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Anders Holst Shares Summer Love
Thursday July 2nd. 8:30 pm.
Feinstein’s at the Loews Regency Hotel


Seductive, lush and emotive, the music of Anders Holst has drawn accolades from fellow musicians such as Quincy Jones, and has earned him such critical kudos as "Anders Holst is a regal contender to become the new crowned prince of contemporary romantic music..." (Billboard magazine) and "The Sting of Stockholm is back and this time he's singing about love. Holst sings like a man comfortable in his own skin." (All About Jazz)
On July 2, the Swedish-born, New York City-based Holst will return for a single night's engagement at Feinstein's at Loews Regency, where he will perform selections from his recent release, Romantika, his 2006 EP, Five, as well as smooth and jazzy interpretations of some well-loved classic tunes.

Tickets for the July 2 show are available on the Feinstein's website or by calling 212-339-4095.

For additional information about Anders, www.andersholst.com :: www.myspace.com/andersholst

Feinstein’s at Loews Regency|540 Park Avenue at 61st Street


Brad Loekle Hosts THE ELECTRO SHOCK THERAPY COMEDY HOUR!
Sunday, July 5th @ 10 PM
Therapy Bar

INDEPENDANLTY HILARIOUS!

NYC’s most popular and longest running weekly queer comedy show celebrates our country’s independence with a diverse selection of what America has to offer your funnybone! Host Brad Loekle welcomes Mike LaChance (North Dakota’s funniest (and possibly only) gay man); Danny Leary (A Cubano-Irishman from Here!TV’s “Hot Gay Comics”); Jessimae (Gotham); and headliner Helen Hong (America’s next Margaret Cho!)


And… as always…
No cover charge, no drink minimum, $6 cosmos all night. For more information, visit www.therapy-nyc.com.

therapy | 348 West 52nd St
(between 8th and 9th Aves.)


THE BUZZ"...Comedy Cellar Hopefuls
Friday July 10th 1am (technically July 11)
Comedy Cellar

"THE BUZZ", a new late night comedy show has summoned the next
generation comics to showcase their talent in hopes of one day becoming
"Comedy Cellar Comedians". These hilarious up and comers have been
featured on Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham", Montreal's "Just for
Laughs", the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and NBC's "Stand Up For
Diversity". Can they break into the legendary Comedy Cellar? On Friday
July 10th, watch them try!!!

Free Admission- only 2 item minimum
Reservations: 212-254-348 www.comedycellar.com

The Comedy Cellar |117 Mcdougal(off w3)


 

ComedySportz New York City
July 11, 18, 25
August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
September 5, 12, 19, 26
October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
November 7, 14, 21, 28
December 5, 12, 19, 26
Every Saturday at 6pm
The Broadway Comedy Club

ComedySportz New York City is an interactive competition between two teams of professional comedians who perform a series of scenes and songs based on suggestions from the audience. After running for more than ten years in LA and Chicago, the hit show returns to New York City for an open run. Performances are every Saturday at 6pm at The Broadway Comedy Club, 318 W. 53rd Street at 8th Avenue, NYC. Tickets are $10 (with a two drink minimum) at www.smarttix.com or 212-868-4444. A ComedySportz New York City match features two teams of comedy performers competing for laughs and points, with a referee to keep things moving along. Every show is different, with different players and games, and with audiences supplying new suggestions. Unlike many other forms of performance comedy, ComedySportz is appropriate for all ages.

The Broadway Comedy Club|318 W. 53rd Street


 

The Complete Performer
Saturdays at 9:00PM- Indefinite Run
SoHo Playhouse Theatre (Huron Club)

