A live stand-up comedy webcast is a calculated risk

by Chase Roper

What if a comedy club broadcast performances live via webcam? I recently witnessed such a feat thanks to the Off The Hook Comedy Club at Captain Briens. Although it was enthralling and entertaining, I ultimately feel that a comic opting to share a set in this way is taking a calculated risk. Emphasis on the [...]

‘The Office’ meets the New York Comedy Festival

by Brendan McLaughlin

It sure feels great to get out of The Office… Sunday night, The New York Comedy Festival hosted B.J. Novak and Friends at Town Hall. It was a night of alternative comedy spirit performing for a mainstream crowd.
The show was hosted by fast-rising NYC comedian and new SNL writer John Mulaney. He anchored the show [...]