Susie Essman News

Last week, All Out: Comedy About Ambition by Simon Rich held its gala performance.  VIP guests included P!nk, Jimmy Fallon, J.J. Abrams, and more. Check out photos here!

Broadway celebrated the Gala performance of All Out: Comedy About Ambition by Simon Rich and the Broadway debuts of Ike Barinholtz, Eric Andre, Abbi Jacobson, and Jon Stewart, alongside soul-pop band Lawrence. See photos!

The filmed proshot of Merrily We Roll Along had its official NYC premiere recently, attended by the show's stars, Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez, director Maria Friedman, and more. Check out photos here!

Alec Baldwin and John Patrick Shanley premiere Outcasts featuring five new one-act plays at a November 18 benefit for The Lee Strasberg Creative Center at TBN Theater in New York City.

Alec Baldwin joins John Patrick Shanley for OUTCASTS, a benefit reading featuring new one-act plays at TBN Theater on November 18, 2025.

On ABC-TV’s top-rated daytime talk show “The View,” Joy Behar has a well-earned reputation as an insightful interviewer with a keen sense of humor.

Emmy-winning comedy writer Carol Leifer visits The 92nd Street Y, New York on Wednesday, April 9 with actress Susie Essman to discuss her new book, How to Write a Funny Speech…For a Wedding, Bar Mitzvah, Graduation, and Every Other Event You Didn't Want to Go to in the First Place.

NEXT for AUTISM, the leading nonprofit dedicated to designing, launching, and supporting innovative services for people with autism, will present the return of its popular live comedy event, Night of Too Many Stars with host Jon Stewart. Learn more!

NEXT for AUTISM (NEXT), the leading nonprofit dedicated to designing, launching, and supporting innovative services for people with autism, has announced the return of its popular live comedy event, Night of Too Many Stars with host Jon Stewart.

The ninth annual LOVE ROCKS NYC benefit concert for God’s Love We Deliver will be live from the historic Beacon Theatre in NYC on Thursday, March 6. The 2025 all-star lineup will feature Alicia Keys, Beck, Cher, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, and more.

The world premiere of MY FIRST EX-HUSBAND, a new show by Joy Behar, directed by Randal Myler, is now officially open Off-Broadway at MMAC Theater. See what the critics are saying and read the reviews.

Un evento de gran impacto, con una destacada representación latina en el equipo creativo, y artistas de Broadway, cine y activismo, en apoyo a los derechos

Tune in for the Inauguration Day Concert for America event, which will raise funds for the California Community Foundation, an organization supporting wildfire recovery efforts to aid those most in need. Performers will include Cheyenne Jackson, Kelli O'Hara, Brian Stoke Mitchell, and more. Watch the full video here.

Ahead of its off-Broadway run, Susie Essman stopped by The View to discuss Joy Behar's new show My First Ex-Husband, working with her friend, and more. Watch the interview!

The Inauguration Day Concert for America event will now raise funds for the California Community Foundation, an organization supporting wildfire recovery efforts to aid those most in need. Newly joined talent appearances include Wayne Brady, Rachel Bay Jones, Cheyenne Jackson, Ingrid Michaelson, Richard Kind, and more.

Additional cast members are joining the world premiere of MY FIRST EX-HUSBAND, a new show by comedy maven Joy Behar Off-Broadway. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Producers Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley Jackson's next Concert for America fundraising event will take place in January, featuring Jessica Vosk, Kelli O'Hara, Brian Stokes Mitchell and more. Learn how to purchase tickets.

The Off-Broadway world premiere of MY FIRST EX-HUSBAND, a new show by comedy maven Joy Behar, will be presented at MMAC Theater. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts will present an encore performance of popular TV personality and Bay Street Board of Trustees member Joy Behar and friends. Learn how to purchase tickets.

With 15 nominations, FX’s The Bear was the most nominated series this year, followed by Max’s Hacks and Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building with 13 each. ABC’s Abbott Elementary and CBS’s Ghosts are tied for third place, with 11 nominations each.