manhattancomedyschool http://www.manhattancomedyschool.com/blog/ My site is cool! en-us info@manhattancomedyschool.com info@manhattancomedyschool.com Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:11:14 EST Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:11:14 EST 15 copyright (c) 2008 manhattancomedyschool BlogFusion 4.0 - www.blogfusion.com manhattancomedyschool http://www.manhattancomedyschool.com/blog/files/BFlogo.gif http://www.manhattancomedyschool.com/blog/ 88 31 My site is cool! Anyone Can Do Stand-up Comedy http://www.manhattancomedyschool.com/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=10

“Anybody can do Stand-up comedy!”
Even YOU!


Manhattan Comedy

If your friends are always telling you how funny you are and you’ve been thinking about trying stand-up comedy don’t miss this FREE 1-hour comedy workshop on Saturday November 1st being offered by Comix and the Manhattan Comedy School. Manhattan Comedy


Learn what it takes to make it in comedy from national headliner, Cory Kahaney, who has had specials on Comedy Central, HBO and regularly appears on CBS’s Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.


Topics covered include: how & where to get started, conquering stage fright, writing techniques, how to land an agent and much more.  There will also be a Q&A session.


Also speaking will be Comix Director of New Talent Andrew Engel who has been producing top-notch New Talent shows in New York City for 15 years.  Celebrity drop-ins have included: Dave Chappelle, Jon Stewart, Chris Rock, Lewis Black, Ray Romano, Rosie O’Donnell, Colin Quinn, Brett Butler, Joy Behar, Robert Klein, Denis Leary, Jay Mohr, Anthony Clark, Caroline Rhea, Damon Wayans, Darrell Hammond, Mark Curry, Mike O’Malley, Jim Gaffigan, Ed Helms, Greg Geraldo, Demetri Martin, Leo Allen Bryan, Jessica Kirson, John Diresta, John Fugelsang, Gary Gulman, Tom Popa, Tom Shillue, along side corporate CEO’s such as Carl Icahn, Barbra Corcoran, Donny Duetsch, Jerry Della Famina, Jim Lebenthal and many many more.


Representatives from the Manhattan Comedy School will be on hand to provide information on the 8-week course taught at New York’s top Comedy School.  The benefits of this class far exceed the obvious enjoyment of just doing stand-up. The extra benefits include disciplined writing skills, public speaking skills and overall general confidence. 


The graduation show for this class is a live performance at Comix where students will receive a broadcast quality, 2-camera shoot DVD for FREE.


Saturday, November 1st
at: Comix
353 West 14th Street
Between 8th and 9th Avenues

Please call 212-462-3200 to make a reservation.
Visit us at: www.ManhattanComedySchool.com

Comments (0)
]]> aengelcomedy@nyc.rr.com (Andy Engel) Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:41:00 EST http://www.manhattancomedyschool.com/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=10#comments Oceans 13 writer is a recent MCS alumni! http://www.manhattancomedyschool.com/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=8 Oceans Thirteen " screenwriter Brian Koppelman is a recent Manhattan Comedy School graduate. Congratulations Brian! If your not familiar with Brian's work check out his first hit "Rounders". "Rounders" is a very powerful and original movie that is credited with being one of the catalysts that started the current poker explosion. The www.ManhattanComedySchool.com is NYC's number 1 school for anyone who is thinking about starting a career in Stand-up comedy but doesn't know where to begin.All classes end with a performance at Carolines on Broadway.
Comments (0)
]]> aengelcomedy@nyc.rr.com (Andy Engel) Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST http://www.manhattancomedyschool.com/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=8#comments Carolines on Broadway presents a Stand-up comedy class for teenagers! http://www.manhattancomedyschool.com/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=9 Carolines on Broadway presents a stand up comedy class for teenagers (13-17)

 

Are your friends always telling you how funny you are and you’ve thought about trying “stand-up” but don’t know where to begin? Learn from a working pro in a supportive environment. The final class is a performance at Carolines on Broadway, at which you will receive a broadcast quality DVD of your performance! The benefits of this class far exceed the obvious enjoyment of just doing stand-up. The extra benefits include disciplined writing skills, public speaking skills and overall general confidence.

