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Lily Tomlin, Amy Schumer, and SNL’s original cast/writers to headline 2018 Lucille Ball Comedy Fest and the opening of the National Comedy Center
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Lily Tomlin, Amy Schumer, and SNL’s original cast/writers to headline 2018 Lucille Ball Comedy Fest and the opening of the National Comedy Center

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 11, 2018

Years in the making, the National Comedy Center will celebrate its grand opening this August in Jamestown, New York — just time for the annual …

2017 Lucille Ball Comedy Festival includes all-star shows, preview of National Comedy Center’s George Carlin Archives
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2017 Lucille Ball Comedy Festival includes all-star shows, preview of National Comedy Center’s George Carlin Archives

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 26, 2017June 26, 2017

This year’s edition of the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, traditionally held the week following Montreal’s Just For Laughs in upstate New York, will feature a …

Review: “The Last Laugh” documentary explores humor, the Holocaust and taboos
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Review: “The Last Laugh” documentary explores humor, the Holocaust and taboos

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 17, 2017March 17, 2017

The Last Laugh opens with a quote onscreen from the noted non-comedian, German novelist Heinrich Mann, who wrote: “Whoever has cried enough, laughs.” Mann fled Nazi …

Your guide to the 2016 New York Comedy Festival
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Your guide to the 2016 New York Comedy Festival

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 28, 2016

Everybody loves a comedy festival. And in this year of 2016, it doesn’t just feel as though every city has its own comedy festival, because …

Conan O’Brien, other comedians and colleagues remember Garry Shandling
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Conan O’Brien, other comedians and colleagues remember Garry Shandling

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 25, 2016March 25, 2016

The shocking sudden death of Garry Shandling shook up the comedy community, with many comedians owing more than debts of gratitude to the 66-year-old. Conan …

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Alan Zweibel in conversation with Martin Short at the 92Y

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 9, 2015

In case you missed it, Alan Zweibel sat down with Martin Short for the better part of an hour last month at the 92Y in …

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The Friars Club celebrated in PBS “Treasures of New York”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 21, 2015May 21, 2015

Enjoy this Throwback Thursday with a look back across a century of laughs and comedian-on-comedian ribbing as PBS premieres a new half-hour documentary on The …

HBO to air Billy Crystal’s “700 Sundays” in 2014
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HBO to air Billy Crystal’s “700 Sundays” in 2014

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 5, 2013

If you feel like you’ve missed out already on Billy Crystal’s revival of his one-man show on Broadway, 700 Sundays, then don’t worry so long …

What’s in a name? Remembering the Gilda in Gilda’s Club
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What’s in a name? Remembering the Gilda in Gilda’s Club

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 23, 2013January 25, 20132

Gilda Radner fans, comedy fans and Gilda’s Club fans can breathe easier this week. The Madison chapter of Gilda’s Club in Wisconsin has reconsidered its …

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92Y’s Fall 2008 comedy programming

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 7, 2008

The 92nd Street Y once again brings comedy to the Upper East Side as only the 92Y does it, announcing a slate of upcoming programming …

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