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Steve Schirripa to host “Garden of Laughs” at Radio City Music Hall with star-studded lineup on April 13 • Brooklyn Paper
2+ hour, 19+ min ago (432+ words) The event will feature comedians including Ronny Chieng, John Oliver, Zarna Garg and Hasan Minhaj, with celebrity presenters including John Turturro, Kenan Thompson, Susie Essman and more." The Bensonhurst native is a longtime supporter and advisory board member of Garden…...
Date night gets deadly in Lane Moore’s comedy show, ‘Heart-Throb Slasher’ • Brooklyn Paper
5+ hour, 17+ min ago (760+ words) Brooklyn has never been short on inventive live performance, but comedian Lane Moore's might be one of its most playfully chaotic yet. On April 10 at the Twisted Spine bookstore in Williamsburg, Moore will host the first in-person performance of "Heart-Throb…...
Late-night laughs: Stand-up comedy returns to Williamsburg’s Kellogg’s Diner after yearlong hiatus • Brooklyn Paper
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (562+ words) Nothing good happens after midnight " except flat nachos, braised short rib hash, a cosmopolitan and late-night comedy at your local diner. Whether you're planning a lively date night or just looking for a place to land after an evening out,…...
‘Bob’s Burgers’ actor Dan Mintz brings his deadpan comedy show to The Bell House on March 28 • Brooklyn Paper
2+ week, 1+ day ago (435+ words) Comedian Dan Mintz, best known for voicing lovelorn eighth-grader Tina Belcher on "Bob's Burgers," is bringing his deadpan delivery to The Bell House on March 28." "I do kind of absurd one-liners, my biggest influence would be Mitch Hedberg, probably," Mintz…...
‘I know you are, but what am I?’: Coney Island USA to hold Pee-wee Herman look-alike contest this weekend • Brooklyn Paper
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (289+ words) I know you are, but what am I?" takes on a new meaning this weekend at the first-ever Pee-wee Herman look-alike contest in Coney Island. The competition marks the early birthday of the late Paul Reubens, who brought Pee-wee to…...
Hannibal Buress opens new venue, Isola Brooklyn, in former Knitting Factory space • Brooklyn Paper
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (1007+ words) Comedian-actor-rapper Hannibal Buress had a long relationship with the space formerly home to The Knitting Factory. In fact, he performed standup at the club's first show in Brooklyn in 2009 (after it relocated from its decades-long home in Manhattan) and its…...
Open Stages music festival returns to Park Slope’s stoops and sidewalks on May 10 • Brooklyn Paper
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (231+ words) The Slope is alive with the sound of music! On May 10, the fifth annual Open Stages music festival will turn the stoops and sidewalks of Park Slope into makeshift stages for the day. The free outdoor festival, set to take…...