Tribeca to Feature 'DeNiro Con' With Guests Martin Scorsese, Whoopi Goldberg, & More
De Niro Con, a celebration of 80 years of Robert De Niro, has unveiled its programming lineup. Coinciding with the 2024 Tribeca Festival, this three-day tribute takes place at Spring Studios in New York City from June 14-16. De Niro Con is powered by Webex Events, allowing fans to download an exclusive app to make the most of their Con experience. See the full lineup here!
Comedy Central Announces Annual UP NEXT Showcase at Clusterfest
Comedy Central, the #1 brand in comedy, Superfly, the founders of Bonnaroo, and Outside Lands co-producer Another Planet Entertainment, today announced the annual Up Next showcase at Comedy Central Presents Clusterfest. The weekend will highlight 18 comedians with two separate and distinct stand-up showcases taking place on Friday, June 21 and 22 and a variety showcase on Saturday, June 22. All shows will be held at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
in the Larkin room.
WATERWORKS: A Comedy Show About Crying Comes to Brooklyn Art Library
Waterworks is hosted by Nathan Galovan and directed/produced by D. Arthur. Waterworks is a show for funny people to share moments in their lives when tears were involved. The sharing can be by any means of their choice- storytelling/stand-up, sketch, song, powerpoint presentation, interactive experience, interpretive dance, anything they like. This big-hearted show promises lots of laughs, and maybe, just maybe, a few tears.
THE MESSY SHOW Returns to Brooklyn This Month
Sketch group SOAP hosts another backyard 'Messy Show' on July 15th in Greenpoint, Brooklyn featuring a slew of great acts from the stand up and improv scene including Tim Platt, Steven Markow, Catherine Cohen, James Dwyer, Thomas Fricilone, Fly Gurlz and more, all with credits ranging from UCB house teams to the New Yorker, McSweeney's, Ground Floor Comedy, Huffington Post, and the New York Comedy Festival.
RUDE at South 4th Bar Announces June Line-Up
RUDE, the weekly night of comedy held every Tuesday at Williamsburg's South 4th Bar, has announced their line-up of shows and performances for June 2017, kicking off on June 6th. The June roster includes Rude's new monthly queer showcase, a comedy showcase hosted by Crissy Milazzo and Brandon Wardell, and a 'video party' by comedy collective Ground Floor Comedy.
Ground Floor Comedy presents GROUND FLOOR LIVE
The ever-stranger comedy channel Ground Floor Comedy is presenting a free night of sketch, stand-up, and improv from their favorite cast members on Wednesday, June 7th from 9:00 to 10:00 pm at Brooklyn Bazaar, aptly named GROUND FLOOR LIVE.
JACK Presents Brooklyn Gypsies ONE CATCHES LIGHT FESTIVAL
Brooklyn Gypsies presents the second-annual One Catches Light Festival, celebrating new solo work of five writers associated with the company, with stand-up comic Olander 'Big O' Wilson presiding over the evenings. Icarus in the L.E.S. is a kaleidoscopic performance-poem by Nic Adams, with the wax-winged hero chasing his destiny and scouting out the divide between artistic achievement and personal happiness. I Have No Room for the Broken, written by Angela Abreu, is a play about a cascade towards romantic ruin.
Michael Zegen and Louisa Krause Tapped for BRO LYFE
The Misfits (Raphael Picciarelli, Producing Artistic Director; Molly Alexa Horan, Executive Director; and Rebecca Crigler, Producer) are proud to announce the cast of Justin Kuritzkes' (THE SENSUALITY PARTY) sexy, provocative, and all-too-timely satire, BRO LYFE. Knud Adams (EVERY ANGEL IS BEAUTIFUL) will helm the reading.