John Fugelsang News

TALE has spent the past 13 years bringing audiences some of the best storytelling in New York City — with no hokey gimmicks and no dumb themes, just great stories.

Rhonda Hansome will host the comedy event LAUGHS LIKELY at the Black Women In Comedy Laff Fest in NYC, showcasing a lineup of talented comedians. Learn more here!

 Native New Yorkers Michele Carlo and Rhonda Hansome invite you to MICHELE & RHONDA'S POWER HOUR! — a 60-minute ride of telling truths, exposing lies, and sharing scenes from their well-lived lives.

TALE: NYC's FINEST STORYTELLING is coming to Red Room above KGB Bar in October. The event will be hosted by Harmon Leon. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Actor / comedian Rhonda “Passion” Hansome will be among the performers featured at the monthly “Ladies Night Comedy Show” at the new Comedy In Harlem location on Saturday, October 25, 2025. 

Award-winning comedian Rhonda “Passion” Hansome will perform at the Eat Drink Laugh comedy showcase at Pangea in Manhattan on Saturday, August 23. The Brooklyn-born comic, known for appearances on Saturday Night Live, Louie, and Showtime at the Apollo, will join a lineup of New York comedy talent.

Actor/playwright/storyteller Rhonda 'Passion' Hansome, (SiriusXM 'John Fugelsang's Tell Me Everything') will be among the performers featured at TALE - “New York City's best storytelling show” - on Friday, July 26 at the Red Room @ KGB Bar in Manhattan.

Adam Sank will present Blue Comedy: A Night of Standup to Support Democracy on Sunday, July 7, at 7:30PM at Upstairs at the Stonewall Inn, 53 Christopher Street, New York, NY 10014.

Actor/playwright/storyteller Rhonda 'Passion' Hansome, (SiriusXM 'John Fugelsang's Tell Me Everything') will be among the performers featured at TALE - “New York City's best storytelling show” - on Friday, January 12 at the Red Room @ KGB Bar in Manhattan.

Actor / comedian Rhonda 'Passion' Hansome, (SiriusXM 'John Fugelsang's Tell Me Everything') will be among the performers featured at the 'Funny Women Of A Certain Age' (FWOACA) live comedy showcase.

Veteran comedian / actor Rhonda “Passion” Hansome, (SiriusXM “John Fugelsang's Tell Me Everything,' 'Showtime At The Apollo')  headlines  an all female lineup  on Saturday, September 9, 2023 at Governors  Comedy Club - 90 Division Avenue - in Levittown (Nassau County), New York.

No Name Comedy/Variety Show producer Eric Vetter brings New York’s best established and emerging authors and storytellers: Rhonda “Passion' Hansome (SiriusXM “John Fugelsang’s Tell Me Everything,” Jeff Rose (New York Story Exchange) comic Dave Lester (Amazon Prime Video 'And How Does That Make You Feel') and more to the Word Up Community Bookshop in Washington Heights on Tuesday, July 11 @ 7pm. for its monthly series “No Name At Word Up Super Story Party'.

Actor / comedian Rhonda “Passion' Hansome (SiriusXM “John Fugelsang's Tell Me Everything,” “Showtime At The Apollo”) will host the 'Laughs Likely!' live comedy showcase on Friday, June 16 at Don't Tell Mama (on Restaurant Row) as part of the 2023 Black Women in Comedy LaffFest in New York City.

AARP NY and Comedy In Harlem will join forces to provide some joy to the caregivers in and around our communities. This weekly show will feature some of the best comedians performing at Harlem's premier comedy club, Comedy In Harlem.

Shakespeare & Company and the Berkshire Mountain Comedy Arts Festival will present the third installment of Kevin Bartini & Friends on Saturday, March 18, an evening of comedy featuring Bartini as Master of Ceremonies and comedian, actor, and broadcaster John Fugelsang as the headliner.

Palestinian-American comedian and writer, Atheer Yacoub (Comedy Central, Gotham Comedy Live) will record her first stand-up comedy album at New York Comedy Club on November 20th at 7pm and 9:30pm.

Fans of comedian Hal Sparks in the Southern California area will have a few opportunities to catch him live on stage.

Emmy-Award winning stand-up comic Judy Gold will add her voice to “INDICTMENT EXCITEMENT,” a lacerating exploration of the current political world of Donald Trump, the Republican Party and the upcoming midterm elections for 5 nights – Tuesday, October 21, Wednesday, October 21, Friday, October 28, Tuesday, November 1 and Friday, November 4. 

Actor / comedian/ Sirius XM radio contributor Rhonda “Passion' Hansome will host and curate Laughing Liberally's 'Indictment Excitement' live pre-midterm elections political comedy showcase at Theatre 555 (42nd Street between 10th & 11th Aves) in Manhattan.  

Laughing Liberally, in association with Eric Krebs, will present “INDICTMENT EXCITEMENT,” a lacerating exploration of the current political world of Donald Trump, the Republican Party and the upcoming midterm elections.