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All new photos have been released from opening night of Tripping on Life at Theatre Row. Check out the photos here!

Coming from his stint opposite Kevin James on CBS' “Kevin Can Wait”, Long Island's own Chris Roach will once again be teaming up with his former on-screen partner on his current comedy tour! Roach will bring the laughs opening for James on a string of upcoming theatre dates which include stops at The Paramount in Huntington along with PA, MI, and MO!

With a wide-ranging career that has seen him performing stand up across the U.S., to his many film roles, and recent stint on “Kevin Can Wait” - the Long Island Film and TV community is getting ready to honor one of their own! Comic/actor/writer Chris Roach will be honored with the “Rising Star” Award today, July 19th, 7:00PM during the closing Awards Ceremony of the 2018 Long Island International Film Expo!

With a wide-ranging career that has seen him performing stand up across the U.S., to his many film roles, and recent stint on “Kevin Can Wait” - the Long Island Film and TV community is getting ready to honor one of their own! Comic/actor/writer Chris Roach will be honored with the “Rising Star” Award on Thursday, July 19th, 7:00PM during the closing Awards Ceremony of the 2018 Long Island International Film Expo!

Long Island comic/actor/writer Chris Roach has just added more dates to his current tour!

Long Island comic/actor/writer Chris Roach has been enjoying his notoriety while continuing to build on his comedy chops!

With his new sitcom 'Kevin Can Wait' (produced by CBS Studios in association with Sony Pictures Television) recently having been picked up for its full-season run, Long Island comic/actor/writer Chris Roach has certainly been enjoying the spotlight! You'll be able to catch him LIVE this Today, November 5th at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury for the 14th Annual Long Island Comedy Fest!

At long last, Nick Kroll and John Mulaney's wildly popular alter egos, Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland, have made their debuts on The Great White Way in their acclaimed masterpiece, Oh, Hello on Broadway. Performances for Oh, Hello on Broadway began on Friday, September 23 at The Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street), where it will run through January 8, 2017. Alex Timbers directs.

Comedian , actor and "Comedy Joy Ride" television pilot creator/producer Mackenson Louis continues his new weekly clean and hilarious comedy showcase  at Manhattan's famed The Comic Strip  Live (1568 Second Avenue) on Thursday, March 24th   beginning at 8:00pm.  

Ariel Nichole Reid*, Ben Williams* (Clubbed Thumb, La Mama, EST), Craig Wesley Divino* (Fault Line Theatre) and Ryan Salvato (Speakeasy Dollhouse's 'Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolic') are set to appear in the world-premiere production of Jim Knable's DESTINY AND THE LITTLE MAN, an adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's THE MAN OF DESTINY.

Ariel Nichole Reid*, Ben Williams* (Clubbed Thumb, La Mama, EST), Craig Wesley Divino* (Fault Line Theatre) and Ryan Salvato (Speakeasy Dollhouse's 'Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolic') are set to appear in the world-premiere production of Jim Knable's DESTINY AND THE LITTLE MAN, an adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's THE MAN OF DESTINY.

'Nightcap Riot: Mombucha' encompasses a concert, beverage tasting/'brewtorial,' and full theatrical production of the JIm Knable's world-premiere adapatation of George Bernard Shaw's 'The Man of Destiny' titled 'Destiny and the Little Man,' directed by Bruce Levitt. Only 50 people per night are allowed admission to this experience, which runs from January 15th - February 14th, 2016 over 16 performances. 15 different bands, 5 comedians, magicians, a mixologist from Union Square Hospitality and a kombucha brewer make up the balance of the greater Nightcap Riot: Mombucha cast. 

For 60 continuous hours, from 7pm on Thursday January 1 to 7am on Sunday January 4, New York's Metropolitan Room is staging what it is billing as "The Longest Variety Show Ever." Featuring approximately 160 performers and 15 emcees, the entertainment will span music, burlesque, comedy, drag, theatre/opera, magic and puppetry.

I'm sure there has never been more talent in anyone's camera lens on 22nd Street in front of the Metropolitan Room than is represented in this photo. So for now, I hold that record as we approach 7PM on Jan 1st when hopefully the Guinness World record for Longest Variety Show will begin.

Rockers On Broadway just honored two of America's teen icons Micky Dolenz and Frankie Valli with Lifetime Achievement Awards and legendary DJ 'Cousin' Brucie Morrow with the Ambassador of Rock Award on Monday night, November 17. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the red carpet arrivals below!

The 9th Annual New York's Funniest Reporter Show will take place on Sunday, September 14th @ 5:00 pm at Comic Strip Live (1568 Second Ave / bet 81st & 82nd) comedy club. It will feature seven media professionals each doing five minutes of stand up comedy in order to raise money for the Humane Society of New York. At the end of the night, a winner will be declared.

Van Dirk Fisher, founder of the Riant Theatre, announces the winners of the Strawberry One-Act Festival's 25th Season, which was held February 13 - 23 and had over 25 one-act and full-length plays and films competing for awards at the Theatre at St. Clement's at 423 West 46th Street.

The Riant Theatre's Strawberry One-Act Festival's 25th Season from February 13 - 23 at the Theatre at St. Clement's at 423 West 46th Street kicks off with tales about post-Katrina New Orleans, a spiritual awakening in the New Mexico desert and a hangover between friends.

From October 21-27, 2013 the Gold Coast Arts Center in collaboration with the Town of North Hempstead presented the 3rd annual Gold Coast International Film Festival (GCIFF)