"This multifaceted funnyman will deliver laughs, mind-reading and other audience-impressing delights." - NEW YORK POST
"Outrageously funny." - BACKSTAGE
"Rollicking roller coaster ride... rapid-fire hilarity... a powerhouse... kept a full house roaring... leaves you wanting much, much more." - NYTHEATRE.COM
"Greenberg's mostly one-man show is drawing crowds.... There is a definite off center Letterman skit quality to The Complete Performer.... Goes by both fast and enjoyably." - The New York Times
"Run don't walk. This is magic" AIR AMERICA
Synopsis: Letterman show's Emmy winner, Ted Greenberg, throws a one-man comedy party complete with a halftime show and a cab ride home. A quintessential New York City experience like no other.
Run time: 45 minutes plus an after party with a live video feed of the taxi ride home.
Tickets $15. For more information or advance purchase visit www.SoHoPlayhouse.com or call: 212.691.1555 Or visit: www.thecompleteperformer.com


SoHo Playhouse Theatre | 15 Vandam Street.
Between 6th Avenue & Varick


D.B. Rielly
Sunday July 26th. 4PM – 7PM
LIC Bar

D.B. Rielly was born in the hearts and minds of lonely widows. He was raised by traveling vacuum cleaner salesmen and fed a strict diet of Cream of Wheat and Gilligan's Island until, at the age of three, he set off on his own. Since then, he has thought of nothing but playing American Roots music at the LIC Bar outdoor patio BBQ.
“He’s a playin’ motherf#@ker!” — Gary U.S. Bonds
“He knocks me out!” — Danny Aiello

Admission is free. Please visit www.dbrielly.com.

LIC Bar | 45-58 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City


 

Kitty Nights Burlesque
Sundays @ 9:00 PM
Bar On A

Fem Appeal and Burgundy Brixx present Kitty Nights Burlesque.
Each weekly show features a talented crop of rising burlesque performers.
Part of the allure of Kitty Nights is its intimate setting and relaxed atmosphere and although it's a showcase for newbies, established performers have also graced the Kitty Nights stage. There's never a shortage of talent or creativity. Kitty Nights is CAT-TASTIC entertainment.

Admission: $5 For more information call 212-353-8231 or visit www.kittynights.com


Bar On A | 170 Avenue A @ 11th Street



The Legs Malone Show: American Hangover
Monday, July 6th 10pm
Public Assembly - 70 North 6th Street, Williamsburg

Starring the phenomenon that is Rose Wood, Miss Coney Island 2009 Gal Friday, cowboy extraordinaire Chris McDaniel and a very special surprise guest along with your host for the evening, Legs Malone.

After celebrating our nation's birthday all weekend long, come get a few more patriotic beers in you either to chase the hair of the dog or make your weekend a little bit longer. It'll be good for you - we promise. It's about time we all woke up to what it means to be American, even if that means copious amounts of painkillers and an extended line of credit.

$10

http://www.myspace.com/legs_malone
http://www.myspace.com/sugarshackburlesque
http://www.myspace.com/thelegsmaloneshow

Public Assembly |70 North 6th Street, Williamsburg


LIES: The Absolutely and Completely True History of Sweet & Nasty Burlesque
Monday, July 27 at 10 PM
Public Assembly

As Sweet and Nasty Burlesque celebrates it's three-year, one-month, three-week and four-day anniversary, we take a look back at the people and things that made us Thailand's number-one burlesque show from 1974 to 1996, inclusive. On Monday, July 27th, LIES: THE ABSOLUTELY AND COMPLETELY TRUE HISTORY OF SWEET & NASTY BURLESQUE delves into the sordid past and improbable future of the greatest entertainment juggernaut ever to strip its way from the Lower East Side, across southeastern Wales, and into Brooklyn. "Nothing compared to the pride we felt after bringing irrigation systems to drought-blighted Swedish villages," says host, producer and shifty-eyed prevaricator Nasty Canasta. "Then Sweet and Nasty won the Oscar for Best Sound Design in 1992, and I thought our joy was finally complete. But now, belatedly celebrating our third anniversary in a former mayonnaise factory in Williamsburg ... well, I just can't imagine where we could possibly go from here." Canasta will call out some of the performers most responsible for this mess: style maven Miss Ruby Valentine; Albert Cadabra (magician, bald); charm-school dropout GiGi La Femme; our Canadian cousin Hard Corey; super-smartypants Precious Little; rapper and grammaticist Schaffer the Darklord; Sunday-night burlesque scion Fem Appeal, and other, even less-savory characters. The show will also feature a good old-fashioned Sweet and Nasty raffle for suckers, tributes to Door People Through the Ages, and special appearances by The Ugly Brothers, inspirational meddler Frank Applebaum, and surprise guests. Since 2006, Sweet and Nasty has been adding its own unique mix of glam camp, historical fact, and blatant lies to the New York burlesque scene. Sweet and Nasty currently appears monthly at Public Assembly; their July extravaganza, LIES, celebrates three years of bringing the highest-quality burlesque entertainments to New York City and beyond.

