Ze Follies Dorée Will Present THE SHOW OF SHOW SHOWS: THE SHOW! in February
Ze Follies Dorée will present THE SHOW OF SHOW SHOWS: THE SHOW!
Experience 'French New York,' singing chickens, curious can-cans, dirty barbershop quartets, off-kilter advertisements, dazzling guest-star appearances, and endless encores every Friday night in February at the Brooklyn Comedy Collective.
Brooklyn Comedy Collective Will Make 2024 The Biggest Year Ever
The Brooklyn Comedy Collective is exploding. But in a good way. After the rousing success of the BCC's 2023 edition of the FUN AND DUMB IMPROV FESTIVAL – which included over 130 shows and 600+ improvisers as perhaps the LARGEST IMPROV FESTIVAL IN THE WORLD THAT YEAR – the BCC is preparing for its best year ever.
North Coast Comedy Fest Adds Will Hines, Connor Ratliff & More
A 5$ opening night show with North Coast themselves, Will Hines performing with Connor Ratliff, and the self-proclaimed 'gay church' that is Sparkle Hour with Philip Markle, are just a few of the newly announced acts poised to perform at this exciting, first-ever, North Coast Comedy Festival.
PlayMakers Laboratory Celebrates 20th Anniversary Of THAT'S WEIRD, GRANDMA
PlayMakers Laboratory will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its popular sketch comedy revue That's Weird, Grandma with a free digital special on Thursday, August 5 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm. PML will host an in-person viewing party at The Annoyance Theater, 851 W. Belmont Ave. (proof of vaccine required) in Chicago or guests may stream the show on Facebook Live.
Single Tickets for the 11th Annual Sarasota Improv Festival Now On Sale
Florida Studio Theatre (FST) announces the onsale of single tickets for its 11th Annual Sarasota Improv Festival. Over the course of two days (July 12 and 13), thousands of people will travel to this destination event to see some of the world's best improvisers from across the United States and as far as Canada and the United Kingdom. The premier Festival of its kind in the southeast United States, the 11th Annual Sarasota Improv Festival presents 27 performances by over 90 artists in just 48 hours. Single tickets for this year's Festival headliner, Quartet, are now on sale for $25 each. Single tickets to all other performances are just $8-10 each. All Festival tickets and passes are now on sale and may be purchased at 941-366-9000, or at floridastudiotheatre.org.
IT'S A WONDERFUL EVERYTHING Comes to Brooklyn Comedy Collective
Enjoy It's a Wonderful Everything! at Brooklyn Comedy Collective on Friday, August 10th at 11:00 pm. Comedy duo Kelly Cooper & Thomas Fricilone bring their characters Cooper & Fritz to the stage for a night of 1950's-style sketch comedy that will have you telling your friends, "My God, That was a scream! I'm screaming. Help me. There was a lot of screaming."
The Sparkle Zone Celebrates Pride And Raises Money For RAICES
Enter The Sparkle Zone, a joyous variety show hosted by Philip 'Sparkle' (Annoyance NY, Brooklyn Comedy Collective) that will delight audiences at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater this Pride. Leave the irony for Twitter and the sarcasm at the door as some of NYC's top comedians celebrate Pride with performances ranging from the sincere to the outrageous.
HAIL MARY: Our Queer Saints to Premiere at RUDE
HAIL MARY: Our Queer Saints will premiere as a part of RUDE at South 4th Bar, on April 17, 2018 at 8pm. Hosted by Tim Kov and Lily Fender, additional performers participating on the 17th include Philip Markle (Brooklyn Comedy Collective), Melissa Rocha (CBS Sunday Morning), Peter Valenti (Caroline's on Broadway, Open Flame), Anne Cunningham (UCB), Walter Kelly (Pose on FX) and more!
BCC Announces Extension & Partnership With Theater In Berlin
After a successful six-week trial run at The Brick Theater in Williamsburg, The Brooklyn Comedy Collective (BCC) is extending its residency at The Brick through the end of 2018. Shows will continue on Thursday through Saturday nights weekly and classes year-round, and the BCC will launch an international partnership with a theater in Berlin, Germany.
Former Annoyance Theater NY Team Announces New Brooklyn Comedy Collective
Artistic Director Philip Markle and Programming Director Annie Donley, who collaboratively helped launch and run the Annoyance Theater's Brooklyn branch, are announcing The Brooklyn Comedy Collective, a new comedy theater and school producing live shows, Thursday to Saturday nights, and six-week improv classes in residency at The Brick Theater in Williamsburg from March 8 - April 16, 2018 - with an option to extend past that date.
Baby Jessica and Baby Ian Return to NYC This September
Baby Ian Falls Down a Well, the hit comedic play written by and starring Ian Lockwood and Sophie Zucker, returns to New York City this fall following an extended run last year at Brooklyn's Annoyance Theatre NY. A biting, contemporary story with the occasional musical number, Baby Ian Falls Down a Well is about a grown-up Baby Jessica (known for following down a well in 1987), and an aspiring child star, Baby Ian, who is envious of the Jessica's early notoriety. Baby Ian Falls Down a Well will perform in Manhattan at The Peoples Improv Theater's Striker Stage on September 8th, 14th, and 15th.
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.
Baby Jessica and Baby Ian Return to NYC This September
???????Baby Ian Falls Down a Well, the hit comedic play written by and starring Ian Lockwood and Sophie Zucker, returns to New York City this fall following an extended run last year at Brooklyn's Annoyance Theatre NY. A biting, contemporary story with the occasional musical number, Baby Ian Falls Down a Well is about a grown-up Baby Jessica (known for following down a well in 1987), and an aspiring child star, Baby Ian, who is envious of the Jessica's early notoriety. Baby Ian Falls Down a Well will perform in Manhattan at The Peoples Improv Theater's Striker Stage on September 8th, 14th, and 15th.