The Talent Show Brand Variety Show returns to Littlefield on May 30th for another show, full of surprises! This month, we bring you, JOAN OF ARC! Yes, even we need a little guidance, sometimes. Let’s just hope no one starts any fires.
JOAN OF ARC
FEATURING:
JOAN JULIET BUCK
DAVE HILL
LUCY WAINWRIGHT ROCHE
EUGENE MIRMAN
SUSAN PIVER
BOBBY TISDALE
SUPERCUTE!
Hosted by: KEVIN TOWNLEY and ELNA BAKER!
Tickets: 5 buckskins.
Doors: 7pm / Show: 8pm
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 JOAN JULIET BUCK |
 DAVE HILL |
 LUCY WAINWRIGHT ROCHE |
 EUGENE MIRMAN |
 SUSAN PIVER |
 BOBBY TISDALE |
 ELNA BAKER |
 KEVIN TOWNLEY |
 SUPERCUTE! |
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We love divisiveness, bitterness and snark as much as the next New Yorkers, but to kick 2012 off we’re challenging ourselves to do a show based on togetherness, positivity and aspiration…you know, just to see if it can be done! We are the 100%
The 100% Show!
FEATURING:
Bluebirds on our shoulder DAVE HILL & SHAINA FEINBERG!
On the sunnyside of the street, it’s GLENNIS MCCARTHY!
The first day of the rest of your life, EUGENE MIRMAN!
Probably STUCKEY & MURRAY!
Plus an historic, record-breaking moment to be documented by THE WORLD RECORD APPRECIATION SOCIETY!
And several, several more!
Hosted by ELNA BAKER & KEVIN TOWNLEY!
Tickets: 7 macaronis!
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DAVE HILL |
 SHAINA FEINBERG |
 GLENNIS MCCARTHY |
EUGENE MIRMAN |
 DAN ROLLMAN |
 STUCKEY & MURRAY |
ELNA BAKER |
KEVIN TOWNLEY |
A 100% bona-fide 250-person gift-swap! Bring a dumb gift you got for Christmas and trade it for something you actually want! Plus there will be excellent performances and amusements to be seen and had!
FEATURING:
Look over by the tree, it’s JOHN ROBERTS!
Snips and snails and MYQ KAPLAN!
Keeping the Christ in Christmas, it’s JENA FRIEDMAN!
There’s a stranger in the manger: DAVE HILL!
Mr. Pear Partridge himself, LEO ALLEN!
Is that a lump of coal in your stocking or are you just happy to see JOSEPH KECKLER!
AND SEVERAL MORE!
Hosted by Elna Baker
Tickets are a mere $7 (plus a small Intranet service fee) and can be got here.
The year is 1621 and a very special potluck has been planned by the Pilgrims and Indians. But tensions are running high and when someone gets murdered it’s up to the rest of the guests to figure out whodunnit before the potatoes get cold. It’s murder most fowl!
Look hungrily on as we enjoy a full Thanksgiving dinner on stage with all the trimmins. Thankfully enjoy our generous offerings of laughter and music!
Featuring:
Hold the stuffing, it’s Kurt Braunohler!
The Plymouth ROCK of laughs, Shonali Bhowmik!
One-man cornucopia, Bobby Tisdale!
As seen on TV, it’s Lusia Strus!
Leave room for Arnab Chanda!
Drumstick twitchers Monica Bill Barnes & Anna Bass!
…and several more!
Plus the premier of the new web series The Secret Adversary!
Hosted by Kevin Townley & Elna Baker!
Wednesday, November 30, 8:00 PM (Doors: 7:00 PM)
Tickets: $7, available online (with a small service fee).
Location: Littlefield
622 Degraw Street [map]
Between 3rd and 4th Avenues, in Gowanus, Brooklyn.
Right by the R train. Not too far from the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N and Q.
A little farther, but not crazy-far, from the F and the G.
