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last show of the season
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 A New York City native who's entertained around the world, Leighann Lord has performed for audiences in North America, Europe, the Caribbean and for U.S. troops stationed in the Middle East.
Leighann and has appeared on numerous stand-up comedy shows including Girls Night Out (Lifetime), The Original Def Comedy All Star Jam (HBO), The View (ABC), Premium Blend (Comedy Central), The World Stands Up (Comedy Central) and Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen. Improper Magazine named Leighann Lord one of New York's 10 Hottest Comics. Smart, sexy, savvy, and funny, Leighann has crafted her own unique brand of Thinking Cap Comedy and has received the NYC Black Comedy Award for "The Most Thought Provoking Black Female Comic." Leighann is a regular on the Fox News online show, The Strategy Room, where she gives her informed and funny take on politics, world news and current events. Her popular weekly humor column, Leighann Lord's Comic Perspective is featured on StageTimeMagazine. She is also a frequent contributor to FoxNew.com's Team Washington Blog and The Huffington Post and can be heard often on XM Sirius Satellite Radio. This show is produced in cooperation with the NY Underground Comedy Festival (Aug. 16 - 22).
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GINA BRILLON - Comedy Central's "New Faces of Comedy," and "Live at Gotham." The NYC Underground Comedy Festival. She was also one of five women profiled in the Daily News article, "New York's Next Funny Women."
SELENA COPPOCK - Boston Comedy Festival, New York Comedy Competition, Ladies are Funny Festival, Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, CollegeHumor.com, featured in the Boston Globe.
NORE DAVIS - MTV's "Yo Momma," Nick Cannon's "Hatin' on '09," MTV's "Kiss and Tell: The Dos and Don'ts of Dating."
CORY FERNANDEZ - Debuted as a finalist on BET's "Coming to the Stage," first Puerto Rican on "Russell Simmon's Def Comedy Jam" on HBO. Opened for "Teens of Comedy" tour, "Jamie Foxx Presents Laffapalooza" on Comedy Central, finalist for NBC's "Stand Up for Diversity." Motion picture debut with Kevin Smith's "Cop Out" (2010) starring Bruce Willis and Tracey Morgan.
LORI SOMMER - A regularly scheduled favorite of Gotham Comedy Club. Co-founder of the improv troupe, Red Tie Mafia.
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 Vanessa is a perennial Laughter in the Park fan favorite. She recently appeared on VH1's Lords of the Revolution. She has had her own "Comedy Central Presents" special, taped her second DVD at Gotham Comedy Club, "American Anglomaniac," and recently taped her third DVD, "Drunk" at Stand Up New York. Last summer she appeared in movie theatres everywhere in STAND-UP 360™, a series of stand-up comedy features starring the best comedians on the New York comedy scene. She has been invited to perform at The Montreal Comedy Festival five times and was featured on "50 Funniest Women Alive" for Oxygen! She is a favorite of Comedy Central and has performed worldwide for Comedy Central in Australia. Vanessa is a national headliner who can be seen all over the United States, as well as, Europe. At home, she can be caught locally at the Comic Strip, Stand Up New York, Caroline's, The Boston Comedy Club, Gotham Comedy Club, Comix. The Improv, The Laugh Factory and the Comedy Cellar in New York City.
She is also a philanthropist and gives her free time assisting the Scleroderma Foundation and mentoring aspiring comics.
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JOE DEVITO - Featured on Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham". Has appeared at the Montreal "Just for Laughs" Comedy Festival in the New Faces program. In 2007, he was a semifinalist on NBC's Last Comic Standing Season 5. He has also appeared on "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" on CBS, Animal Planet and CNN, and he is a regular on FOX News Channel's "Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld."
HARRISON GREENBAUM - Co-host of the Times Square New Years' Eve World Wide Webcast (seen live by the more than one million people in Times Square and 250 million viewers worldwide) and a writer for MAD Magazine, Finalist for the Andy Kaufman Award (2009); a semi-finalist in the Boston Comedy Festival (2009) and New York Comedy Contest (2009); and a regional semi-finalist in RooftopComedy.com's National College Comedy Competition (2008). Co-founder of Harvard's Stand-Up Comic Society.
