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Announcing the Brooklyn Comedy Collective, a new venue and improv school in Williamsburg
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Announcing the Brooklyn Comedy Collective, a new venue and improv school in Williamsburg

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 15, 2018February 16, 2018

Two comedians who helped launch and run the former Brooklyn branch of the Annoyance Theater have announced a new venture together: The Brooklyn Comedy Collective, a …

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Toward A More Perfect Comedian Union

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 17, 2017November 27, 2017

If you had told me 10 years ago, when I launched The Comic’s Comic from a hotel room in Las Vegas during the HBO Comedy …

Team Coco’s Comedy Club animates stand-up routines on Snapchat
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Team Coco’s Comedy Club animates stand-up routines on Snapchat

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 13, 2017

Matt Braunger’s routine about an elevator ride from hell has become the first animated Snapchat show for TBS and Conan’s new series, Team Coco’s Comedy Club. …

UCB Theatre moving from Chelsea to Hell’s Kitchen in December 2017
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UCB Theatre moving from Chelsea to Hell’s Kitchen in December 2017

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 16, 2017

The flagship theater for the Upright Citizens Brigade is moving on up out of the basement of Gristedes supermarket in Chelsea and into a 160-seat …

Comedy Central renews Kevin Hart’s “Hart of the City” for second season
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Comedy Central renews Kevin Hart’s “Hart of the City” for second season

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 18, 2016

Before the first season wraps up this Sunday night, Comedy Central has announced a second-season renewal for Kevin Hart’s stand-up showcase series, Hart of the …

HBO Comedy rebooting new editions of Tracey Ullman sketch, Def Comedy, plus stand-up hours from T.J. Miller, Pete Holmes and Jerrod Carmichael
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HBO Comedy rebooting new editions of Tracey Ullman sketch, Def Comedy, plus stand-up hours from T.J. Miller, Pete Holmes and Jerrod Carmichael

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 25, 2016August 26, 2016

HBO’s comedy brand is offering something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue for Fall 2016, announcing new editions of Tracey Ullman’s signature sketch …

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The definitive guide to comedy festivals for 2016

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 23, 2015May 17, 201815

PLEASE GO TO MY NEWLY CREATED COMEDY FESTIVALS FOR A MORE TIMELESS LISTING OF ALL OF THE CURRENT FESTS Almost nine years ago now, the …

Comedian To Do List: Men vs. Women, by Sara Schaefer
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Comedian To Do List: Men vs. Women, by Sara Schaefer

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 17, 2015December 17, 2015

The only thing more striking about Sara Schaefer’s recent Twitter photo of the differences between men and women in stand-up comedy today (circa 2015)? Reading …

Anthony Jeselnik: “Thoughts and Prayers” (Netflix)
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Anthony Jeselnik: “Thoughts and Prayers” (Netflix)

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 16, 2015October 16, 2015

Anthony Jeselnik’s Comedy Central series only lasted six months, but he remains unapologetic as his means (and his sometimes mean-spirited jokes) always justify the end …

Open call auditions for 2015 New York’s Funniest Stand-Up competition
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Open call auditions for 2015 New York’s Funniest Stand-Up competition

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 18, 2015September 18, 2015

Last year’s winner of New York’s Funniest Stand-Up, Ricky Velez, was hired this year as a correspondent for Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show with Larry …

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