Day: October 16, 2017

UCB Theatre moving from Chelsea to Hell’s Kitchen in December 2017

UCB Theatre moving from Chelsea to Hell’s Kitchen in December 2017

Posted by | Oct 16, 2017 | |

The flagship theater for the Upright Citizens Brigade is moving on up out of the basement of Gristedes supermarket in Chelsea and into a 160-seat theater space of its own in Hell’s Kitchen. After 14 years on West 26th Street, the UCB Theatre will move to 555 W. 42nd St. at the corner of 11th Avenue — the former Pearl Theatre space. Shannon O’Neill, the UCB-NY’s artistic director (and a co-star of The Chris Gethard Show on truTV), told the Wall Street Journal that the new venue will open for performances at the beginning of December, and rectify the...

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R.I.P. Sean Hughes (1965-2017)

R.I.P. Sean Hughes (1965-2017)

Posted by | Oct 16, 2017 | |

Irish comedian Sean Hughes was only 24 when he won the Edinburgh Fringe Festival’s top prize for his 1990 showcase, “A One Night Stand with Sean Hughes.” Hughes returned to Edinburgh this past August with friends for an improvised showcase, “Sean Hughes’s Blank Book.” Hughes broke through young, and he has died far too young, at only 51. His last Tweet from a week ago told friends and fans he was “In hospital.” He reportedly died Monday from cirrhosis of the liver. Hughes was a fixture of screens big and small during the 1990s, from a supporting role as...

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Wyatt Cenac starring in new weekly late-night docuseries for HBO

Wyatt Cenac starring in new weekly late-night docuseries for HBO

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Wyatt Cenac is joining John Oliver and Jon Stewart in making the jump to HBO. HBO announced a new 10-episode late-night series starring Cenac that will debut in spring 2018. The untitled series stars Cenac, and will be executive produced by him alongside Oliver, Ezra Edelman and Hallie Haglund, who’ll be head writer. Diane Fitzgerald from Last Week Tonight with John Oliver also will co-executive produce. The half-hour docu-series won’t have a desk; instead, Cenac will head out into the field to investigate and satirize current social and cultural issues. “While my initial ask to play one of Molly’s...

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Kevin Hart announces 2018 Irresponsible Tour

Kevin Hart announces 2018 Irresponsible Tour

Posted by | Oct 16, 2017 | |

Kevin Hart will return to an arena near you in 2018, as he’s just announced his new Irresponsbile Tour, kicking off New Year’s Eve in Orlando. The first 16 dates of the tour, produced by Live Nation, will feature new stand-up material, with tickets going on sale Oct. 20 at livenation.com. Hart’s last tour, What Now?, sold-out eight different arena dates in and around NYC, including Madison Square Garden, Barclays and the Prudential Center. In 2017, Hart published his memoir, “I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons,” launched a new digital platform (the LOL Network), and will soon co-star...

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Episode #176: Vladimir Caamaño

Episode #176: Vladimir Caamaño

Posted by | Oct 16, 2017 | |

Vladimir Caamaño grew up in an immigrant Dominican family in the Bronx to live the American comedy dream. Since breaking out as a New Face in the 2015 Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal, he has been anointed by Howie Mandel in a televised gala for The CW, co-wrote and starred in an NBC pilot based on his life and comedy with hit producer Bill Lawrence, and named one of Variety magazine’s Top 10 Comics to Watch in 2016. In 2017, Caamano has performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live and in HBO’s first English-speaking comedy showcase for HBO Latino,...

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