Henny Youngman News

BroadwayWorld chats with lesbian icon Lea DeLaria about her upcoming performances at Feinstein's at the Nikko on May 29th & 30th. DeLaria will perform an evening of classic jazz tunes leavened with comedic tales.

Act II Playhouse has announced the return of CHRISTMAS IN THE CATSKILLS 2, running from December 1-31. The production stars Act II Artistic Director, Tony Braithwaite. 

The Den Theatre has announced Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and his celebrated game show “Let’s Make A Poop” with celebrity panelists Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, Cubs legend Ryan Dempster, WGN-TV Weatherman Paul Konrad and more surprise guests.

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog will perform at The Den Theatre in Chicago. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

OCTOBER 7, a verbatim play about the terrorist attacks on Israel as told by those who survived them, has announced its full cast and a new director, as Geoffrey Cantor (Marvel's Daredevil & The Punisher on Netflix) steps in for Karen Carpenter as the production's director

Act II Playhouse Artistic Director Tony Braithwaite announced the slate of shows for the theatre's 2024-2025 season following the  first preview performance of “It's Only a Play.” Subscriptions and discount rates are now available for all six productions.

With an opening that couldn’t be more over the top if it was broadcast from the International Space Station, the never knowingly underdressed Reuben Kaye sweeps the entire room into his particular brand of cabaret. Coming on like a one-man Moulin Rouge floorshow, he spits out caustic one liners like a rapping Henny Youngman.

What better place to celebrate the career of Broadway legend Jerome Robbins than at the Actors Temple, a National Landmark, steps from Broadway and the spiritual home to so many legendary Broadway performers since 1925.

Ripple Effect Artists - a premier NY arts & philanthropy organization - is hosting a FUNDRAISER raising awareness for MENTAL HEALTH & WELLNESS featuring GILBERT GOTTFRIED ON Saturday, July 17 @ 7:30 P.M.

Jamie deRoy & friends Presents GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Part 2 in honor of those we've lost.

William Shakespeare's 1595 comedy A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM is one of his most often performed light plays. Stripped down, it is a screwball romantic comedy of misdirection written across five acts in verse.

San Francisco's annual Jewish Christmas tradition, Kung Pao Kosher Comedy is now in its 27th year! This year's shows take place on December 24-26. The legendary Jewish-comedy-on-Christmas-in-a-Chinese-restaurant extravaganza has been featuring famous Jewish comedians (including the late Henny Youngman and Shelley Berman), Chinese food, and Yiddish proverbs in its fortune cookies ('With one tuchus, you can't dance at 2 weddings') since 1993. Kung Pao is one of San Francisco's longest-running comedy shows, catering to over 2000 people annually: some have attended every year.

The Footlighters Club was ground zero for Comedy yesterday as Freddie Roman, Dick Capri, Scott Record and Rick Corso celebrated one of their peers, the acclaimed entertainer Sarge who is one of the most admired improvisational comedians, singer and musical piano savant in show business. President and producer of the event Errol Dante started off the afternoon with his stirring rendition of Granada but then it was all laughs as the jokes flew wild and feverishly and there were probably more laughs at the Miami Shores Country Club per square inch than any other place on the planet. The humor heard at the Footlighters event must out of political necessity stay inside the Footlighters but rest assured no one was left unscathed.

Playhouse on Park opens its Season Ten Comedy Series today, October 20, at 8pm. Tickets are now on sale for the show featuring co-headliners Paul Nardizzi and Steve Van Zandt.

Playhouse on Park opens its Season Ten Comedy Series on Saturday, October 20, at 8pm. Tickets are now on sale for the show featuring co-headliners Paul Nardizzi and Steve Van Zandt.

This January, Time Life socks it to home viewers with the latest DVD installment of TV's legendary star-studded, pop culture variety show, ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON, out January 9, 2018.

This January, Time Life socks it to home viewers with the latest DVD installment of TV's legendary star-studded, pop culture variety show, ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON, out January 9, 2018.

Cortland Repertory Theatre RT Downtown proudly presents the ITALIAN COMEDY FESTA, on Saturday, October 19 at 7:30. Johnny Rizzo and Liz Russo, two of America's top Italian-American stand-up comics, will serve up heaping helpings of huge laughs as they talk about growing up Italian with food, family and funny! But you CRT don't have to be Italian to get the lasagna jokes!

BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature West Side Story, Mamma Mia!, Something Rotten, and More!

Dust off your willing suspension of disbelief. Starlight Theatre transforms into Elizabethan London in the year 1595. The play is 'Something Rotten.' William Shakespeare has not authored his 38 famous plays and 150 sonnets. By masquerading as patron to the struggling Bottom Brothers from Cornwall, the Bard has purloined their ideas and most of their dialog lock, stock, and couplet.