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 Kurt Braunohler |
 Shonali Bhowmik |
 Bobby Tisdale |
 Lusia Strus |
 Arnab Chanda |
 Monica Bill Barnes & Anna Bass |
 Sarah Nowak |
 Eric Ledgin |
 Eric Slovin |
Featuring:
Thing that goes bump in the night, Reggie Watts!
John Carpenter’s Jessi Klein!
Eugene Mirman, Mistress of the Dark
The light in your jack-o-lantern, Dave Hill!
If the crypt is rockin’ don’t come knockin’, it’s T-Berry!
Heartthrob without a pulse, Joseph Keckler!
…and several more!
Hosted by Talent Show Mediums Kevin Townley and Elna Baker!
Wednesday, October 26, 8:00 PM (Doors: 7:00 PM)
Tickets: $7, available online (with a small service fee).
Dress up in a fantabulous costume of your choosing and have it judged on stage! You will win a prize if it’s good!
Location: Littlefield
622 Degraw Street [map]
Between 3rd and 4th Avenues, in Gowanus, Brooklyn.
Right by the R train. Not too far from the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N and Q.
A little farther, but not crazy-far, from the F and the G.
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 Dave Hill |
 Reggie Watts |
 Jessi Klein |
 Eugene Mirman |
 T-Berry |
 Kevin Townley |
 Elna Baker |
 BAMBÏ |
In September, the Talent Show is proud to be part of the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival at the Bell House, in Gowanus, Brooklyn.
Featuring all of these people, drrrrrunk:
Boss of the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival, Eugene Mirman!
Positive role model Jennifer “Jen” Kirkman!
Gentleman about town John Hodgman!
Public-radio DJ Ira Glass!
A fully grown man, Kurt Braunohler!
Special & beautiful princess Jessi Klein!
…and many more!
WIth your half-drunk hosts, Elna Baker & Kevin Townley!
Saturday, September, 9 PM.
Tickets: $20, available online.
Location: The Bell House
149 7th Street [map]
Between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, in Gowanus, Brooklyn.
Just a few blocks from the D, N, R, F and G trains.
Join us as we pay tribute to the greatest teen magazine of all time.
Featuring:
Live on videotape, Sassy editor-in-chief Jane Pratt!
Head of the KKK (Kool Kidz Klub), Tavi Gevinson!
Someone who doesn’t go online so we can say anything we want about her, Janeane Garofalo!
Cool Dad Ira Glass!
Belle blogeuse et phénomène Elizabeth Spiridakis!
Gold-dust woman Marisa Meltzer!
Public figure, student and iconoclast Kara Jesella!
Famous famousperson Dave Hill!
Living, breathing Cute Band Alert Supercute!
Grown ‘n’ sexy rock stars Bambï!
Fresh from her star turn as Mrs. Zodsworth in 1999′s “Fatty Drives the Bus,” it’s Jodi Lennon!
Former Chia Pet bass player Jessica Vitkus!
Once a Sassy intern, always a Sassy intern (not really), Christine Muhlke!
The eminently Googleable Mandy Stadtmiller!
Net Generation prom king Joe Coscarelli!
Teenage dream Luke Bergamini!
…and many more!
With the Sassiest Hosts in America, Elna Baker & Kevin Townley!
Wednesday, July 27, 8 PM.
Doors open at 7 PM.
Tickets: $5, available online (with a small service fee).
Location: Littlefield
622 Degraw Street [map]
Between 3rd and 4th Avenues, in Gowanus, Brooklyn.
Right by the R train. Not too far from the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N and Q.
A little farther, but not crazy-far, from the F and the G.
Wherein we finally let our regulars and favorites stop agreeing to our cockamamie shenanigans and do whatever the eff they want!
Starring:
Our semi-celebrity crush Ira Glass!
Miss Congeniality, Todd Barry!
The girl most likely to, Julie Klausner!
Tasteful nude Dave Hill!
Hebrew hammer Jessi Klein!
Heartbreaker, love maker, dream taker Kurt Braunohler!
Style icon Cintra Wilson!
The sassiest girls in America, Supercute!
