On June 1, at the Brokerage in Bellmore, the foundation will stage its popular comedy benefit; Lucille Montrony's son, Chris Monty, a professional comedian, is the host.
That's a lot of exposition and plot to pack in, resulting in stretches of Weekend Shift where no-one appears to have remembered that comedies benefit from, well, jokes.
At 11 59 p.m., Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, 307 West 26th Street, Chelsea, (212) 366-9176, newyork.ucbtheatre.com; $5. (Angelo) ★ A Night of Comedy: 826NYC Comedy Show (Wednesday) Eugene Mirman, Sarah Vowell, Daniel Kitson and Reggie Watts headline this comedy show benefiting 826NYC, the children's education nonprofit.
'TODD BARRY'S 3 DECADES IN COMEDY BENEFIT' at the Bell House (Nov. 1, 8 p.m.).
The linchpin of the campaign will be a comedy benefit night at Wembley Arena on June 3 hosted by Izzard.
On Thursday evening, HBO said Louis C.K. would no longer be part of a comedy benefit that it plans to broadcast on Nov. 18.
Matthew Weiner's "Mad Men" follow-up feels troubled by the same issues it seeks to explore, while Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner's comedy benefits from a loosey-goosey ensemble.
(Saltz) 'Herman Kline's Midlife Crisis' (closes on Saturday) Josh Koenigsberg's dark new comedy benefits from a deft performance by Adam LeFevre as Dr. Kline, a troubled trauma surgeon who has held on to the drugs he found on the body of a stabbing victim.
How brilliantly and thrillingly offensive would it be for today's teens to parade around in T-shirts bearing the smiling face of Gary Barlow, OBE? Stewart Lee is appearing free for charity at standup comedy benefits almost weekly for the rest of the year, as usual.
