Comedy Cellar
Location | Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. |
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Type | Comedy club |
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The Comedy Cellar is a
The Comedy Cellar, like The Comedy Store, uses a showcase format, as opposed to a headline format like most clubs. A show will consist of between five and seven comics performing sets of roughly 10 to 15 minutes each. Each week consists of three to six shows a night on Sunday through Thursday and ten shows each Friday and Saturday, between both the original room and the larger Village Underground around the corner.
Notable comedians
Notable Comedians started with stage time at the Comedy Cellar, going on to become legends, such as
Popular established comedians frequently perform at the Comedy Cellar, including Dov Davidoff, Mark Normand, Ryan Hamilton, Robert Kelly, Harrison Greenbaum, Sherrod Small, Keith Robinson, Eric Neumann, Gregg Rogell, Nikki Glaser, Ben Bailey and Andrew Schulz.
Celebrity comedians Aziz Ansari and Jon Stewart started their comedy careers at the Comedy Cellar, and both continue to occasionally perform there. Other celebrity comics who have performed at the club include Sarah Silverman, Amy Schumer, Robin Williams, Patton Oswalt, Kevin Hart, Chris Rock, Patrice O'Neal, Bill Burr, and Matteo Lane.[7] Musician John Mayer has also been seen performing stand-up.[8]
In the media
Much of Jerry Seinfeld's 2002 documentary Comedian was filmed at the club, and it also can be seen in a 2006 Pepsi commercial starring Jimmy Fallon.
The beginning sequence of
In September 2015, the club launched its public-policy debate series with a debate on the Iran nuclear deal.[10] The debate featured professor and lawyer Alan Dershowitz and journalist Fred Kaplan, among others.
The New York Post regularly rates the Cellar as the best comedy club in New York.[11]
In March 2016, writers Jessica Pilot and Katla McGylnn wrote an oral history of the club for Vanity Fair.[12]
The club has been the location for comedians taping Netflix specials. Aziz Ansari shot his special Nightclub Comedian at the Comedy Cellar in 2021; Ray Romano recorded his special Right Around the Corner there in 2019; Dave Attell and Jeff Ross recorded their Netflix series Bumping Mics with Jeff Ross & Dave Attell at the club in 2018.
Las Vegas location
In 2018, the Comedy Cellar opened a third location at the
References
- ^ Wallace, Amy (2014-06-04). "Dave Chappelle at the Comedy Cellar: The Funniest Night on Earth". GQ. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ^ "What This Founder of an Iconic Comedy Club Believes All Companies Need to Succeed". Inc.com. 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ^ "Comedy Cellar". New York. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ^ "Comedian Louis C.K.: Finding Laughs Post-Divorce". NPR.org. NPR. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
- ^ michael mittermeier - Comedy Cellar
- ^ "Matteo Lane: 'The Pressure of New York Comedy Is Greater'". CBS New York. 2017-12-05. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
- ^ "My Big Mouth Strikes Again". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 17, 2006. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
- ^ "The B.S. Report - ESPN".
- ^ Tress, Luke (6 September 2015). "Pulling the punchlines, NY comedy club plays host to Iran deal debate". The Times of Israel.
- ^ "Business Info, reviews, and directions". Citysearch. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
- ^ McGlynn, Katla (14 March 2016). "An Oral History of the Comedy Cellar". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
- ^ "The Comedy Cellar at Rio Las Vegas". www.caesars.com. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
Further reading
- Hankinson, Andrew (4 May 2021). Don't Applaud. Either Laugh Or Don't. (at the Comedy Cellar.). Scribe Publications. ISBN 978-1-950354-54-2.