Comedy Gold with Judy Gold and Friends to the stage today, November 4 at 8 p.m. and is hosted by Connecticut Funny Lady Christine O'Leary!

Charlie Blum, president and CEO of Star Productions, today announced that plans to shutter the Star Plaza Theatre have been reversed; the iconic theater with a decades-long history of presenting concerts, comedians and arts programming, will continue operating as it has in the past.

As part of the upcoming New York Comedy Festival, the Friars Club, the New York Comedy Festival and Producer Rick Newman will present a Comedy Writers Round Table III on Wednesday, November 3rd at 8:30pm at The Friars Club (57 E. 55th St.).