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A favorite of New York City who previously packed the Beacon Theatre for multiple nights, Sebastian Maniscalco is now arena-bound, booking Madison Square Garden for his next tour stop through the Big Apple. He’ll play MSG on Saturday, January 19, 2019. “I told my Father that I was going to …
The stars of truTV’s Impractical Jokers keep shining brighter and brighter. After getting greenlit for a seventh season of pranking each other on cable television, The Tenderloins (Staten Island friends Sal Vulcano, Joe Gatto, James Murray and Brian Quinn) have not only announced the launch of a new weekly radio …
“This isn’t my dream come true. This is beyond anything I could have ever fucking imagined for myself.” That was Amy Schumer at the end of her stand-up performance Thursday night at Madison Square Garden, where she not only became the first female comedian to headline the arena — and …
You can look back on a calendar year from many different perspectives and points of entry. Your memories flash in front of you. And then a website comes and calculates how other people viewed your year for you. Or one slice of your view. Such is 2015bestnine.com, which takes an …
Amy Schumer closed her first of three opening sets with Madonna on Wednesday night by announcing that Schumer would headline her own comedy show at Madison Square Garden in June 2016. “Who better to open for Madonna than me? The answer: literally, any band,” Schumer joked Wednesday. She’ll also open for …
Bill Burr will hit the big-time of Madison Square Garden, while Kathy Griffin, Judd Apatow and friends will play Carnegie Hall this November as headliners for the 2015 New York Comedy Festival, announced late today. The festival site will relaunch on Tuesday with the updated slate for 2015, which will …
Everything’s coming up big and bigger for Amy Schumer in 2015, as today already has seen announcements for two major gigs for the comedian this summer — she’ll co-headline a Fourth of July celebration in New York City with Queen Latifah on the Intrepid; in September, she’ll open for Madonna’s …
And then there will be 11. Jim Gaffigan announced today that he’s added a date to the end of his 2015 tour schedule, and it’s a biggie — well, the biggest venue in size and prestige to stand-up comedians: New York City’s Madison Square Garden. Gaffigan will perform the MSG …
On Friday, Gabriel Iglesias became only the 10th stand-up comedian to ever play the full arena at New York City’s Madison Square Garden as a solo headliner. Iglesias put that feat into perspective in a brief note to fans. As comedians we have a list of goals in our career. -Make …
Reaching the rarefied air of performing stand-up comedy to arena audiences, and particularly New York City’s Midtown Manhattan palace — Madison Square Garden — lends itself to moments of celebration for the comedians who find themselves at that summit. Kevin Hart shot fiery flames in the air behind him. Dane …
