
2 Dope Queens.
In recent years, the New York Comedy Festival has brought us Anthony Atamanuik’s genius Trump impersonation, pre-President Show; waterworks courtesy of Nathan Fielder; and the “Oh, Hello” guys before they made it big on Broadway. So it’s no surprise that there’s plenty to look forward to during this year’s fest, set for Nov. 7 to 12.
The lineup, announced just minutes ago, includes Kevin Smith doing one of his marathon spiels; a live taping of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee; Nerdist extraordinaire Chris Hardwick, coming off of the epic final episode of @Midnight; Obama speechwriter turned Newsroom writer-producer Jon Lovett doing a live taping of his Lovett or Leave It podcast; a taping of the 2 Dope Queens podcast, featuring Daily Show correspondent turned big-screen star Jessica Williams; a return appearance by the original dirtbag lefty, Bill Maher; and a taping of “How Did This Get Made?”, the podcast that was dissecting awful movies way before James Franco played the king of them all, Tommy Wiseau, in The Disaster Artist. You’ll also get standup sets from Jim Norton, Nick Offerman, Brian Regan, Iliza Schlesinger and others. And, as previously announced, Conan O’Brien is doing a week of Conan shows at the Apollo Theater.
While many of the events will be taking place at uptown venues like Carolines, Town Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Beacon Theatre, and Madison Square Garden, TBS will also have a “comedy hub” at Ian Scrager’s due to return this fall.
Tickets go on sale here on August 14 at 10am. Here are the headliners that have been announced so far.
THE 2017 NEW YORK COMEDY FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
(EVENTS CONFIRMED TO DATE AND ARE SUBJECT TO ADDITIONS AND CHANGES)
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7
KEVIN SMITH – “AN EVENING WITH KEVIN SMITH” – 7:00PM – CAROLINES ON BROADWAY
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8
CHRIS HARDWICK – 7:00PM & 9:30PM – CAROLINES ON BROADWAY
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9
HOW DID THIS GET MADE? – 7:00PM & 9:45PM – TOWN HALL
CHRIS HARDWICK – 7:30PM & 10:00PM – CAROLINES ON BROADWAY
VIR DAS – 7:00PM – BMCC TRIBECA PERFORMING ARTS CENTERtruTV’s THE IMPRACTICAL JOKERS STARRING THE TENDERLOINS – “SANTIAGO SENT US” TOUR – 8:00PM – MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
JON LOVETT’S “LOVETT OR LEAVE IT PODCAST” – 8:00PM – BEACON THEATRE
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10
TOM SEGURA – “TOM SEGURA: NO TEETH, NO ENTRY TOUR” – 7:00PM – TOWN HALL
CHRIS HARDWICK – 7:30PM & 10:00PM – CAROLINES ON BROADWAY
2 DOPE QUEENS – 8:00PM & 10:00PM – THE BELL HOUSE
RON WHITE – 8:00PM – BEACON THEATRE
TIM MINCHIN – 8:00PM – CARNEGIE HALL
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11
ILIZA SHLESINGER – “ILIZA LIVE” – 7:00PM – TOWN HALL
NICK OFFERMAN – “NICK OFFERMAN: FULL BUSH” – 7:30PM – BEACON THEATRE
BILL MAHER – “AN EVENING WITH BILL MAHER” – 8:00PM – THE THEATRE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
BRIAN REGAN – “BRIAN REGAN LIVE IN CONCERT” – 8:00PM- CARNEGIE HALL
JIM NORTON – 9:45PM – TOWN HALL
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12
TBD
Correction: The original version of this post was revised because it misidentified Jon Lovett.