Susan Sarandon’s ping pong bar to replace Carolines comedy club

On December 31, 2022, comedy legend Dave Attell closed out a comedy club that shaped both his career and many… MORE
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R.I.P. Jackie Mason (1928-2021)

Jackie Mason, a Tony and Emmy-winning stand-up comedian so identified with Yiddish humor he named his YouTube channel, “TheUltimateJew,” died on Saturday at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. Mason was 93. Mason won a Special Tony Award in 19…

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John Cleese is working on a stage version of “Monty Python’s Life of Brian”

When Eric Idle decided to turn Monty Python and the Holy Grail into a Broadway stage show in 2005, titled… MORE
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“Monty Python’s Spamalot” finally gets film adaptation greenlit at Paramount

16 years ago, Monty Python made a bit of a resurgence when the Eric Idle penned musical, Monty Python’s Spamalot,… MORE
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Rachel Bloom and Fran Drescher adapting The Nanny into Broadway musical

This is really happening. Fran Drescher, who starred as The Nanny for 146 episodes from 1993-99, is developing the sitcom into a Broadway musical, co-writing the book with her series co-creator, Peter Marc Jacobson, with music and lyrics from Rachel Bl…

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Freestyle Love Supreme sets Broadway run for Fall 2019

The hip-hop improv comedy group now known famously for featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda as its frontman used to play for audiences at Ars Nova more than a decade ago. They moved on to dates at Comix and Joe’s Pub, performed at Super Bowl Week for ESP…

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Freestyle Love Supreme sets Broadway run for Fall 2019

The hip-hop improv comedy group now known famously for featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda as its frontman used to play for audiences at Ars Nova more than a decade ago. They moved on to dates at Comix and Joe’s Pub, performed at Super Bowl Week for ESP…

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Dave Chappelle announces limited Broadway run for July 2019 at Lunt-Fontanne

Dave Chappelle already is winning the Mark Twain Prize this year. Why not also make his Broadway debut? Chappelle will perform five nights this July at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater on West 46th Street (capacity just over 1,500). He has previously sold out…

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Carol Channing, star of Hello, Dolly! on Broadway, dies aged 97

Celebrated for her performances in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Hello, Dolly! Channing also earned an Oscar nomination for Thoroughly Modern MillieCarol Channing, the American actor who originated the roles of Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes an…

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Review: Mike Birbiglia, “The New One” on Broadway

Timing may remain the key to comedy, but knowing your audience and connecting with it continues to rank right up there with it. To see Mike Birbiglia in his Broadway debut of The New One, I brought a comedian who not only has performed with Birbiglia, …

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