Caroline Hirsh, founder of the legendary Caroline’s on Broadway which closed earlier this year, is expanding the New York Comedy Festival to venues across Manhattan and the outer boroughs. Photo: NYC Mayor’s Press Office NY Comedy Festival Opens: Just What We Need In These Troubled Times The Talmud and stand up comedy can sometimes evoke each other, as if the Ten Commandments were handed down from the Catskills.... News 30 Oct 2023 | 05:09
Comic Ryan Beck performs at Union Hall. Photo by Phil Provencio. Punchline Prince Before a crowd of smiling women and howling men at Union Hall last week, Crown Heights-based comedian, Ryan Beck, recorded... News 27 Aug 2021 | 02:21
At the ribbon-cutting for Carolines on Broadway re-opening on May 31, 2021. From left to right: comedian Yamaneika Saunders; Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer; U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer; owner of Carolines on Broadway Caroline Hirsch; State Senator Brad Hoylman; and Senior VP and Chief of Staff of Times Square Alliance Regina Fojas. Photo: Diane Bondareff Laughing Again with Caroline New Yorkers are ready to laugh again, and there’s no better place to do that than in arguably the funniest landmark in the... News 21 Jun 2021 | 09:46
Willie Zabar. ( Photo: Mindy Tucker) ‘Upper West Pride’ Comedian Willie Zabar is no stranger to the New York comedy scene. After performing stand-up comedy at the Brooklyn Comedy... News 30 Jun 2020 | 10:59
Comedian Ray Ellin in a virtual comedy show on Thursday to benefit Feed the Frontlines NYC. ( Photo courtesy of Feed the Frontlines) A Night of Virtual Laughs On Tuesday, June 23, Isabella Di Pietro was inside her family’s restaurant, Taralluci E Vino, on the Upper West Side, watching... News 26 Jun 2020 | 10:15