All students will meet with Carolines Director of New Talent. This unique class will start June 25.

 

Call 212-462-3200 or go to www.manhattancomedyschool.com

 

 

Comments (3)
(fanweilijiale - [URL] on 11-Nov-08) wow gold
wow gold
wow power leveling
wow powerleveling
World of Warcraft gold
wow gold
wow power leveling

(fanweilijiale - [URL] on 11-Nov-08) wow gold
wow gold
wow power leveling
wow powerleveling
World of Warcraft gold
wow gold
wow power leveling

(Jordan Shoes - [URL] on 11-Nov-08) Jordan Shoes
Adidas Shoes
probeware

]]> aengelcomedy@nyc.rr.com (Andy Engel) Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST http://www.manhattancomedyschool.com/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=9#comments Bill Clinton and Chelsea attend "The 25th annual Putnam county spelling bee" http://www.manhattancomedyschool.com/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=7 Bill Clinton arrived with his daughter Chelsea about ten minutes before it started. He was seated in a very prominent prime seat and was noticed by a few people seated close by who started snapping pictures and asking for his autograph. The producers obviously new he was coming because they wrote in at least one line about Chelsea becoming president. The nature of the play lends itself to rewriting lines to fit a particular performance or current story in the news. The spelling bee judges are reading words the actors have to spell from cue cards so its easy to fit in tailor made jokes for a particular performance. I like that because it makes the show fresher for the cast and if you see the play more than once it makes it more interesting.I would recommend the play but it suffers from what I think a lot plays suffer from. The fact that the producers feel the play must be a certain length. So instead of editing out the weak songs and weak lines and having a tightly edited one hour fifteen minute great play, they make a one hour forty five minute overly long play that should have been edited better. I think that producers are afraid to produce something that is to short. Anyway, at the end of the play Clinton walks on stage and the 950 people that didn't notice him before burst into a loud spontaneous applause.
Comments (1)
(Mike H on 12-Jun-07) Surprised Bill did not attend the special X rated version of this show - I did, but my review of the bawdier version would still be comparable to Andy's.

]]> aengelcomedy@nyc.rr.com (Andy Engel) Sun, 10 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST http://www.manhattancomedyschool.com/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=7#comments Imus Firing http://www.manhattancomedyschool.com/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=6 There were two articles I read about the whole Imus fiasco that I highly recommend.

 

The Wall Street Journal’s Friday April 13th cover article “Behind the fall of Imus a digital brushfire” is the best blow by blow coverage of how the entire story started and how it exploded. Without taking sides they give an absolutely fascinating hourly and day by day account of the complete story and how it progressed from an unplanned comment and simmered for two days before it exploded. Frank Richs column in the New York Times Sunday April 15 Week in Review is also worth reading. And Finally Sheckmagazine.com has an in depth and powerful take on the whole episode.

 

Comments (0)
]]> aengelcomedy@nyc.rr.com (Andy Engel) Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EST http://www.manhattancomedyschool.com/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=6#comments Hecklers-NY Times article http://www.manhattancomedyschool.com/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=5 “Rise Of The Takedown” a cover article written by Alex Williams in the Sunday Styles section of The New York Times (April 8th, 2007) is an important and interesting article all about heckling. The article was inspired by the release of Jamie Kennedy's movie “Heckler” which opens April 26th 2007 at the Tribeca film festival. The one part of the article that I have a slight problem with is that Williams lumps heckling at a comedy club with heckling at a political event. There are a lot of distinct differences in those two very different venues. However, the article is definitely worth reading.

