Leo Allen

Michael Che, Jon Benjamin, Jon Glaser and more celebrated 'A Night of Whiplash' at The Bell House (pics)

On Friday (6/13), The Bell House played host to the release party show for A Night at Whiplash, a live movie documenting a single night of NYC’s most legendary weekly comedy show Whiplash, which takes place Monday nights at the UCB Theater in Chelsea…

'A Night at Whiplash' documentary being celebrated at The Bell House with Jon Benjamin, Jon Glaser & more

The New York City comedy landscape is peppered with tons of great recurring comedy shows. One of the heaviest hitters in the land of recurring comedy shows has got to be Whiplash…

UCB show Whiplash taping concert film + other comedy news

One of the greatest recurring comedy showcases in this cesspool of a city gone soft has got to be Whiplash which takes place every Monday at 11pm at the UCB Theater in Chelsea…

What's going on Wednesday? (Mac Demarco, Emeli Sande, Sarah Neufeld, Pure Bathing Culture, Priests & more)

Mac DeMarco @ Pitchfork 2013 (more by Cory Dewald) Priests @ DBA (more by Ivey Haber) Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows…

Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival returns for the 6th time! (lineup & tickets)

The 6th annual EUGENE MIRMAN COMEDY FESTIVAL is returning to the Bell House and Union Hall in Brooklyn this September…Featuring expert curator and comedy host extraordinaire Eugene Mirman and an all-star cast of comedians, actors, musicans and super surprise guests, the EMCF has been called “the best ironic-comedy-festival-but-also-real-comedy-festival known to man” (HuffingtonPost)…

Baroness dropped off House of Vans and FYF Fest, who added bands (updated lineup)

Baroness at Terminal 5 in May (more by Joe McCabe) Earlier this week, we posted an update from Baroness showing that things were looking upwards for the band…

What's going on Monday?

Public Enemy at ATP NJ 2011 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) today in NYC * Whiplash @ UCB * Chica Libre @ Barbes * Brain Cloud @ Barbes * Jon Bibbs @ Joe’s Pub * Daniel Higgs @ Zebulon * DJ Muro @ Bowery Electric * Tony Scherr @ Living Room * Urban Tango Trio @ Joe’s Pub * NYC Broken Comedy @ Bar Matchless * The Campilongo Quartet @ Living Room * The Gowanus All-Stars @ The Rock Shop * Ladysmith Black Mambazo @ City Winery * Public Enemy, Salt-N-Pepa @ Wingate Park * The Mystery Lights, Brontide @ Mercury Lounge * Dirt Done Cheap, Snakes and Arrows @ BB King’s * Kristen Schaal’s last-ever Hot Tub @ Littlefield * Blizzardo, No Glow, Motion Studies @ Cameo Gallery * Kool A…

Dump & Kurt Vile opened Yo La Tengo Hanukkah shows

It’s got to be kind of hard to find someone to open for you on Christmas. Maybe that’s what led to Dump, the other project of Yo La Tengo’s James McNew, opening for Yo La Tengo at Maxwell’s on Sunday, December 25th (Hanukkah, night 6)…

Mike Birbiglia playing a show; Lou Reed visiting UCB

Though it doesn’t say it on their website, Mike Birbiglia promises that he’s performing “Sleepwalk With Me” at Comic Strip Live tonight (12/12)…

Andrew Bird played! -- Eugene Mirman Comedy Fest Day 4 pics (Marc Maron, Sarah Vowell, Michael Showalter & more)

The 2011 Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival concluded on Sunday night (9/18) with two shows at the Bell House. “A Special Food-Themed Comedy Show For You” was hosted by Eugene Mirman and Leo Allen, with Ron Funches, Sarah Vowell, Larry Murphy, Raquel Pelzel and David Rees…
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