LORI SOMMER - A regularly scheduled favorite of Gotham Comedy Club. Co-founder of the improv troupe, Red Tie Mafia.
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Former Saturday Night Live writer and comedian, Leo Allen, hits Union Square's grassy North Lawn on Sunday, June 13 @ 2p. For three seasons, he wrote for SNL and contributed to the 2nd season of "Human Giant" on MTV. He's had his on "Comedy Central Presents" special. Leo has appeared on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," "Last Call with Carson Daly" and many others. In 2007 he co-created, co-wrote, "Important Things with Demetri Martin" and co-executive produced the TV show on Comedy Central. He currently hosts "Whiplash" at Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre in NYC for which he won a 2009 ECNY (Emerging Comics of NY) award for Best Host.
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DEL - One of the Best of New Faces - Jamie Foxx's Laffapalooza, 2005, Robert Townsend's Partners In Crime: The Next Generation Standup Comedy TV Show, BETJ's My Two Cents, ComedyCentral.com's Open Mic Fight Teaser, XM Radio's Spitkicker Radio with Courtney Brown, 98.7 Kiss FM's Crank Squad with Jeff Foxx and The Wake-up Club, The Mike and Juliet Show on Fox 5 Television.
HELEN HONG - Former TV director/producer. Featured on E! Entertainment, TLC, ImaginAsian TV and a profile in The NY Times. Semi-finalist - 2008 & 2007 NY's Funniest Stand-Up Competition and 2006 California's Funniest Female Contest. NYC Underground Comedy Festival. Performs regularly at Caroline's and Comix.
BRIAN JIAN - Coproducer "Combin-Asian Comedy" at the Laugh Lounge.
JOHN F. O'DONNELL - Comedy Central's "Fresh Faces of Comedy," 2007 ECNY nomination for Best Emerging NYC Comic, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival. John currently produces a live ongoing comedy event called "Into the Wild: A Comedy Mind Bend" at The Studio at Webster Hall through Atlantic Pictures.
ROB O'REILLY - Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, NBC's America's Got Talent, Tonight Show as Jay Leno's correspondent, finalist in the 2005 Boston Comedy Festival. A favorite at three NACA conferences, Rob now headlines colleges across the country.
HILARY SCHWARTZ - Finalist in DC Improv's comedy contest, featured in Time Out NY and the Washington Post. A regular at Carolines, Stand-Up NY, and Comix, and tours with her critically acclaimed variety show, "Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad."
BROOKE VAN POPPELEN - Nominated for the 2009 ECNY award for "Best Female Stand-up" and in 2008 for best "Emerging Comic." Featured on "American Chopper," "Emeril Live" and contributed to radio shows on Sirius and Chicago Public Radio. Featured in and / or written for The Wall Street Journal, Time Out NY, and The Comic's Comic. Currently writing and making short videos for AOL's Lemondrop.com.
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KYLE GROOMS & JOE MATARESE |
JOE MATARESE |
KYLE GROOMS |
On June 20, New Yorkers get a double dose of great comedy as both Kyle Grooms and Joe Matarese headline in Central Park.
Kyle Grooms is a headlining comedian with numerous television shows to his credit. He was a featured performer on "Chappelle's Show" and his TV and Radio credits include "Def Comedy Jam," "Comic View," "Que Locos," "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn" and as "Information Guy" on Comedy Central's "Straight Plan for the Gay Man." Kyle delivers an honest and intelligent approach towards comedy and gives an intimate look into his life experiences growing up in the American Melting Pot. His exploration of the human experience crosses many ethnic and social boundaries.
Joe Matarese's talent for turning real life struggles into comedic gems quickly landed him appearances on the most sought after TV and radio shows including "The Late Show with David Letterman," "Comedy Central Presents" (his very own 1/2 hour special), "The Howard Stern Show" and "Breuer Unleashed" on Sirius Satellite Radio, "Howard On Demand", "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn," Comedy Central's "Premium Blend," and NBC's "Last Comic Standing." Joe has also hit the stage four times at the prestigious Montreal Comedy Festival. Joe now tours regularly with Artie Lange from the "Howard Stern Show" at world famous venues such as Carnegie Hall.