Comments (1)
(Greg Puglia on 12-Apr-07) Hey Andy - great post! I will have to go chekc out the article.

]]> aengelcomedy@nyc.rr.com (Andy Engel) Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:31:00 EST http://www.manhattancomedyschool.com/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=5#comments New comedy internet sites http://www.manhattancomedyschool.com/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=4 Time Out New Yorks March 8-14 issue (page 86) has an important comedy article for anyone who has an interest in any aspect of comedy.The short article by Catie Lazarus is a listing of the major comedy internet sites.The article also lists upcoming sites as well.Sites she lists include:

 

Comedycentral.com

Comedynet.com

Dailycomedy.com

Justforlaughs.com

Superdeluxe.com

Thisjustin.com

 

Coming soon:

 

Theonion.com

236.com

Comments (2)
(wowogld - [URL] on 20-Aug-08) We supply WoW Gold for wow players, you can Buy Wow Gold,wow power leveling,and world of warcraft gold server here, Cheap WoW Gold always waiting for you!

(WoW Power Leveling - [URL] on 15-Nov-08) We are sure that you cant get such an outstanding wow power leveling,service as ... Such as the Burning Crusade comes,wow power leveling, we provide a cheap wow power leveling, Spending points on the Elemental tree helps wow power leveling,to improves offensive spells and totems; WoW Gold,the Enhancement tree improves melee skills; and Restoration helps with healing. If your priority is towow power levelingyour Shaman as quick as possible wow gold, spend points on talents that will increase your damage. buy WoW Gold,Whether you prefer to kill enemies with ranged spells,World Of Warcraft gold, or up close with brutal melee World Of Warcraft gold, is entirely up to you World Of Warcraft gold, You will soon have to complete your Shaman class quests,WoW Gold, the first being the â¬SCall of the Earthâ¬ư.WoW Gold, Orcs and Trolls will be able to get WoW Gold, this quest from Canaga Earthcallerwow gold, Warhammer gold,Warhammer power leveling,juidg ghy hj cheap wow power leveling,cheap wow power leveling,cheap wow power leveling,buy wow power leveling,buy wow power leveling,buy wow power leveling,power leveling,power leveling,power leveling,power level,power level,power level, Diablo 2 CD Key,starcraft cd key,ffxi gil,ffxi gil,ffxi gil,ffxi gil,final fantasy xi gil,final fantasy xi gil,final fantasy xi gil,final fantasy xi gil,guildwars gold,guildwars gold,guild wars gold,guild wars gold,lotro gold,lotro gold,lotr gold,lotr gold,maplestory mesos,maplestory mesos,maplestory mesos,maple story mesos,maplestory mesos,aoc gold,age of conan gold,aoc gold, age of conan gold,aoc gold,FFXI Gil,final fantasy gil,everquest plat,eq2 plat,eq2 gold,everquest platinum,rs gold,silkroad gold,Pet products,dog bed,pet supply,pet product,Dog Collar,Dog carrier,Dog Clothes,dog clothes,dog collars,wow cd key,world of warcraft cd key,lineage2 cd key,buy warhammer gold,buy warhammer gold,buy warhammer gold,warhammer gold,warhammer gold,warhammer gold,dofus kamas,

