Boston’s Improv Asylum has opened up in the former UCB Theater home in NYC
A year after the Upright Citizens Brigade left Chelsea to move their NYC theater up 16 blocks to...
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The Stand comedy club moving this summer from Gramercy to Union Square
Comedy clubs may come and go in New York City, usually arriving with fanfare and disappearing...
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Jerry Seinfeld extends Beacon Theatre “Homestand” through 2017
Not that this is a bad thing. But you couldn’t have been surprised, when Billy Joel sells...
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Doug Smith’s “Secret Weapon” takes on slashers and more in self-defense webseries
Two months into 2016, New York City seems even safer than ever — and yet, there’s a...
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NYC mails letter to comedy clubs to crack down on fraudulent Times Square ticket barkers
Times Square has attracted hustlers of all stripes for more than a century, each attempting to...
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Open call auditions for 2015 New York’s Funniest Stand-Up competition
Last year’s winner of New York’s Funniest Stand-Up, Ricky Velez, was hired this year...
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Aaron Berg, Jessica Delfino set out to break Steve Byrne’s record for stand-up comedy sets in one night
Aaron Berg is known for his muscles and muscling his way through any crowd work that comes his...
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Weird But True: NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers dramatic reading of The Onion’s article about his blizzard declaration
On Monday, The Onion posted a satirical piece about New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s...
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Comedy and the New York City subway
The MTA runs New York City’s subway system, for what that’s worth. The funny things...
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All-star comedy and music benefit for Doctors Without Borders relief in West Africa
The Ebola epidemic may have only begun to hit New York City and America, but NYC is fighting back...
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Mark Your Calendars: “George Carlin Way” street sign unveiling, party set for Oct. 22, 2014
The city of New York recently approved renaming the Morningside Heights street where George Carlin...
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NYC block of West 121st Street officially renamed George Carlin Way
New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio signed a bill late Wednesday to place street signs naming the...
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