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SUSAN ALEXANDER - Stand-up comedian and host who performs all across the United States with her '5 Funny Females' national touring stand-up comedy show with a line-up of the most talented up and coming female comedians to sold-out audiences and featured on RooftopComedy and recently filmed '5 Funny Females Live at The Purple Onion.' Susan was a semi-finalist in the ' Friars Club: So You Think You Can Roast?' contest , where she roasted George Takei. She has been featured on the Comedy Time Network and is the co-host/creator of 'The Denial Show' which launched April 2010 in New York City.
MIGUEL DALMAU - Joe Franklin's Comedy Club
RYAN HAMILTON - Rolling Stone magazine's "Five Comics to Watch," Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham," "Last Comic Standing" semifinalist. Won Sierra Mist's "America's Next Great Comic" search, finalist at the Boston Comedy Festival competition. Just for Laughs festival. HBO's Las Vegas Comedy Festival as an up-and-coming talent. Regular guest on the nationally syndicated Bob and Tom radio show.
ANDY HAYNES - Semifinalist in the 2008 Seattle International Comedy Competition |
A rising star in the NYC comedy scene, Julian McCullough is finally getting the attention he deserves. He's opened for greats like Colin Quinn, Dave Chappelle and Richard Lewis. Julian likes to joke about his struggling career, but he's recently taped a hilarious "Comedy Central Presents: Julian McCullough." In addition, he hosts Comedy Central's latest game show "Shut Up and Deal."
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CAROLYN CASTIGLIA - A stand-up comedian and freestyle rap star, Carolyn has appeared on "Last Comic Standing," Nick-at-Nite's "Funniest Mom in America," ABC World News with Charles Gibson and heard her on Sirius/XM Radio and VH1's "The White Rapper Show" and "Miss Rap Supreme." Her freestyle has won championships at "The BEATdown" at the UCB Theatre, her solo show "Brown Ambition" ran Off-Broadway and at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and she contributes to The Huffington Post, The Apiary and Life & Style Magazine.
RODNEY LANEY - P. Diddy's "Bad Boys of Comedy" on HBO, Comedy Central's "Premium Blend," "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson." Featured at "Chris Tucker's Comedy Club" in Atlanta, comedy festivals "Laffapalooza" and "Just for Laughs" in Montreal, and NYC clubs Comix, Carolines, Gotham Comedy Club, and Dangerfield's. Most recently, Rodney has completed pilots for Comedy Central, MTV and A&E.
LIZ MIELE - Liz made her debut in the New York comedy scene at 16 year old. By 18 she was profiled in the humor issue of The New Yorker Magazine. Now 24, Liz is a regular at the best clubs in the city including Carolines, Gotham and Comic Strip Live. She's appeared on Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, The Late Show, The Daily Show and The WE Network. Liz was a finalist in the 2004 Ladies of Laughter and 2008 March Comedy Madness at Carolines contests, and was the winner of the 2008 Gilda's Club contest.
SHENG WANG - Taiwan born, Houston raised Sheng has toured with the "Comedians of Comedy" and American Eagle's "Campus Comedy Challenge" and appeared on Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham," the AZN Network, and the "Just for Laughs" comedy festival in Montreal.
All appear along with RED TIE MAFIA a short form improv comedy group that performs regularly at The Gotham Comedy Club's Vintage Lounge in New York City and The Living Theater on the Lower East Side. Their captain for this performance is Lori Sommer. |
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 A MAC (Manhattan Association of Clubs and Cabarets) Award Finalist for Best Female Comic, Canadian comedian Ophira Eisenberg has appeared on Comedy Central's "Premium Blend" and "Fresh Faces of Comedy;" VH-1's "Best Week Ever" and "All Access"; in addition to E! and the Discovery Channel. She was featured in New York Magazine's "Ten New Comedians Funny People Find Funny" and has had her own 1/2 hour special on CTV's "Comedy Now!" Ophira headlines regularly at colleges and renowned comedy clubs across the country. She also tours with The Moth, a NYC storytelling phenomenon. One of her stories is featured the Moth's "2006 Audience Favorites" CD. Ophira was selected by BackStage as one of "10 Standout Stand Ups Worth Watching" in their Spotlight on Comedy Issue and has also been hailed as a "Highly Recommended Favorite" by TimeOut NY. She's been featured in the New York Post's "The 50 Best Bits that Crack Up Pro Comics." Ophira writes for US Weekly's Fashion Police and performs in the hit shows "Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad" and "The Liar Show." Her writing is featured alongside that of Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock and Joan Rivers in the new Crown/Random House anthology "I Killed: True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comics."