Tickets $10. For more information or advance purchase visit www.SweetAndNastyBurlesque.com

Public Assembly | 70 N. 6th St. (bet Kent & Wythe)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn


The New Monday Night Burlesque
Every Monday night at 9 pm
Public Assembly

New Producer. New Shows.
Celebrating One Year of The New Monday Night Burlesque with a month of Anniversaries

In July 2009, Jonny Porkpie (“The Burlesque Mayor of NYC”) takes over production duties from Doc Wasabassco at The New Monday Night burlesque. His first task: to commemorate the one-year anniversary of The New Monday Night Burlesque at Public Assembly (and the ten years or so of Monday Night Burlesque preceding that). So Porkpie has gathered an all-star month of shows celebrating this and other anniversaries… including those of America, The Moon Landing, and a notorious NYC Burlesque Show. Says Porkpie,“Hey, I’m there every week anyway. I might as well produce the damn thing, otherwise I’m going to have to start paying for my drinks. Anyway, the shows are going to be fantastic.”

Tickets $10. For more information visit www.MondayNightBurlesque.com

Public Assembly | 70 N. 6th St. (bet Kent & Wythe)
Williamsburg, Bklyn


 

PRETENÇIÓN: un cirque de burlesque, un burlesque de cirque
July 15 - 19 - 7 pm (Wed & Sun), 10 pm (Thurs - Sat)
Performance Space 122

PRETENÇIÓN is the place where Mystery sits at a table with Elegance, and Imagination orders a round of drinks before dinner. It is a world where those drinks are served by a pompous clown. Join Pinchbottom on a sensual quest for Pretençión, an imaginary yet sexy element that turns burlesque performers from “Jerkques” (ordinary people) into self-important “Cirques”: infuriatingly magical, unendurably spellbinding artistes who peel away the mundane with every layer of clothing. Step into the world of Pretençión -- but be careful not to trip on the magic. The show runs Wednesday, July 15 through Sunday, July 19 as part of the undergroundzero festival at PS122, and stars NASTY CANASTA & JONNY PORKPIE, plus NAUGHTIA NICE, ARROGANT MICK, and TIGGER!, with a rotating guest cast of award-winning burlesque superstars, including AMBER RAY, ANGIE PONTANI, ANITA COOKIE, BAMBI THE MERMAID, CLAMS CASINO, CREAMY STEVENS, DIRTY MARTINI, GAL FRIDAY, GIGI LA FEMME, HARVEST MOON, JO BOOBS, LEGS MALONE, LEROI THE GIRL BOI, LITTLE BROOKLYN, MADAME ROSEBUD, MS TICKLE, PEEKABOO POINTE, RUBY VALENTINE, and more. Set design by PINK INC. (pinkincdesign.com)

Tickets $20. For more information or advance purchase visit www.pinchbottom.com

Performance Space 122 | 150 First Ave.
(at 9th St.)


 

Shrink
Every Wednesday from 8PM - 9:30PM
Otto's Shrunken Head

"When you Shrink, you come closer together," is the motto for this
weekly comedy variety show hosted by Sharon "Mama" Spell. With sound
tech provided by The Czech, Shrink features an array of stand-up,
improv, sketch and musical comedy. 21+, Cash Only. Otto's Happy Hour
ends at 8 pm, so join them before the show starts for: 2 for 1 Bud /
Bud Light and well drinks, $1 off everything else (which means $2
PBR!). We provide Shrinx Mix to snack on, and you can feel free to
bring your own snacks.