]]> aengelcomedy@nyc.rr.com (Andy Engel) Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST http://www.manhattancomedyschool.com/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=4#comments A Short History Of The New Talent Nights At Carolines On Broadway http://www.manhattancomedyschool.com/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=3 My name is Andy Engel and in 1993 Joe Falzarano Carolines’ talent booker approached me to do one or two New Talent shows a month at Carolines. I had no idea how big these shows would become or that they would be imitated by every other club in the city. I told him I would do two shows a month, he said fine and then they just took off. I don’t remember everyone who did that first show. I believe that John Kowie was my host. I believe also that I booked Chris Gannon and a female comic named Jackie who worked at the China Grill. Jackie told me she wanted Pete Klusman to tape the shows, I said OK. Pete’s videotapes were phenomenal and the show quickly got a reputation where young comics could make a professional tape that could launch a career. I didn’t anticipate the pent-up demand so many young comics had to make a tape. Soon I started doing the shows once a week, and I still couldn’t accommodate the demand. Another sign of the tapes importance were the managers and agents who started to call me to get tapes for there clients. Barry Katz (manager of Dane Cook and Jay Mohr) with his unmistakable distinctive voice would call “Andy, this is Barry I’ve got to get a tape for…(fill in hot comic of the month), can you put him or/her on. Peter Rosegarten (Ray Romano’s Manager) also started to call me, as did the entire comedy department at the William Morris Agency. It kept getting bigger and bigger and I was just along for the ride. Jim Gaffigan, Mike O’Malley (Yes Dear), Cory Kahaney (Last Comic Standing), John Fugelsang (VH-1), Jessica Kirson (The Tonight Show), Tom Shillue (Comedy Central) all did my show as New Talent comics. Comics were using their tapes to get agents, managers, comedy festivals and countless bookings and jobs. But something even bigger was happening; some comics got six figure development deals from their tapes. Greg Geraldo, John Diresta, John Bush and others (I lost track), all got development deals from their tapes. The shows were creating a buzz that I didn’t anticipate. I was finding everyone from either tapes they submitted or word of mouth, I didn’t advertise. Monday Nights got a reputation in the industry as a hot night that always had a crowd so big names started to drop-in. Jon Stewart came in for two shows in a row to work out some new material. Denis Leary also came in for about 5 shows in a row working out new stuff. Lewis Black would often stop in if he were in town doing the Daily Show. Then everyone discovered it: Chris Rock, Dave Attel, Dave Chappelle, Robert Klein, Joy Behar, Brett Butler, Caroline Rhea, Damon Wayans, Mark Curry. In the last six months Darrell Hammond from SNL has been stopping by often to try out new stuff. Eddie Brill started out as my regular host. Several years ago he became a segment producer for Late Show With David Letterman, translation: he books the comics for David Letterman. Now he hosts about two shows a month for me. Eddie actually discovered comedian Andy Vastola on my New Talent show and booked him to appear on Letterman. Susie Essman (Curb Your Enthusiasm) has also hosted several shows. If Eddie is not hosting my show he is often stopping by to watch and critique someone he has booked for Letterman. Paula Davis and Frank Smiley the comedy bookers from Late Night With Conan O’Brien also stop by regularly to watch and critique someone who they have booked on Conan.

On other nights I have also produced countless sketch and Improv groups, which I still do.

Some of the more famous ones include The Bert Fershners and the Whitest Kids you know who actually got a deal from their performance at Carolines. I have produced theme shows as well, such as Gay, African American, Latino, Asian and others. Presently I produce about 12 to 15 New Talent shows a month.

All the shows I described above I produced alone.

Over the last three years I have co-produced a show twice a year with a very funny comedian named David Moore, called Funny Business. These were very unique shows in that they combined famous titans of industry and business performing stand-up comedy for the first time with Carolines’ regulars. Prominent CEO’s who have performed include: Carl Icahn, Jon Tisch, Donny Deutsch, Stew Leonard, Barbara Corcoran, Mitchel Modell, Jason Flom, Jamie Nivens and many others.

