It was announced today that Play Dead, the new Off-Broadway comic thriller co-written and directed by Teller (of Penn & Teller) and co-written & performed by Todd Robbins, is the recipient of a 2011 Drama Desk nomination for Unique Theatrical Experience.
Steve Martin, Martin Short, Seth Meyers, Ron White, Rodney Carrington and Jo Koy are among the comedy heavyweights joining the spectacular lineup for the third annual edition of TWIX(R) PRESENTS: TBS JUST FOR LAUGHS CHICAGO. In addition, Hannibal Buress, Kumail Nanjiani, Kristen Schaal and Paul F. Tompkins will perform as Demetri Martin's special guests (who are also comedians and friends of his).
“Steve Martin‘s 2009 collection, The Crow: New Songs for the Five String Banjo earned the veteran actor not only a Grammy but the respect of the close knit bluegrass community.
Pilobolus (crystallinus) is a phototropic zygomycete - a sun-loving fungus that grows in barnyards and pastures. It's a feisty thing - only 1/4 inch tall - that can throw its spores nearly eight feet
Pace's Actor's Studio Drama School celebrates its 13th Repertory Season, including an All-star MFA Candidate line-up consisting of 20 actors, 4 directors and 3 playwrights. There will be free theater performances open to the general public including world premieres of Night Bames, Sharp Edges and Starfishes.
Kids 'N Comedy, New York's leading presenter of young comic talent, will send five teen comics--Luke Bergamini, Rachel Kaly, David Thompson, Conor Williams, Lee Wolfowitz and Andrew Vatier--to the stage of Gotham Comedy Club, 208 W. 23rd Street, on Sunday, April 10. The show begins at 1:00 PM.
Tom Shillue, the master of comedic storytelling, will be extending his award winning one-man show Supernormal at Performance Space 122 through April 9. Drawing from his middle class Catholic upbringing, Tom's comically crafted tales of growing up in suburban Massachusetts and life in NY are both poignant and hysterically, universally relatable. In other words, they are so normal, they are radical.