Jim Gaffigan News

Celebrating free speech and the positive treatment of comedians in the industry, from June 23-25 in NYC, over 100 of America's funniest comedians including Reggie Watts (The Late Late Show with James Corden), Artie Lange (HBO's Crashing), Jim Gaffigan (new album Cinco comes out 6/13), Michelle Wolf (The Daily Show with Trevor Noah), Bert Kreischer (new special currently on Netflix), Ari Shaffir (just finished shooting season 4 of This Is Not Happening for Comedy Central), Dan Soder (Showtime's Billions), Mark Normand (1-hour special presented by Amy Schumer premieres on Comedy Central 5/12), Chris Gethard (solo show premiered on HBO 5/6), Big Jay Oakerson (Season 2 of What's Your F*&king Deal?! on Seeso), Robert Kelly (FX's Louie), Ron Bennington (Host of Bennington on Sirius XM), Nate Bargatze (new special premiering soon on Netflix), Duncan Trussell (The Duncan Trussell Family Hour podcast & The Joe Rogan Experience podcast), Yamaneika Saunders (just shot her special for Comedy Central), Dave Smith (filming first 1-hour special in NYC on 6/1) and more are set to take part in Skankfest NYC, a two-and-a-half-day Comedy Party featuring artists that take chances & challenge the way the industry is shaping comedy.

Fringe Management (Michael Blaha) and Combined Artform (Matthew Quinn) proudly present a new play, PLEDGE, by Paul Shoulberg ('Synthesis', 'Walter'), directed by Stan Zimmerman ('Meet and Greet', 'Yes, Virginia'). 

Pick Your Ear Productions will present a repertoire of what may be considered some of Tennessee Williams' most popular one act plays, produced by Nicole Gut and directed by Tony Award nominee, Lorraine Serabian.

Based on the iconic film, GROUNDHOG DAY The Musical is reimagined by the award-winning creators of the international hit Matilda The Musical-including director Matthew Warchus and songwriter Tim Minchin-with a book by original screenwriter Danny Rubin. Starring two-time Tony Award® nominee Andy Karl, GROUNDHOG DAY is the new musical comedy about living life to the fullest, one day at a time. Meet the cast before they take their opening bows!

JAG Productions will present August Wilson's Fences later this month at the Woodstock Town Hall Theatre in Woodstock, Vermont.  Previews begin April 27, 2017 and performances run through May 7, 2017.

Top podcast listening service Stitcher has launched a lineup of original podcast programming, with a handful of popular shows joining together to form a new network.

Comedy Dynamics announced it will release Jim Gaffigan's latest stand up album, Cinco, on iTunes, Apple Music, Google Play, Spotify and all digital audio retailers just in time for Father's Day on June 13th, 2017.

Comedy Dynamics announced today it has acquired William J. Stribling and Russ Nickel's award-winning comedy film BEAR WITH US out of Park City, Utah.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director/CEO) announces the stars of the Broadway premiere of Marvin's Room, by Scott McPherson, directed by Obie Award-winning director, Anne Kauffman (Detroit) making her Broadway debut.

Producers Kristen Buckels (The Chris Gethard Show, Colin Quinn: The New York Story) and David De Almo (Mike Birbiglia's Thank God for Jokes, Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King) present a live recording of Giulia Rozzi and Will Miles' Hopefully We Don't Break Up, their hit relationship podcast, at SubCulture, the East Village's premiere cultural listening room, Friday, April 14th, 2017 at 8:00pm.

I AM BATTLE COMIC, a thought-provoking documentary about stand-up comedians entertaining our troops in the Middle East, will have it's Las Vegas Premiere at a special red carpet benefit event on May 31st, 2017, 9:30PM -11:30PM at The AMC Town Square 18. The event is sponsored in part by Battle Comics.

Previously known as The Half Hour, Comedy Central STAND-UP PRESENTS... … is introducing the sharpest, most distinct voices in comedy with a brand new season of half hour stand-up specials.

Kevin James is returning to his stand-up roots with an all-new comedy special for Netflix, the world's leading Internet TV network. The veteran comic's latest special, slated to shoot later this year, will launch globally on Netflix in 2018.

Comedy Dynamics announced today that due to the success of the last season of its original series COMING TO THE STAGE​​​​​​​, the show has been renewed for a sixth and seventh season and will be hosted by George Wallace.

Comedy Dynamics announced today it will be releasing Brian Posehn's latest album Posehn 25x2 on iTunes, Apple Music, Google Play, Spotify and all digital audio retailers on March 10, 2017.

Comedy Dynamics announced today it will be releasing Ian Harvie: May The Best Cock Win on iTunes, Apple Music, Google Play, Spotify and all digital audio retailers on March 3, 2017.

Netflix, the world's leading Internet TV network, is bringing its members an all-new stand-up special from one of the leading forces in entertainment and comedy today, Amy Schumer.

Comedy Dynamics announced today it will be releasing Brian Posehn's latest album Posehn 25x2 on iTunes, Apple Music, Google Play, Spotify and all digital audio retailers on March 10, 2017.

Comedy Dynamics' fourth season of its original stand-up series Coming To The Stage, hosted by Andy Kindler, will premiere March 3, 2017 on all platforms.

On Today, March 3rd at 8:00pm at Littlefield in Brooklyn, F*ck Rape Culture will present STAND UP AGAINST RAPE, a fundraiser for the Committee to Recall Judge Aaron Persky, formed in response to the Brock Turner rape case at Stanford University.