Off-Broadway – The Comic's Comic

Colin Quinn Announces 2021 Off-Broadway Run, ‘The Last Best Hope’

by Sean L. McCarthyAugust 20, 2021August 20, 20211

Last summer, Colin Quinn got a few of his funny friends together to film a stand-up showcase outdoors for HBO Max. This fall, Quinn is …

Neal Brennan Announces New Off-Broadway Show, ‘Unacceptable’

by Sean L. McCarthyJuly 27, 2021July 27, 2021

Neal Brennan is following up his successful 2016 Off-Broadway run of 3 Mics, which begat a 2017 Netflix special, with a new one-man show. This …

Review: “Kevin McDonald ALIVE on 42nd Street” at Theatre Row

by Sean L. McCarthyAugust 29, 2019August 29, 2019

How poetically full circle must Kevin McDonald feel this week, performing a new solo show across the street from the Hell’s Kitchen venue where Kids …

Episode #271: Jacqueline Novak

by Sean L. McCarthyAugust 7, 2019August 7, 2019

After performing a half-hour stand-up special on Comedy Central and writing a book on depression (How to Weep in Public: Feeble Offerings on Depression from …

Jacqueline Novak, “Get On Your Knees,” at the Cherry Lane Theatre

by Sean L. McCarthyJuly 26, 2019July 29, 2019

“My only intent is to delight. I’m a nightclub act.” So says the stand-up comedian Jacqueline Novak, nearing the climax of her first off-Broadway show. …

Kevin McDonald set for limited Off-Broadway run, “ALIVE on 42nd Street”

by Sean L. McCarthyJuly 9, 2019July 9, 2019

Kevin McDonald from The Kids in the Hall will mount his first-ever one-man Off-Broadway show: Kevin McDonald ALIVE on 42nd Street. It’ll run for only …

Sarah Silverman’s “The Bedwetter” headed for Off-Broadway run in 2020

by Sean L. McCarthyJune 3, 2019June 3, 2019

A musical based on Sarah Silverman’s 2010 memoir, The Bedwetter, will debut next May off-Broadway. The Atlantic Theater Company will host. Here are the details! …