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CRAIG BALDO - New York Magazine's "Ten People that Funny People Find Funny," 1st Runner up for Best Male Comic at "Emerging Comics of NY 2003," Comedy Central's "Premium Blend," "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," audience warm-up for "The Daily Show," "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon." Writes for The Onion, Time Out New York, CollegeHumor.com. Also an accomplished advertising writer for Wendy's, and is currently writing/producing a Ford Motor sponsored comedy project.
CAROLYN CASTIGLIA - A stand-up comedian and freestyle rap star, Carolyn has appeared on "Last Comic Standing," Nick-at-Nite's "Funniest Mom in America," ABC World News with Charles Gibson and heard her on Sirius/XM Radio and VH1's "The White Rapper Show" and "Miss Rap Supreme." Her freestyle has won championships at "The BEATdown" at the UCB Theatre, her solo show "Brown Ambition" ran Off-Broadway and at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and she contributes to The Huffington Post, The Apiary and Life & Style Magazine.
ESTHER KU - Called the "Asian Sarah Silverman," Esther was a "Last Comic Standing" Season 6 finalist and selected by Howard Stern as a finalist in the "Hottest Funniest Chick Contest" on Sirius Satellite Radio. Chosen as one of the ten best comedians for the 2006 NBC Stand-up for Diversity Showcase. Regular in the Boston International Comedy Festival and the New York Underground Festival.
ROB O'REILLY - Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, NBC's America's Got Talent, Tonight Show as Jay Leno's correspondent, finalist in the 2005 Boston Comedy Festival. A favorite at three NACA conferences, Rob now headlines colleges across the country.
MARIANNE SCHABERG - Named "New York's Funniest Reporter" in the 2009 New York Underground Comedy Festival. A TV producer and writer, Marianne's first book, an adaptation of a Jonas brother's TV show, was published in December.
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 Known for being outspoken and astute, comedian Lee Camp was honored as one of the Best New Faces at the Montreal Comedy Festival. He ran for president on Comedy Central's "Fresh Debate '08," appeared on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," "Good Morning America," "Law and Order: SVU," and provided comedic commentary for E!, Fox News, MTV, and Animal Planet. Lee contributes to "The Onion," "The Huffington Post," and "The Guardian," and was hailed one of "Three Comedians to Watch" in TimeOut NY. He performed at the 2008 Democratic Convention and is now one of select few featured in the recently released best selling book "Sataristas!" containing interviews with renowned comics George Carlin, Stephen Colbert, and Conan O'Brien.
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SARA SCHAEFER - currently the Head Blogger for "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," for which she won an Emmy Award for Creative Achievement in Interactive Media (Non-fiction) in 2009. NY Magazine's "10 Comics to Watch," HBO Comedy Arts Festival, E!'s "Best Week Ever." Featured in The Gothamist for her late-night talk show "Sara Schaefer is Obsessed With You" at the Juvie Hall Sketch Comedy Theatre, in which she has interviewed Daily Show correspondent Samantha Bee and comedian Judah Friedlander.
MORGAN VENTICINQUE - featured on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" and MTV. Runner-up in the 2008 Rooftopcomedy.com National Comedy Competition New York bracket. Also featured at the L.A. Comedy Festival, 2009 Palm Springs Film Festival, Comix, The Knitting Factory.
with EVON CAMPBELL, ESTHER PARDO and LUKE YOUNGER
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 Jesse Joyce was recently seen on NBC's "Last Comic Standing." He has appeared on Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham" and the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno." He's been profiled on "Entertainment Tonight," has hosted AMC's "Date Night" and is a regular on RedEye with Greg Gutfield on the Fox News Network where he brings his acerbic wit to bear on the events of the day.