Comments (0)
]]> aengelcomedy@nyc.rr.com (Andy Engel) Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:18:00 EST http://www.manhattancomedyschool.com/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=3#comments A Short History Of The New Talent Nights At Carolines On Broadway http://www.manhattancomedyschool.com/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=3 My name is Andy Engel and in 1993 Joe Falzarano Carolines’ talent booker approached me to do one or two New Talent shows a month at Carolines. I had no idea how big these shows would become or that they would be imitated by every other club in the city. I told him I would do two shows a month, he said fine and then they just took off. I don’t remember everyone who did that first show. I believe that John Kowie was my host. I believe also that I booked Chris Gannon and a female comic named Jackie who worked at the China Grill. Jackie told me she wanted Pete Klusman to tape the shows, I said OK. Pete’s videotapes were phenomenal and the show quickly got a reputation where young comics could make a professional tape that could launch a career. I didn’t anticipate the pent-up demand so many young comics had to make a tape. Soon I started doing the shows once a week, and I still couldn’t accommodate the demand. Another sign of the tapes importance were the managers and agents who started to call me to get tapes for there clients. Barry Katz (manager of Dane Cook and Jay Mohr) with his unmistakable distinctive voice would call “Andy, this is Barry I’ve got to get a tape for…(fill in hot comic of the month), can you put him or/her on. Peter Rosegarten (Ray Romano’s Manager) also started to call me, as did the entire comedy department at the William Morris Agency. It kept getting bigger and bigger and I was just along for the ride. Jim Gaffigan, Mike O’Malley (Yes Dear), Cory Kahaney (Last Comic Standing), John Fugelsang (VH-1), Jessica Kirson (The Tonight Show), Tom Shillue (Comedy Central) all did my show as New Talent comics. Comics were using their tapes to get agents, managers, comedy festivals and countless bookings and jobs. But something even bigger was happening; some comics got six figure development deals from their tapes. Greg Geraldo, John Diresta, John Bush and others (I lost track), all got development deals from their tapes. The shows were creating a buzz that I didn’t anticipate. I was finding everyone from either tapes they submitted or word of mouth, I didn’t advertise. Monday Nights got a reputation in the industry as a hot night that always had a crowd so big names started to drop-in. Jon Stewart came in for two shows in a row to work out some new material. Denis Leary also came in for about 5 shows in a row working out new stuff. Lewis Black would often stop in if he were in town doing the Daily Show. Then everyone discovered it: Chris Rock, Dave Attel, Dave Chappelle, Robert Klein, Joy Behar, Brett Butler, Caroline Rhea, Damon Wayans, Mark Curry. In the last six months Darrell Hammond from SNL has been stopping by often to try out new stuff. Eddie Brill started out as my regular host. Several years ago he became a segment producer for Late Show With David Letterman, translation: he books the comics for David Letterman. Now he hosts about two shows a month for me. Eddie actually discovered comedian Andy Vastola on my New Talent show and booked him to appear on Letterman. Susie Essman (Curb Your Enthusiasm) has also hosted several shows. If Eddie is not hosting my show he is often stopping by to watch and critique someone he has booked for Letterman. Paula Davis and Frank Smiley the comedy bookers from Late Night With Conan O’Brien also stop by regularly to watch and critique someone who they have booked on Conan.

On other nights I have also produced countless sketch and Improv groups, which I still do.

Some of the more famous ones include The Bert Fershners and the Whitest Kids you know who actually got a deal from their performance at Carolines. I have produced theme shows as well, such as Gay, African American, Latino, Asian and others. Presently I produce about 12 to 15 New Talent shows a month.

All the shows I described above I produced alone.

Over the last three years I have co-produced a show twice a year with a very funny comedian named David Moore, called Funny Business. These were very unique shows in that they combined famous titans of industry and business performing stand-up comedy for the first time with Carolines’ regulars. Prominent CEO’s who have performed include: Carl Icahn, Jon Tisch, Donny Deutsch, Stew Leonard, Barbara Corcoran, Mitchel Modell, Jason Flom, Jamie Nivens and many others.

