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Co-creator Thomas Kail, left, co-creator and performer Anthony Veneziale, Pivot president Evan Shapiro and performer Lin-Manuel Miranda attend Pivot''s Freestyle Love Supreme premiere event at Joe''s Pub, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2014 in New York. (Photo by Ev

Co-creator Thomas Kail, Arthur Lewis, Bill Sherman, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Pivot president Evan Shapiro, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Chris Sullivan, co-creator Anthony Veneziale, executive producer Ryan McFaul and Christopher Jackson attend Pivot''s Freestyle Love Sup

Pivot president Evan Shapiro attends Pivot''s Freestyle Love Supreme premiere event at Joe''s Pub, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2014 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision for Pivot/AP Images)

Jill Shapiro; Evan Shapiro, Founder of Pivot; Jill Furman, Broadway Producer. Photo credit: Marielle Solan.
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by Stephi Wild - Aug 15, 2021
More specifics including rules regarding eligibility and further logistic details will be announced in October 2021, including the Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient. Learn more about the festival here!

by ETTORE FARRATTINI - Jul 17, 2021
In Italia l'inaugurazione del primo e unico Festival Internazionale del Musical.

by Stephi Wild - Jul 13, 2021
More specifics including rules regarding eligibility and further logistic details will be announced in October 2021, including the Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient. Learn more about the festival here!

by A.A. Cristi - Feb 24, 2021
Wisecrackin, a virtual livestreaming weekly comedy game show, is being developed into a pilot. Comedy manager Barry Katz is consulting on the project.

by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 11, 2020
The bright vibrancy of spring resonates at Joe's Pub. This week our stage features the sophisticated and unique urban pop sound of Toby Lightman; songwriter, composer, and creative director Sye Elaine Spense; the last performances of Ryan Raftery's IVANKA 2020 before he takes it on tour; Albanian singer and multi-instrumentalist Elina Duni; Pianist, composer, and Artistic Director for Cuba's Jazz Plaza Santiago Festival, Roberto Fonseca; and National Lampoon's satire of Coachella and modern music festival culture LEMMINGS: 21ST CENTURY.

by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 4, 2020
Spring is coming in like a lion at Joe's Pub. This week our stage features Lebanese-American, New York-based pianist Tarek Yamani and the Tarek Yamani Trio; Becca Blackwell's latest deeply personal and deeply absurd solo show; Vietnamese pop star-turned protest singer Mai Khoi; Ryan Raftery's new satire IVANKA 2020; acclaimed lyricist and performer Charlotte Martin; celebrated comedienne Catherine Cohen; an album release concert from Divahn; a celebration of International Women's Day and Women's Month with ¡JEFAS!: A Celebration Of Latina Songwriters & Women In Music; and the return of Yemen Blues' brand of Yemenite chants swirled with jazz and rock grooves.

by Kaitlin Milligan - Mar 2, 2020
Today, Quibi announced 'LETS GO ATSUKO!', a new Japanese game show from National Lampoon and PalmStar Media.

by TV Scoop - Feb 14, 2020
Caroline Rhea (Sabrina The Teenage Witch) will headline MORE FUNNY WOMEN OF A CERTAIN AGE, a new comedy special premiering Saturday, March 14 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME. Carol Leifer (Seinfeld), Carole Montgomery (Comics Unleashed), Julia Scotti (America's Got Talent), Tammy Pescatelli (Finding The Funny) and Thea Vidale (Last Comic Standing) round out THE LINEUP for the hour-long special. Filmed at the Bell House in Brooklyn, the special features six of the funniest women in stand-up for a night of uninhibited, outrageous comedy. MORE FUNNY WOMEN OF A CERTAIN AGE is the second installment of the hit comedy showcase from Montgomery and producer Dave Goldberg. FUNNY WOMEN OF A CERTAIN AGE became the network's highest-rated premiere of a stand-up special in 2019.

by Stephi Wild - Feb 13, 2020
Five decades ago, National Lampoon's Lemmings satirized the Woodstock Festival with a?oeWoodshuck: Three Days of Peace, Love and Death.a?? The live production, which was turned into a record album, starred a group of emerging comedians including John Belushi, Christopher Guest and Chevy Chase. Today, the iconic brand reveals the diverse ensemble of notable rising stars who will take center-stage in Lemmings: 21st Century, the reinvention of the iconic off-Broadway hit from composer Henry Koperski, writer Andrew Farmer and Director Annie Tippe, for an exclusive two-show engagement at New York City's Joe's Pub on March 14 and March 15.

by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 28, 2020
For the past five decades, National Lampoon has pushed boundaries in the comedy universe. In honor of its 50th anniversary, National Lampoon, in keeping with its half-century-old legacy, today announces the creation of a reboot to its legendary off-Broadway musical sketch hit Lemmings, which helped launched the careers of John Belushi, Christopher Guest, Harold Ramis, Anne Beatts, and more. Lemmings: 21st Century is written by Larson Grant Winner, Andrew Farmer, with a score written by downtown music-comedy guru Henry Koperski, and directed by red-hot theater artist Annie Tippe.
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by Caryn Robbins - Jan 9, 2018
The six part original features a talented ensemble including Tony winner and HAMILGON star Lin-Manuel Miranda, Utkarsh Ambudkar ( White Famous, Freestyle Love Supreme, The Mindy Project ), Don Reed( The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 'A Different World') and newcomer Eirinie Carson.
by Caryn Robbins - Jun 9, 2016
'FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME' (FLS) is a musical comedy show like no other, and is coming to Seeso June 23 with newly captured scenes with the original cast, including Broadway's hit Tony Award winning musical 'HAMILTON's' Lin-Manuel Miranda
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2016
Seeso, the ad-free comedy streaming channel, will premiere the anticipated comedy-drama FLOWERS starring Olivia Colman (“Broadchurch,” “The Lobster,” “Peep Show,” “Hot Fuzz”) and Julian Barratt (“The Mighty Boosh,” “Nathan Barley”) and written and directed by BAFTA-nominated Will Sharpe (“Black Pond”), May 5.
by Caryn Robbins - Apr 6, 2016
Seeso, the ad-free comedy streaming channel, will premiere the anticipated comedy-drama FLOWERS starring Olivia Colman (“Broadchurch,” “The Lobster,” “Peep Show,” “Hot Fuzz”) and Julian Barratt (“The Mighty Boosh,” “Nathan Barley”) and written and directed by BAFTA-nominated Will Sharpe (“Black Pond”), May 5.
by Gabrielle Sierra - Dec 17, 2010
IFC Original Comedy Series Premieres Friday, January 21, 2011 @ 10:30 PM ET/PT on IFC