He was a contributing writer for numerous Comedy Central "Roasts" which include Bob Saget, Larry the Cable Guy, Joan Rivers, and Flava Flav and has toured America with the "Comedy Central on Campus" college tour. Jesse has performed at the Great American Comedy Festival 2008, the TBS Comedy Festival in Las Vegas, and in 13 countries from Malaysia to Switzerland. He also performed on "Stand-Up 360" with Caroline Rhea.
His debut CD "Joyce to the World" is played regularly on XM and Sirius Satellite radio and his writing can be found in print as part of Penguin Books, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Jokes."
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HARI KONDABOLU - John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show on Comedy Central, "Jimmy Kimmel Live," Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham," 2007 HBO Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, the major motion picture "All About Steve." Hari's short film "Manoj," which he wrote, starred in, and co-produced, was selected to play at the 2009 Just for Laughs Festival in Chicago, 2008 Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, and was a finalist in the 2007-2008 Boston Motion Picture Awards.
CARMEN LYNCH - Semi-finalist on "Last Comic Standing," Comedy Central's "Premium Blend," HBO's Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, SiTV's "Latino Laugh Festival," freelances with MAD Magazine.
TOM MCCAFREY - Finalist in Comedy Central's "Laugh Riots" competition, Comedy Central's "Premium Blend," "Shorties Watching Shorties," "Fresh Faces of Comedy," VH1's "All Access," Animal Planet's "The A List." Tom writes for "The Onion" and a monthly humor column for the magazine "The Comedians," a publication which focuses on the NY alternative comedy scene.
JOHN F. O'DONNELL - Comedy Central's "Fresh Faces of Comedy," 2007 ECNY nomination for Best Emerging NYC Comic, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival. John currently produces a live ongoing comedy event called "Into the Wild: A Comedy Mind Bend" at The Studio at Webster Hall through Atlantic Pictures.
PHOEBE ROBINSON - New York Underground Comedy Festival
SHARON SIMON - SIRIUS Radio
with host, STEVE ROSSO.
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Christian Finnegan is a fixture (some might say 'barnacle') on Comedy Central, having starred in countless network interstitials, the shows "Premium Blend" and "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn" and in his own special, "Comedy Central Presents: Christian Finnegan". Christian was also the host of TV Land's "Game Time" and has appeared on "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson". He is a frequent contributor to "The Today Show," providing humorous commentary on the male perspective in relationships. He can be seen regularly on MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" and was an original cast member on VH1's "Best Week Ever," He was also a regular on the "Chappelle Show" playing Chad, the only white roommate in the infamous "Mad Real World" sketch
His hour-long Comedy Central special "Au Contraire" has recently been released on DVD and CD by Warner Bros. Records. The NY native is currently playing a supporting role on the new TBS series "Are We There Yet?"
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CLAUDIA COGAN - Semifinalist in "Last Comic Standing," NY Magazine's "10 Comics Funny People Find Funny". Called "refreshingly hilarious" by Time Out New York and an "acerbic wit" by The New York Post. Nominated Best Female Stand Up at the ECNY Awards three years in a row. Winner - the first ever Time Out New York "Joke of the Year." She spent October in swing states as part of The Obama Girls of Comedy Tour. She is a co-producer of the New York comedy blow-out Fifty First Jokes. Look for her on here! tv's Hot Gay Comics.
MICHELLE COLLINS - The Managing Editor of VH1's Bestweekever.tv, the go-to website for all things pop culture related. As a comedian, Michelle makes regular appearances as a panelist on Chelsea Lately (E!), The Joy Behar Show (HLN), The Tyra Banks Show , The Alexa Chung Show (MTV), and various VH1 productions. She can also be seen interviewing celebrities in her very own web talk show "Martini Minute.". This year Michelle won LOGO's NewNowNext Award for "Breakout Comic." In 2009, Michelle was crowned ECNY's Best Female Comedian in New York and was featured as a "Comedian to Watch" in YRB Magazine. The website has earned her two Webby Awards (the poor man's internet Oscar) for Best Celebrity Fan Blog.
