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280. Opened. 1981. Closed. 2022. Website. carolines.com. Carolines on Broadway was a venue for stand-up comedy situated at 750 Seventh Avenue, on Broadway between 49th and 50th Streets, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. The club operated from 1981 to 2022.
The club opened in 1982 but she realized that the cabaret theme was not working and decided to turn it into a comedy club instead which brought in a younger clientele that was more profitable. [1] In the late 80's the A&E network asked her to produce a comedy special which became Carolines Comedy Hour which was produced by her production ...
Greenbaum is the winner of the 2010 Andy Kaufman Award, [29][30][31] given in recognition of creativity and originality in comedy. He is also the winner of the 2011 Magners Comic Stand-Off and a 2011 Shorty Award for excellence in short-form social media (i.e. Twitter). [32] Greenbaum was named one of 2010's "Comics to Watch" by Comedy Central ...
Colin Quinn. Colin Edward Quinn (born June 6, 1959) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. He first gained widespread attention for his work as a cast member and writer on Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2000, and he became known for anchoring Weekend Update, the show's news parody segment. Prior to SNL, he was best known as the ...
California. Governor's Comedy Club. Levittown. New York. Sister clubs Brokerage Comedy Club & Vaudeville Cafe in Bellmore, New York and McGuire's in Bohemia, New York. Greenwich Village Comedy Club. Manhattan. New York. Grove Comedy Club.
Opie and Anthony. Opie and Anthony was an American radio show hosted by Gregg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia that aired from March 1995 to July 2014, with comedian Jim Norton serving as third mic from 2001. The show originated in 1994 when Cumia took part in a song parody contest on Hughes' nighttime show on WBAB on Long Island, New York.
Wanda Yvette Sykes[1] (born March 7, 1964) [2] is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer. She was first recognized for her work as a writer on The Chris Rock Show, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1999. In 2004, Entertainment Weekly named Sykes as one of the 25 funniest people in America. [3]
For example, the prestigious New York comedy club Carolines featured 20% female performers to 80% male in 2014. [16] Within the writers room, gender imbalance persists. Women made up 10 percent of writers working on the top 250 domestic grossing films of 2010 and 15 percent of writers and 18 percent of creators in prime-time television during ...