By Billy Procida | November 4, 2010 at 11:59 am | No comments
Doing movies was soooo 2009. Broadway shows are all the rage now in the comedy world. Jim Gaffigan has become the fourth stand-up comedian to recently sign on to do a Broadway play, joining Chris Rock, Robin Williams and Colin Quinn (his one-man show Long Story Short). This...
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By Billy Procida | October 19, 2010 at 5:40 pm | No comments
Vote for Quinn!
Er...or at east go see his hilarious one-man show! We previously reported on Colin Quinn's Long Story Short moving from off-Broadway to the Helen Hayes theater on Oct. 22nd. And now we're reminding you, but only because there's this swell video to promote said...
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By Billy Procida | October 13, 2010 at 1:18 pm | No comments
[caption id="attachment_15514" align="aligncenter" width="461" caption="Colin Quinn and Jerry Seinfeld at the Snapple Theater Center, Fantasticks Stage yesterday. photo by Charles Sykes"][/caption]
"We got kicked out [of 45 Bleeker] because they wanted to do 'Deep Throat'!" ...
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By Punchline Magazine | September 21, 2010 at 4:09 pm | No comments
After an incredibly successful run off-Broadway, Colin Quinn's one-man show, Colin Quinn: Long Story Short is heading to Broadway-- where all one-man shows want to go.
The Associated Press reports that the show, which ran this summer at the Bleecker Street Theater, will make...
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By Jeffrey Gurian | September 17, 2010 at 12:02 pm | No comments
Long Story Short Not Long Enough
Lest my headline be misleading, Long Story Short would be too short no matter how long it was. I LOVE Colin Quinn. Not in a Biblical way, but in the way you love someone who embodies the kind of talent you would aspire to have if you...
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By Nate Billy | June 1, 2010 at 4:24 pm | No comments
Jerry Seinfeld is back again! And we do not mean the Marriage Ref.
The comedian will be producing and directing Colin Quinn’s new one-man stage show, described as “a history of the world in 75 minutes,” and about “the end of civilization,” reports TheWrap.
The show,...
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By Jeffrey Gurian | May 10, 2010 at 10:13 am | 2 comments
Comic Strip Documentary Blows Up
We were excited enough when Chris Rock agreed to exec. produce the documentary film for the 35th anniversary of The Comic Strip. Now Abby Russell and Brent Sterling-Nemetz of Letterbox Pictures, who are actually shooting the film have really...
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By John Delery | March 19, 2010 at 2:10 pm | No comments
Comedians are the Amish of entertainers: always gathering to selflessly support each other. But instead of raising a barn together, the magnanimous comics in the video below (including Darrell Hammond, Jessica Kirson, Jim Norton, Colin Quinn, Nick Thune and Ardie Fuqua) assemble...
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By Jeffrey Gurian | February 14, 2010 at 8:23 pm | No comments
The Phenomenon That Is Russell Peters
Russell Peters is not just a comedian. He’s a phenomenon, and that’s a hard word to type more than once! I’ve often referred to him as The Messiah of Comedy, because he has such a diverse audience and makes people of all...
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