Andy Kaufman News

Today, the organizers of the fifth annual TEDxBroadway announced the final line up of speakers and performers who will be taking the stage on Monday, February 22, 2016 at New World Stages in New York City.

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? The answer may surprise you.

Univision Communications Inc. (UCI), the leading media company serving Hispanic America, together with Verizon and Hologram USA, will give one La Banda superfan the experience of a lifetime when they join the show via hologram as the “4th Judge.”

On the heels of a successful run of their first cabaret act, Look Who's in Love, distinguished entertainers Christine Reisner-Rebic (an international cabaret chanteuse and dancer) and Don Rebic (Broadway and cabaret musical director, jazz pianist and composer) took their cabaret act into the recording studio.

And that, gentle readers, is just the first problem with ACT 1's season-opening production of Ira Levin's Deathtrap, a sturdy, if perhaps shopworn, theatrical thriller now onstage through October 17 at Darkhorse Theater. Directed and produced by Susan Cole, Deathtrap features a notable cast of experienced local actors who seem to be trapped in a plodding, uninteresting production of a play that's well past its projected shelf life. There's a lack of polish (whether among the actors' performances or on the surface of set pieces) and a pervasive sense of not knowing the time, place and environs in which Deathtrap takes place that is disconcerting and off-putting.

On the heels of a successful run of their first cabaret act, Look Who's in Love, distinguished entertainers Christine Reisner-Rebic (an international cabaret chanteuse and dancer) and Don Rebic (Broadway and cabaret musical director, jazz pianist and composer) took their cabaret act into the recording studio. "Lucky in Love" features timeless standards as well as four songs of their own: "You're Making Me Nervous," "Two Heads Are Better Than One," "Leap of Faith" and the title track, "Lucky in Love."

The five finalists from this past season's Last Comic Standing series on NBC perform at Mayo Performing Arts Center on Sunday, October 18 at 8 pm. Tickets are $29-69.

The submission deadline for the 11th annual Andy Kaufman Award is next Tuesday, September 15, 2015.  Comedic artists are encouraged to submit their entries online atandykaufmanaward.com. 

For the first time in what seems like forever, there is going to be a legitimate late-night war on network television. It won't be fueled by animosity between hosts (as evidenced by their locker room bromance), but instead by vastly different perspectives on what the job is and what it could be. Those who were worried that Stephen Colbert would just be adding another lilywhite male voice to the seemingly homogenous late-night landscape still have justifiable concerns, but at least this lilywhite male voice will be slightly more thoughtful and inquisitive than the others.

Organizers of The Andy Kaufman Award today announced that submissions are now open to comedic artists who can submit their entries online at andykaufmanaward.com.  The submission deadline is Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 11:59 p.m. EDT.

THE EGG PROGECT, a dark comedy written by  Mike Amato and inspired by the plays of Edward Albee, will make its world premiere in the 2015 New York International Fringe Festival.

The famous Long Center Concert Club returns for another season with another year of incredible local and nationally recognized musicians. Intimate and local, the Concert Club features 5 fantastic musical performances ranging from blues to folk and country to jazz, presented in the acoustically splendid Rollins Studio Theatre.

Comix at Foxwoods will play host to the hysterical stand-up comedian and Andy Kaufman Award winner Nick Vatterott for a three-night, four-performance event beginning tonight, July 23, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. and ending with his 'Nasty Show' on Saturday, July 25, 2015 at 10:30 p.m.

Comix at Foxwoods will play host to the hysterical stand-up comedian and Andy Kaufman Award winner Nick Vatterott for a three-night, four-performance event beginning on Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. and ending with his 'Nasty Show' on Saturday, July 25, 2015 at 10:30 p.m.

Award winning comedian and juggler Marcus Monroe will bring his one-man show, IAMFAMOUS, to Joe's Pub tonight, May 21 at 7:30pm. This revealing and provocative show documents Marcus's real life journey in the pursuit of becoming the world's first famous juggler.

Award winning comedian and juggler Marcus Monroe will bring his one-man show, IAMFAMOUS, to Joe's Pub May 21 at 7:30pm. This revealing and provocative show documents Marcus's real life journey in the pursuit of becoming the world's first famous juggler.

Slip in the snake oil of Trust Us/Screw You which opens Monday, May 11 at 7:30 p.m. at The Neo-Futurarium, 5153 N. Ashland.

When two visionary performer/playwrights from opposite coasts converge for the first time ever, theatrical fireworks ensue! Kaliyuga Arts, resident theatre company of Catskill's new Bridge Street Theatre, having established a reputation for presenting innovative, cutting edge material in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, and now in the Hudson Valley, presents what promises to be their wildest evening ever: A surreal performance art double-bill called OUT OF THIS WORLD. The evening will open with UP FROM THE GROUND by Dan Carbone followed by SIGN FELT! (a show about nothingness) by Alexandra Tatarsky. Performances will take place tonight, April 10 and Saturday April 11 at 7:30pm and on Sunday April 12 at 2:00pm at the Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill, NY.

When two visionary performer/playwrights from opposite coasts converge for the first time ever, theatrical fireworks ensue! Kaliyuga Arts, resident theatre company of Catskill's new Bridge Street Theatre, having established a reputation for presenting innovative, cutting edge material in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, and now in the Hudson Valley, presents what promises to be their wildest evening ever: A surreal performance art double-bill called OUT OF THIS WORLD. The evening will open with UP FROM THE GROUND by Dan Carbone followed by SIGN FELT! (a show about nothingness) by Alexandra Tatarsky. Performances will take place on Friday April 10 and Saturday April 11 at 7:30pm and on Sunday April 12 at 2:00pm at the Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill, NY.