HARRISON GREENBAUM - Co-host of the Times Square New Years' Eve World Wide Webcast (seen live by the more than one million people in Times Square and 250 million viewers worldwide) and a writer for MAD Magazine, Finalist for the Andy Kaufman Award (2009); a semi-finalist in the Boston Comedy Festival (2009) and New York Comedy Contest (2009); and a regional semi-finalist in RooftopComedy.com's National College Comedy Competition (2008). Co-founder of Harvard's Stand-Up Comic Society.
ADAM LOWITT - Emmy Award-winning supervising producer of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and a contributing writer for Weekend Update on "Saturday Night Live." Regularly opens for comics such as Demetri Martin, Wyatt Cenac, Larry Wilmore and Rob Riggle. Produced the 2008 Academy Awards and recently performed in Central Park in "The Daily Show & Friends."
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 Pat Dixon has made numerous television appearances which include his own half hour special, Comedy Central Presents: Pat Dixon. The New York based comedian has been featured on television shows ranging from Comedy Central's "Premium Blend" and "Very Funny Live!" to "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson." He reached a new audience on CMT as host of their "Summer Games." He has appeared as a correspondent on E!, VH1 and the Fox News Program "Red Eye." Pat went international with two appearances on "The World Stands Up" airing on BBC America.
In 2008, Pat made his debut performance at the "Just For Laughs Comedy Festival" in Montreal appearing in "Best of the Fest." Pat has participated in the "HBO Aspen Comedy Festival" and won Comedy Central's "Laugh Riot Stand-Up Competition." He was officially selected as one of the New Faces of the "Laffapalooza International Comedy Festival."
Pat is heard regularly on the nationally syndicated "Bob and Tom's Radio Show" as "the Nation's Only Unbiased Movie Critic," in which he reviews movies he hasn't seen. His new CD "Goodbye Forever Fatty" is now available on iTunes. This show is brought to you by the in-kind sponsorship provided by Edison ParkFast and Manhattan Mini-Storage.
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VLADAMIR CAAMANO - Hostts "Comedy on the Hump" weekly at the Laugh Lounge and nominated for top emerging comic at the New York Underground Comedy Festival.
TED GREENBERG - Ted is the Emmy Award-winning comedy writer who came up with some of David Letterman's most stunningly mindless stunts, New York International Fringe Festival. Performance was picked for the Fringe Encore Series and won the 2008 Producers Award. Now appears in "The Complete Performer" for a limited Off-Broadway run. Ted Greenberg graduated from Harvard, wrote for David Letterman, won an Emmy, drove a cab, traded stocks on Wall Street, received a Masters in Public Health and researched suicide prevention. The "Complete Performer" is his only logical next step.
ADRIENNE IALAPUCCI - Winner of the first-ever "People's Choice Opening Act Competition" to open for a headliner at the New York Comedy Festival. Semifinalist in "New York's Funniest Stand-Up Contest," runner-up in the 2009 New York Underground Comedy Festival's "Best of Boroughs" contest. Featured in "The New York Times," "The Daily News," and as one of the "New Faces" at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal. Recently seen in "Last Comic Standing."
GIULIA ROZZI - Boston Comedy Festival finalist, two ECNY Best Female Stand Up nominations. Co-hosts the popular sex-themed storytelling show "Stripped Stories" at the UCB Theatre in NYC. Writes for Playgirl, Glamour, and The Huffington Post. Appeared in sketches on Jimmy Kimmel, ads for Windex and NBC. Her first comedy album "A Very Petty Name" (Live at Comix) debuted August 3, 2010 and is available on iTunes.
STUCKEY AND MURRAY - Andy Stuckey and Jon Murray's comedy music duo was featured on NBC's "Last Comic Standing," E!'s "Pre-Oscar Show," and "The Chelsea Handler Show." Their sketches have gathered over 20 million web hits, and their two studio albums ("Destination: Rock Bottom" and "Mythical Fornication") are frequently played on Sirius Radio. Stuckey and Murray have written and directed for "Wife Swap" and MTV's "Boiling Points," and VH1's "Best Week Ever" and composed music for MTV, NBC and even Billy Ray Cyrus.