Free. 212-228-2240 For more information please visit www.mamaspell.com

Otto's Shrunken Head | 538 East 14th Street, New York City, 10009
(Between A & B. Take the L to 1st Avenue)


StageBuddy.com's Saturday Night Open Mic
Every Saturday night at 7pm (sign-up at 6pm)
Times Square Arts Center


Perform in front of a live Times Square audience - It's free to sign up and get 5 minutes on stage. We create a warm environment for up-and-comers to work on their Comedy, Music, Poetry or (nearly) anything else! There will be a keyboard/piano available and mics. Bring your own acoustic guitar if you wish. "Best of show" performers will be invited to perform in the future on the main StageBuddy Live show for our cameras. For more information go to: www.StageBuddy.com/live

Admission is Free!

Times Square Arts Center | 669 8th Ave (@ 42nd Street)


 

STAND UP COMEDY SHOWS
7 Nights a Week
Showtimes at 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30, 12:30 & 1:15am
Friday and Saturday Nights Only
HA! Comedy Club


New York's Busiest Comedy Club located in the Heart of Times Square. All shows are 90 minutes long and feature 4-5 Comics + your Host (Featured Talent seen on MTV, Vh1, BET, Comedy Central and comedy clubs across the country).

Admission Charge - $10 per person + 2 item minimum
Reservations Suggested. Call 212-977-3884 or visit us on the web at www.hacomedynyc.com

HA! Comedy Club | 136 W. 46th St.
New York, NY 10036

 


 

Sugar Shack presents Shaken and Stirred!
NYC's ONLY Burlesque Dance Party!
The First Wednesdays of Every Month 9:30 doors, 10pm show
Niagara

Featuring Melody Sweets and La Maia with your hosts, the Ladies of the Shack, unAround Sue and Legs Malone! Fabulous photography exhibition by Ted D'Ottavio in the back room. DJ Jess of Indierotica on the decks to keep you dancing in between the bursts of burlesque!

As ever, FREE SHOTS throughout the night and our infamous go-go contest at midnight. Bring your friends, your lovers and everyone in between!

Only $5!

ww.myspace.com/sugarshackburlesque

Niagara | 7th and A


Sunday Night Live
Every Sunday Night @ 8pm- 10:15pm
NY Comedy Club

Jamie Roberts hosts a mix of rising club comics and stand-ups who’ve already broken through to the cable-TV-spot level. Check out what is being called “The Best show to see on the weekends in NYC.” The show features two headliners a week and the best comics in NYC.

Tickets are $5(Online) $10 at the door. 2 Drink min
For more information visit www.jamieroberts.com or call 212-696-5233

NY Comedy Club |241 East 24th Street



Sweet & Nasty Burlesque presents THE SECRET POLICEMAN'S BALL
Monday, June 29th at 10 PM
Public Assembly

Before there was an America; before there was a New York City; before there was even a Williamsburg ... there was an England. On Monday, June 29 at 10pm, Sweet & Nasty Burlesque presents THE SECRET POLICEMAN'S BALL, a tassel-twirling celebration of all things British, at the New Monday Night Burlesque. "Finally, an excuse to tell all my naughty Prime Minister jokes!" enthuses host and producer Nasty Canasta. A self-confessed "pretentious Anglophile," Canasta has assembled an all-star cast from across the country - and across the pond - to honour the British Isles. "It will be a glamourous and colourful evening," promises Canasta, "a veritable fortnight of entertainment packed into just a few metric hours - and all for mere shillings!" Since 2006, Sweet and Nasty has been adding its own unique mix of glam camp, historical fact, and blatant lies to the New York burlesque scene, and currently appears on the last Monday of every month at Public Assembly as part of The New Monday Night Burlesque. Their June spectacular, THE SECRET POLICEMAN'S BALL, is the centrepiece of a jam-packed night of burlesque entertainment that begins at 9pm and continues until Tuesday morning. As a special offer, show your valid UK passport at the door for 2-for-1 admission! Local favourites Clams Casino, Legs Malone, Tigger!, special guests Bella Besame (Manchester, England), The Flying Fox (San Francisco), Mat Fraser (London) and host Dame Nasty Canasta, O.B.E., will kick off their knickers and prove that the sun never sets on the British Empire at THE SECRET POLICEMAN'S BALL - at Public Assembly for one night only on Monday, June 29 at 10pm.

