Michele Carlo News

Tuesday, February 7 marks the return of No Name Super Story Party! For the first time since March 2020, No Name Comedy/Variety Show producer Eric Vetter will bring New York's best authors and storytellers to the Word Up Community Bookshop in Washington Heights on Tuesday, February 7th at 7pm.

FRIGID New York has announced the schedule of performances for their 11th Annual Gotham Storytelling Festival, featuring some of the most cutting-edge storytellers in New York City. The festival will run November 2-8 at The Kraine Theater.

FRIGID New York will present the 11th Annual Gotham Storytelling Festival, featuring some of the most cutting-edge storytellers in New York City, November 2-6 at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery). The performance schedule for the festival will be announced in October. 

Jean Ann Le Bec will present The Last To Know written and performed by Jean Ann Le Bec and directed by David Lawson. The production will be presented as part of the 2022 FRIGID Festival at UNDER St Marks.

How my exposure to the diversity of New York theatre changed once I started going to Off-Off-Broadway more frequently than to Broadway.

FRIGID New York will present the 10th Annual Gotham Storytelling Festival at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery), November 2-14. Performances will also be available to livestream from home. Tickets are available on a sliding scale ($20 in-person; $15 online, suggested) and are available for advance purchase.

FRIGID New York will present the 10th Annual Gotham Storytelling Festival featuring some of the best storytellers in New York City including Jamie Brickhouse, Michele Carlo, David Lawson, David Lawson, Uno Osata and more.

RISK!, the live storytelling show and podcast where people tell true stories they never thought they’d dare to share in public, will return to its New York City home of Caveat (21 A Clinton St, New York, NY 10002) in the Lower East Side of Manhattan on Thursday, June 17 @ 7pm ET. 

Veteran New York City-based alt-room comedy producer Eric J. Vetter will mark the 27th anniversary of his No Name Comedy / Variety Show with a virtual show on Friday, February 26, 2021 at 7:00pm (EST).

Today (October 22) in live streaming:The next round of Next On Stage, Jodi Benson visits Ten Minute Tidbits, and so much more!

Totally True Things: A Socially Conscious Storytelling Show,' is a new live-streaming series featuring award-winning performers sharing true stories that focus on mental health, medical challenges, and social issues on Thursdays, beginning September 17.

No Name Comedy/Variety Show producer Eric Vetter brings New York's best established and emerging authors and storytellers including: Kelli Dunham , Richard Cardillo, Troy Alan and Calvin Cato to the Word Up Community Bookshop in Washington Heights on Tuesday, March 3rd at 7 p.m. for its monthly series 'No Name @ Word Up Super Story Party.'

Producer Eric Vetter will celebrate the 26th anniversary of his No Name Comedy / Variety Show with a cast of longtime friends including: storyteller / author Michele Carlo (Fish Out Of Agua: My life on neither side of the (subway) tracks), comedian/author/pundit Leighann Lord (Real Women Do It Standing Up), illusionist Lee Alan Barrett (Coney Island Circus Sideshow), actor / comedian Aladdin Ullah (Dishwasher Dreams) and musical guests BinderSuze (piano-vocal duo Richard Binder and Alex DeSuze), at the renowned performing arts, crafts, entertainment and teaching space, Q.E.D. Astoria on Friday, February 28, 2020 at 7:30pm. Admission to the multicultural mix of music, comedy and variety is $10.00 (no purchase minimum). For tickets and QED information, go to: qedastoria.com

No Name Comedy/Variety Show producer Eric Vetter brings New York's best established and emerging authors and storytellers including: Rhonda Hansome, Wes Hazard Calvin Cato, and Adam Selbst to the Word Up Community Bookshop in Washington Heights on Tuesday, February 4TH at 7 p.m. for its monthly series 'No Name @ Word Up Super Story Party.'

No Name Comedy/Variety Show producer Eric Vetter brings New York's best established and emerging authors and storytellers including Jeff Rose, Mike Cho, Edith Gonzalez, and Harmon Leon to the Word Up Community Bookshop in Washington Heights on Tuesday, January 21st. at 7 p.m. for its monthly series 'No Name @ Word Up Super Story Party.'

What do you get when you mezclar (mix) traditional Puerto Rican folktales with personal first-gen Latinx stories? 'Fish Out Of Agua,' of course! Frigid NYC and the eighth annual Gotham Storytelling Festival will present author/performer Michele Carlo's 55-minute show on Saturday, November 9, at 7pm at the Kraine Theater in Manhattan. For tickets go to: www.frigid.nyc. (Use discount code ArtStar to get $5 off.)

This year's Gotham Storytelling Festival features Radio Free Brooklyn's Michele Carlo, friend-of-FRIGID Una Osato, and the incomparable Ophira Eisenberg of NPR's Ask Me Another. The festival is diverse in perspective and style, and we couldn't be more proud of our 2019 lineup.

No Name Comedy Variety show producer Eric Vetter will again honor the memory of friend / colleague Jeannine Liebert with 'Celebrating Neen,' an afternoon of comedy and music for a good cause on Saturday, October 12, 2019 at Otto's Shrunken Head (538 E. 14th Street) in Manhattan at 3:00 pm (doors open at 2:30).   

No Name Comedy/Variety Show producer Eric Vetter brings New York's best established and emerging authors and storytellers to the Word Up Community Bookshop in Washington Heights on Tuesday, October 1st at 7 p.m. for its monthly series 'No Name @ Word Up Super Storytellers Edition.' This month's theme is PARANORMAL!