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 Comedian Bernadette Pauley has a significant array of TV credits and appearances from Comedy Central to Animal Planet under her belt. She's been a repeat guest on "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn" and FOX's RedEye w/Greg Gutfeld. She's appeared on TLC's "Trading Spaces" and has hosted SNL's Lorne Michael's "Burly TV" on TBS and Bravo's "War of the Wives." When she's not touring the top clubs and colleges around the nation, she often performs with the critically acclaimed show "5 Funny Females," a variety show of the most talented up and coming female stand-ups who tour the country. She can be seen on "Comics Unleashed," MTV, VH1 and heard on Sirius Radio's "Raw Dog" channel. Bernadette's clever comments can be read in Life and Style Magazine's "Style Slipups" every week. This show is sponsored in part via a grant awarded to NYLaughs from Partnerships for Parks.
PAT GALANTE - The New York Underground Comedy Festival, HA! Comedy Fest
PHOEBE ROBINSON - New York Underground Comedy Festival
LORI SOMMER - A regularly scheduled favorite at Gotham Comedy Club. Founder of the improv troupe "Red Tie Mafia."
and ESTHER PARDO and JAY WELCH.
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 Al Jackson first hit national TV screens as a contestant on NBC's "Last Comic Standing". Later that year he became a finalist in NBC's "Stand up for Diversity" competition. He's appeared on Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham" and Comedy Central's "Friday Night Stand-up". He was named national spokesman for Comedy Central's "Address The Mess Campaign" to advance awareness of social issues. Additional appearances were on "MTV's MVP's," a recurring role on "F'N MTV"for the MTV Network as well as a return to NBC on "Last Comic Standing."
Online, Jackson can be found reviewing films for Current TV and the Webby nominated web program, "The Weekly Evil" for Comedy Central. Al Jackson has been heavily featured on XM Radio Comedy Channel 150, is a regular guest on the syndicated "Cooper Lawrence Show" and in the spring of 2009 made his debut on the "Opie and Anthony Show" on XM Radio making him part of an elite group of comics invited to sit on the live syndicated program. Jackson has appeared in numerous competitions and festivals, having won The Maxim Magazine "Real Men of Comedy" contest. He went on to receive rave reviews for his performance at the "HBO Las Vegas Comedy Festival," appeared at the prestigious "Just For Laughs"Festival and was recognized for his performance in The Hollywood Reporter. |
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LORI SOMMER - A regularly scheduled favorite of Gotham Comedy Club. Co-founder of the improv troupe, Red Tie Mafia.
NICK VATTEROTT - This 29-year-old's fearless inclination to be "confidently abstract," has made him a favorite among peers. Chicago Magazine's "Funniest Man in Chicago." Writer for MTV's "What Was I Thinking?" and Just for Laughs: New Faces 2010.
MIKE VECCHIONE - Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham," "Russell Simmons Presents Stand-Up at the El Rey" and IFC's hit show "Z-Rock." Winner, the Peoples Choice Award for Favorite Comic at the NY Comedy Festival. Plus, he was the 1983 and 1984 spelling bee runner up at Pine Grove Elementary School. Mike failed to advance to the national bee in Washington D.C. because of the complexity of the word "roothless," which he still spells with two o's.
MARK VIERA - The Bronx native is often referred to as the Latin Prince of Comedy and performs regularly with his "Nuyoricanrule Comedy Troupe" at acclaimed Nuyorican Poets Cafe. His appearances include: NBC's "30 Rock", "Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-Up", "Top Dogs of Comedy" and "Russell Simmons Presents Stand-Up at the El Rey."
SHENG WANG - Taiwan born, Houston raised Sheng has toured with the "Comedians of Comedy" and American Eagle's "Campus Comedy Challenge" and appeared on Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham," the AZN Network, and the "Just for Laughs" comedy festival in Montreal.
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