Comments (0)
]]> aengelcomedy@nyc.rr.com (Andy Engel) Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:18:00 EST http://www.manhattancomedyschool.com/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=3#comments A Short History Of The New Talent Nights At Carolines On Broadway http://www.manhattancomedyschool.com/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=3 My name is Andy Engel and in 1993 Joe Falzarano Carolines’ talent booker approached me to do one or two New Talent shows a month at Carolines. I had no idea how big these shows would become or that they would be imitated by every other club in the city. I told him I would do two shows a month, he said fine and then they just took off. I don’t remember everyone who did that first show. I believe that John Kowie was my host. I believe also that I booked Chris Gannon and a female comic named Jackie who worked at the China Grill. Jackie told me she wanted Pete Klusman to tape the shows, I said OK. Pete’s videotapes were phenomenal and the show quickly got a reputation where young comics could make a professional tape that could launch a career. I didn’t anticipate the pent-up demand so many young comics had to make a tape. Soon I started doing the shows once a week, and I still couldn’t accommodate the demand. Another sign of the tapes importance were the managers and agents who started to call me to get tapes for there clients. Barry Katz (manager of Dane Cook and Jay Mohr) with his unmistakable distinctive voice would call “Andy, this is Barry I’ve got to get a tape for…(fill in hot comic of the month), can you put him or/her on. Peter Rosegarten (Ray Romano’s Manager) also started to call me, as did the entire comedy department at the William Morris Agency. It kept getting bigger and bigger and I was just along for the ride. Jim Gaffigan, Mike O’Malley (Yes Dear), Cory Kahaney (Last Comic Standing), John Fugelsang (VH-1), Jessica Kirson (The Tonight Show), Tom Shillue (Comedy Central) all did my show as New Talent comics. Comics were using their tapes to get agents, managers, comedy festivals and countless bookings and jobs. But something even bigger was happening; some comics got six figure development deals from their tapes. Greg Geraldo, John Diresta, John Bush and others (I lost track), all got development deals from their tapes. The shows were creating a buzz that I didn’t anticipate. I was finding everyone from either tapes they submitted or word of mouth, I didn’t advertise. Monday Nights got a reputation in the industry as a hot night that always had a crowd so big names started to drop-in. Jon Stewart came in for two shows in a row to work out some new material. Denis Leary also came in for about 5 shows in a row working out new stuff. Lewis Black would often stop in if he were in town doing the Daily Show. Then everyone discovered it: Chris Rock, Dave Attel, Dave Chappelle, Robert Klein, Joy Behar, Brett Butler, Caroline Rhea, Damon Wayans, Mark Curry. In the last six months Darrell Hammond from SNL has been stopping by often to try out new stuff. Eddie Brill started out as my regular host. Several years ago he became a segment producer for Late Show With David Letterman, translation: he books the comics for David Letterman. Now he hosts about two shows a month for me. Eddie actually discovered comedian Andy Vastola on my New Talent show and booked him to appear on Letterman. Susie Essman (Curb Your Enthusiasm) has also hosted several shows. If Eddie is not hosting my show he is often stopping by to watch and critique someone he has booked for Letterman. Paula Davis and Frank Smiley the comedy bookers from Late Night With Conan O’Brien also stop by regularly to watch and critique someone who they have booked on Conan.

On other nights I have also produced countless sketch and Improv groups, which I still do.

Some of the more famous ones include The Bert Fershners and the Whitest Kids you know who actually got a deal from their performance at Carolines. I have produced theme shows as well, such as Gay, African American, Latino, Asian and others. Presently I produce about 12 to 15 New Talent shows a month.

All the shows I described above I produced alone.

Over the last three years I have co-produced a show twice a year with a very funny comedian named David Moore, called Funny Business. These were very unique shows in that they combined famous titans of industry and business performing stand-up comedy for the first time with Carolines’ regulars. Prominent CEO’s who have performed include: Carl Icahn, Jon Tisch, Donny Deutsch, Stew Leonard, Barbara Corcoran, Mitchel Modell, Jason Flom, Jamie Nivens and many others.

Comments (0)
]]> aengelcomedy@nyc.rr.com (Andy Engel) Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:18:00 EST http://www.manhattancomedyschool.com/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=3#comments