On Sunday, November 11th, Mike Birbiglia's newest show, 'The New One,' opened on Broadway at the Cort Theater. Birbiglia makes his Broadway debut, but this isn't his first foray into the world of theater!
Get sweaty with Brooklyn comedians Mary Houlihan and Ian Lockwood in their sexy new stand up show/play hybrid HOT TEENS, coming to the Brooklyn Comedy Collective on November 9th.
Today FringeArts President and Producing Director Nick Stuccio and Artistic Producers Katy Dammers and Zach Blackwood announced the programming for two new FringeArts festivals. Blue Heaven presents twelve distinct comedy acts over two days this February 1 and 2. High Pressure Fire Service runs from March through June and features six new productions-five world premieres and one expanded remount-from some of Philadelphia's preeminent performers. These exciting new platforms expand FringeArts' already rich roster of programming-the flagship fall Fringe Festival, contemporary circus festival Hand to Hand, and year-round music, comedy, and cabaret performances-and further its mission to present world-class, contemporary performing arts that challenge convention and inspire new ways of thinking.
Silver Linings is a one of the hottest comedy shows in Brooklyn! Silver Linings is presented by Precious Metal with prominent performers in the comedy industry as seen on Comedy Central, MTV, Late Night TV, national festivals and more! The show is ABSOLUTELY FREE and occurs monthly - every third Today. Great drink specials ($4 Select Beers) and the host will be giving out FREE DRINKS all night long!
Get sweaty with Brooklyn comedians Mary Houlihan and Ian Lockwood in their sexy new stand up show/play hybrid HOT TEENS, coming to the Brooklyn Comedy Collective on November 9th.
Silver Linings is a one of the hottest comedy shows in Brooklyn! Silver Linings is presented by Precious Metal with prominent performers in the comedy industry as seen on Comedy Central, MTV, Late Night TV, national festivals and more! The show is ABSOLUTELY FREE and occurs monthly - every third Friday. Great drink specials ($4 Select Beers) and the host will be giving out FREE DRINKS all night long!
CBS All Access, CBS' digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service, today announced that all eight episodes of the second season of its original comedy series NO ACTIVITY will be available to stream beginning Thursday, Nov. 22. NO ACTIVITY's second season debut marks the first time CBS All Access has released an entire season of an original series at once.
After developmental productions that drew high praise from prominent theatre critics, and left audiences alternately speechless and effusive, engaged and enraged, the Huntington Theatre Company presents the world premiere of Eleanor Burgess's explosive new play, The Niceties, running August 31 to October 6 at the South End/Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts. The Huntington is pleased to produce the play in association with two other leading theatre companies. The production will move Off Broadway to Manhattan Theatre Club immediately following the Boston run, and then continue on to Princeton, NJ for performances at McCarter Theatre Center.
It's hard to believe but not every comedy special funded by Netflix makes it to air.
The FROG BOYZ come to Union Hall on September 16th, to celebrate two years of irreverent cartoons! The evening will be hosted by founders, Jesse VandeBergh and Sean Newman, and will feature some of New York City's best stand up comics
After developmental productions that drew high praise from prominent theatre critics, and left audiences alternately speechless and effusive, engaged and enraged, the Huntington Theatre Company presents the world premiere of Eleanor Burgess's explosive new play, The Niceties, running August 31 to October 6 at the South End/Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts. The Huntington is pleased to produce the play in association with two other leading theatre companies. The production will move Off Broadway to Manhattan Theatre Club immediately following the Boston run, and then continue on to Princeton, NJ for performances at McCarter Theatre Center.
Springsteen superfan, sketch/improv comic, New Jersey native and SpringsteenProv creator John Murray launched The Bosscast today, a new podcast about Bruce Springsteen by the fans, for the fans on The Brain Machine Network. Each episode will feature an in-depth conversation with guests from every part of the entertainment world, united by their love for the Boss. If you like Springsteen and freeform conversation, you've found The Promised Land.
Turner's truTV has announced a pilot order for an unscripted project from Vulture, the go-to entertainment news site for the culturally obsessed, which would mark the first-ever televised project for the digital publisher. The untitled project is a new, weekly comedic awards show honoring the most deserving stories from the week in pop culture.
On July 30th, superfan, sketch/improv comic and SpringsteenProv creator John Murray will launch The Bosscast, a new podcast about Bruce Springsteen by the fans, for the fans on The Brain Machine Network. Each episode will feature an in-depth conversation with guests from every part of the entertainment world, united by their love for the Boss. If you like Springsteen and free form conversation, you've found The Promised Land.
'Seinfeld' might have been a TV show about nothing, but shows by the Upright Citizens Brigade at Woolly Mammoth literally begin with nothing.
Today, Marie decides to leave her husband: 'Let me tell you something. I find my husband so God damned irritating that I'm planning to leave him. And that's a fact.' But in Wallace Shawn's 1978 American masterpiece, facts are slippery things. In this radical re-imagining at JACK, two multi-disciplinary artists play the combative titular couple and head up the design team. Joined by an ensemble of some of Brooklyn's sharpest comedic voices, Gordon Landenberger (Bruce) and trans actress Theda Hammel (Marie) double as the set and sound designers, respectively, for this hilarious and timely new production.
Impractical Jokers: Homecoming, the first-ever museum exhibition about the hit television series on truTV, is set to open at the Staten Island Museum on Thursday, July 12, 2018. The opening event will be highlighted by an appearance of the four guys, collectively known as the comedy troupe The Tenderloins, to open the doors to the all-ages exhibition at 6:00pm. The exhibition will be on view through March 17, 2019.
Today, Marie decides to leave her husband: 'Let me tell you something. I find my husband so God damned irritating that I'm planning to leave him. And that's a fact.' But in Wallace Shawn's 1978 American masterpiece, facts are slippery things. In this radical re-imagining at JACK, two multi-disciplinary artists play the combative titular couple and head up the design team. Joined by an ensemble of some of Brooklyn's sharpest comedic voices, Gordon Landenberger (Bruce) and trans actress Theda Hammel (Marie) double as the set and sound designers, respectively, for this hilarious and timely new production.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces additional programming and talent for The District of Comedy Festival, a three-day festival which brings together acclaimed stars and rising acts for an all-laughs takeover of the nation's cultural center. The festival, with Presenting Sponsor Capital One, is a part of the Center's Comedy at the Kennedy Center initiative, a signature program focused on elevating comedy as an art form and uniting the local community together through laughter.
The world's changing, bro. This summer, Goodman Theatre premieres Support Group for Men, a new comedy by Ellen Fairey, directed by Kimberly Senior. Fairey, whose work has been hailed 'a must-see for anyone who follows important new plays' (Chicago Tribune), explores shifting social and gender roles through the lens of four men who gather every Thursday night to vent about middle-aged maladies.
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