Tickets $10. For more information visit www.SweetAndNastyBurlesque.com

Public Assembly | 70 N. 6th St. (bet Kent & Wythe)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn



Sean T. Hanratty Presents: Theater of Fools
Wednesday, July 1st at 10pm - Late
Bowery Poetry Club

Now that the building, which once held CBGB is a clothing store that sells $100 t-shirts, it might seem the Bowery has lost all its rock 'n' roll points, prompting disaffected suburban youths everywhere to look elsewhere for role models. Thankfully, the famously debauched thoroughfare still boasts a tiny sliver of coolness: At the Bowery Poetry Club, D.I.Y. musicians are singing the praises of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll with tunes that will make you get up and dance, get up and start a revolution or get down and fuck. At Theater of Fools, Bowery's monthly music showcase, artists choose substance over style, providing a breath of fresh "less-lame era" to anyone who feels they will gouge their eyes and ears out if forced to witness another crappy hipster band who may have sold their souls to Satan but forgot to ask for musical talent in return. The night is hosted by two-time Mr. Lower East Side, Moonshine Shorey, who gives out free raffle prizes and drink specials all night long. And the audience, comprised largely of Downtown's dwindling population of freaks, is a show in and of itself.

Best of all, the whole goddamned thing is FREE. July will feature live music from: Chelsea Lynn LaBate: www.myspace.com/chelsealynnlabate; Danielles Sounds: www.myspace.com/danielletharegulator; The Fools www.myspace.com/thefools_lostandfound; Sean T. Hanratty and the Mighty Mighty www.myspace.com/seanthanratty

Bowery Poetry Club | 308 Bowery
(b/w Bleecker & Houston)


The Tom Ragú Comedy Revue
Thursday, July 9, 2009
7:00PM
The Stonewall Inn - 2nd Floor


Join gay funnyman Tom Ragú every Thursday nite at 7:00PM @ the legendary Stonewall Inn as he welcomes NYC's funniest comics to the stage.

This week: Comics Ophira Eisenberg, Vicky Kuperman, Danny Leary, Jane Aquilina and Nick Cobb warm up the crowd for headliner Lori Sommer.

Hosted by Tom Ragú

FREE.

Call 347-210-9143 for more information.

The Stonewall Inn | 53 Christopher Street (near Seventh Avenue South and Waverly)


UG! COMEDY SHOW!!
Tuesdays 8-10PM
Underground lounge

Ahhh, can you smell that? The bad economy, the country collapsing, longer days of famine? Well don't let that take a s#$% on your parade! Spring is here! Let us celebrate the right of Vernal Renewal only a true Dionysian can, with laughter, mirth and glee! Only at UG! COMEDY SHOW!! will you experience a true Renaissance of Spirit, Mind, and (if you're lucky) Body 18th ce. grammar style! A comedic quip-fest hosted by the Gloriously never-mundane Todd "Ignatius Praeter-Naturale-Plus Ultra" Montesi! With jokers from far and wide! And dollar beers 7-8PM!!! All in the name of the Indomitable Human Spirit during this time of Great Re-birth!! Come join us at UG! Tuesdays, anything less would be uncivilised(see that? British spelling, we're that classy ya'll)!! UG! IT!! Mon freres, UG! IT!!

No Cover, One Drink min. (Dollar beers 7-8PM)
For Reservations: 212-683-3000

Underground Lounge |613 2nd Ave. bet. 33rd and 34th st..


 

VICTORIA @ THE STONEWALL INN
Second Saturday Every Month 10pm–4am
THE STONEWALL INN

Second Saturdays of every month, Cherelynore and Queens Marie present a party for female-to-female drag queens and the gay men trapped in their vaginas. FTF show at 12 and 1 am. Style stations and dress-up contest. Free shots and campy films 10–11pm.

