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Live Nation has just announced that more seats are available to tonight’s Comedy Central taping with British comedian Russell Brand in New York City "due to production releases." Tickets cost $45 (online via Live Nation or Ticketmaster, or by phone at 212-307-7171). But is it worth it? That depends. Let …
Did you miss last week’s Time Out New York approved comedy showcase at the UCB that was part of the New York Comedy Festival? Would you like to see some highlights from the sets of Anthony Jeselnik, Max Silvestri, Reggie Watts, Sean Patton, Seth Herzog, The Hazzards and host/TONY Comedy …
The rumored demise of MADtv hit the fans on message boards two days ago, then Defamer and later FOX itself confirmed the news yesterday that the 14th season would be the last for MADtv, which never quite emerged out from the shadows of NBC's Saturday Night Live. MADtv's co-creator David …
Want to attend Judah Friedlander’s "Bad Art Auction" for New York Cares, catch a concert with Xiu Xiu and enjoy some free/cheap drinks next week? You can do all of this, thanks to New York magazine and The Comic’s Comic. I’ve got two pairs of tickets to the Nov. 19 …
The Comic’s Comic has learned that Lorne Michaels didn’t wait too long to figure out how to replace Amy Poehler’s presence in the cast of Saturday Night Live, hiring not one but two new female cast members: Abby Elliott and Michaela Watkins. They should make their debuts this Saturday night, …
I have to preface this review…with two thoughts: 1) Mike Birbiglia told me tonight at his opening-night party that I need to come back and see his show again because he made changes even in the past week. And 2) Sometimes in comedy you may see a performer so many …
It might be easy to forget that B.J. Novak is a stand-up comedian, because he’s still in his 20s and pretty much everyone knows him as the writer/producer/actor from NBC’s The Office. At Sunday night’s "B.J. Novak and friends" show at Town Hall to close out the 2008 New York …
Comedy Central announced that Reno 911! will return for a sixth season in March 2009 featuring two new cast members with old ties to the fake police force. Ian Roberts and Joe Lo Truglio both had roles in the Reno 911!: Miami movie. But they’ll join the squad in March …
George Carlin, who died in June, posthumously receives the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor tonight from the Kennedy Center, with Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Garry Shandling, Lily Tomlin, Denis Leary, Joan Rivers, Lewis Black, Richard Belzer, and Margaret Cho among those celebrating the late comedian in Washington, D.C. PBS …
Russell Brand is taping his first hour special for Comedy Central this weekend in New York City, but Live Nation has just added another date for Brand to get ready for that gig…late tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov. 11, at the Bleecker Street Theatre. Doors at 10 p.m., show at 10:30 p.m. …