There is a lot going on this week in comedy including the 4th Annual Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival and the 6th Anniversary of Liam McEneaney‘s venerable Tuesday night comedy show, Tell Your Friends! The lineup for TYF’s big anniversary show includes: Janeane Garofalo, Hannibal Buress, Christian Finnegan, Secret Guest Comedian (who is known for his love Hot Pockets), Secret Musical Guest, Sean Bones and Brief View Of The Hudson. If that wasn’t enough for you, Sketchfest NYC is presenting the New York premiere of Tell Your Friends! The Concert Film! on September 22 at the Paley Center (Buy Tickets).
Speaking of comedy milestones, Seth Herzog‘s long-running comedy show Sweet celebrated it’s 7th Anniversary last week with a big show at Webster Hall and a feature article in the NYTimes.
“Sweet” belongs to Seth Herzog: downtown stand-up staple, “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” warm-up, comedy world connector extraordinaire.
“He’s the perfect conduit between regular people and celebrities,” the comedian Craig Baldo said. “In his room they all feel normal — which they are.” Zach Galifianakis was here before “The Hangover,” as was Justin Long before “He’s Just Not That Into You.” The same goes for Donald Glover of “Community,” Whitney Cummings of the coming NBC sitcom “Whitney” and Kristen Schaal of “Bob’s Burgers.” [NYTimes.com]
Sweet returns to the Ella Lounge on the LES this Tuesday, September 13. This week’s Sweet lineup includes: Seth Herzog, Hannibal Buress, Julian Mccullough, Colin Jost and special guests! Also on Tuesday night, there will be a free MTV Comedy Showcase at the Marlin Room at Webster Hall with Can Soder, Reese Waters, Giulia Rozzi, Machael Che, James Adomian, Jessi Klein, and Jared Logan and host Andy Haynes.
Last but not least, the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival looms large over the latter part of this week with multiple shows happening at The Bell House and Union Hall. You can find the whole lineup for this year’s EMCF over here.
Last but not least, here’s a glimpse of what else is going on for the rest of the week:
NYC Comedy Calendar (Sep 13 – Sep 18) (more)
09/13 T.J. Miller – The Extended Play CD (Comedy Central Records)
09/13 Nick Kroll – Thank You Very Cool DVD (Comedy Central Records)
09/13 Cheap Date Comedy Show: One Year Anniversary! with John Mulaney, Hari Kondabolu, Kara Klenk, Morgan Venticinque and Jake Young (Union Hall)
09/13 Moth Eaten: Food Adventures in Epic Portions w/ Padma Lakshmi (The Great Hall at Cooper Union)
09/13 TYF 6th Anniversary (Lolita Bar)
09/13 Sweet (Ella Lounge)
09/13 Live From The Grocery: A Stand-Up Show (Arlene’s Grocery)
09/13 MTV Comedy Showcase (Marlin Room at Webster Hall)
09/13 After Hours with Gene Hackman & Friends (UCBeast)
09/13 It Is It w/ Adam Lowitt (UCBeast)
09/13 Sue Costello (Gotham)
09/14 Big Terrific (Cameo Lounge)
09/14 Mortified (92Y Tribeca)
09/14 Dylan Brody: More Arts/Less Martial (92Y Tribeca)
09/15 EMCF at Bell House
09/15 Totally JK w/ Joe Mande and Noah Garfinkel (UCBeast)
09/15 – 09/16 Susie Essman (Caroline’s)
09/16 – 09/17 Ted Alexandro (Gotham)
09/16 The Rejection Show (UCBeast)
09/16 EMCF at Union Hall (Early)
09/16 EMCF at Bell House
09/17 EMCF at Union Hall (Early/Late)
09/17 EMCF at Bell House (Early/Late)
09/18 EMCF at Bell House (Early/Late)
09/18 Knitting Factory Comedy w/ Hannibal Buress (Knitting Factory)