Apr 12 Bridge & Tunnel Night! Victoria celebrates big hair and the ladies of NJ, Queens, Long Island, etc. 10pm Channel 101/Victoria campy and queer short films. The live show, hosted by World Famous *BOB*, begins at 12am, with performances by Bridget Everett, Raven Snook and Darlinda Just Darlinda. The Victorians: Sequinette, Blu Mystique, Alexia Tate and Lady Coco Lareau. DJ Stacy. Proceeds go to charity.

$10/$5 w/ RSVP to rsvp@victoriaparty.org
www.victoriaparty.org

THE STONEWALL INN |53 Christopher St


 

 

Coming Soon


Brad Loekle Hosts THE ELECTRO SHOCK THERAPY COMEDY HOUR!
Sunday, July 12th @ 10 PM
Therapy Bar


BIGGER IS BETTER!

Tonight the most popular comedy show in Hell’s Kitchen proves that comedy comes in a lot of different sizes. Therapy’s own Broadway “Bear”, Brad Loekle, hosts a buxom and bawdy lineup including: Tom Ragu (The Ragu Revue @ Stonewall); Liz Miele (Gotham); Greg Walloch (Comedy Central); and curvy comedienne herself, Yamaneika!

And… as always…
NO cover charge, NO drink minimum, $6 cosmos all night. For more information, visit www.therapy-nyc.com.


therapy | 348 West 52nd St
(between 8th and 9th Aves.)


 

Brad Loekle Hosts THE ELECTRO SHOCK THERAPY COMEDY HOUR!
Sunday, July 19th @ 10 PM
Therapy Bar

LADIES OF LAUGHTER!

Tonight the most popular comedy show in Hell’s Kitchen celebrates Girl Power! Host with the most, Brad Loekle, welcomes a slew of hilarious “hers” featuring: Kaitlin Colombo (VH1); Adrienne Iapalucci (Comix, Gotham); and headliner Becky Donohue (Comedy Central Premium Blend)

And… as always…
NO cover charge, NO drink minimum, $6 cosmos all night. For more information, visit www.therapy-nyc.com.


therapy | 348 West 52nd St
(between 8th and 9th Aves.)


Brad Loekle Hosts THE ELECTRO SHOCK THERAPY COMEDY HOUR!
Sunday, July 26th @ 10 PM
Therapy Bar


YOU CAN’T DO THAT ON TELEVISION!

Tonight the most popular comedy show in Hell’s Kitchen presents an evening of funny faces you might just recognize from your boob tube! Host with the most, Brad Loekle (TruTV’s “The Smoking Gun” series) welcomes Adam Lehman & Michael Brill (Here!TV’s “Hot Gay Comics”); as well as Kate McKinnon (Logo’s “Big Gay Sketch Show”) and headliner Jodie Wasserman (Comedy Central)

And… as always…
NO cover charge, NO drink minimum, $6 cosmos all night. For more information, visit www.therapy-nyc.com.


therapy | 348 West 52nd St
(between 8th and 9th Aves.)


Bruce on Bennett
Saturday August 15 7PM and Sunday August 16 7PM
The Metropolitan Room

Eddie Bruce—back by popular demand-- brings his Tony Bennett Tribute to the Metropolitan Room on August 15 and August 16. Bruce wows the crowd with his personal interpretation of the jazz standards made popular by one of the greatest American entertainers of all time. From "Just in Time" to songs “I Got Rhythm,” and “If I Ruled the World,” Bruce shares personal anecdotes that bring the music and the man to life. He is joined onstage by the incomparable Tom Adams Trio.
"Simply superb. He held the audience in the palm of his hand."
- Philadelphia City Paper
“Everything … vocals, accompaniment, song choices -- just right!”
Mark Fox, President of the International Tony Bennett Appreciation Society
“Bruce has the T.B. warble down perfectly … he adds an aura of emotion and vulnerability ...”
- Jonathan Takiff, Music Critic, Philadelphia Daily News

Tickets: $20 cover; $10 minimum. For more information or advance purchase visit www.metropolitanroom.com

Metropolitan Roomv | 34 West 22nd Street
New York, NY 10010
212-206-0440


 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

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