Wednesday, June 29, 8 PM.
Doors open at 7 PM.
Tickets: $5, available online (with a small service fee).
Location: Littlefield
622 Degraw Street [map]
Between 3rd and 4th Avenues, in Gowanus, Brooklyn.
Right by the R train. Not too far from the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N and Q.
A little farther, but not crazy-far, from the F and the G.
We’ll talk about boys, make friendship bracelets and eat gross foods. Join us!
Our party guests:
Ira “J-Woww” Glass!
Ginger ninja Julie Klausner!
That one guy, Eugene Mirman!
Winner of the James Beard Award (of our hearts), Dave Hill!
Mover, shaker, motivator Starlee Kine!
Princess of pets Kurt Braunohler!
Tall and handsome comedian Roger Hailes!
The celeb you would most want to make out with, Hanna Cheek!
White Rhythmic Dog Liz Armstrong!
Wednesday, May 25, 8 PM.
Doors open at 7 PM.
Tickets: $5, available online (with a small service fee).
Location: Littlefield
622 Degraw Street [map]
Between 3rd and 4th Avenues, in Gowanus, Brooklyn.
Right by the R train. Not too far from the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N and Q.
A little farther, but not crazy-far, from the F and the G.
Join us as we relive the glories of high school forensics! With our guests:
Higgletytown heroes They Might Be Giants!
Ray of sunshine Todd Barry!
International lover Kristen Schaal!
TV’s Eugene Mirman!
Gold medalist Dave Hill!
Secret weapon Jonathan Coulton!
Cultural X-ray Cintra Wilson!
Noted personality Mike Albo!
Blonde Bomber Virginia Heffernan!
The world’s most beloved storyteller, T-Berry!
Armchair comedian Matt Oberg!
Music-comedy weirdos Stuckey & Murray!
Roommates Ashley Ward & Nate Starkey!
and many more!
With expert guest judge Mark Oppenheimer!
Hosted by Elna Baker and Kevin Townley!
Wednesday, April 27, 8 PM.
Doors open at 7 PM.
Tickets: $5, available online (with a small service fee).
Location: Littlefield
622 Degraw Street [map]
Between 3rd and 4th Avenues, in Gowanus, Brooklyn.
Right by the R train. Not too far from the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N and Q.
A little farther, but not crazy-far, from the F and the G.
It’s Mother’s Day in March! Come see a bunch of really talented people being totally embarrassed by their mothers and/or children.
With:
The people’s princess, Dave Hill!
Little twin stars Lucy Wainwright Roche and Suzzy Roche!
Hilarious humoredian Kurt Braunohler!
Most valuable player Chris Gethard!
Dueling banjos Shaina and Mary Feinberg!
Rapper, lover, dreamer Che Grand!
Comedian and mommy Calise Hawkins!
Living doll Seth Herzog and his mommy!
Cutehead funnyperson Leo Allen!
From the Stern show and our dreams, Michael Dempster!
And, believe it or not, many more!
Hosted by Christine Baker’s daughter and Ashley Stevens’s son!
Musicked by our house band, Bambï!
Wednesday, March 30, 8 PM
Doors open at 7 PM.
Tickets: $5, available online (with a small service fee).
Location: Littlefield
622 Degraw Street [map]
Between 3rd and 4th Avenues, in Gowanus, Brooklyn.
Right by the R train. Not too far from the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N and Q.
A little farther, but not crazy-far, from the F and the G.
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 Suzzy Roche |
 Dave Hill |
 Lucy Wainwright Roche |
 Kurt Braunohler |
 Chris Gethard |
 Miles Kahn |
 Seth Herzog |
 Che Grand |
 Shaina & Mary Feinberg |
 Calise Hawkins |
 Leo Allen |
 Michael Dempster |
For our one-year anniversary, we’re taking everyone who was in our first show, in February 2010, and making them compete in a DANCE CONTEST.
THE CONTESTANTS:
Human speedball Ira Glass!
Standing in for John Hodgman, it’s the thinking man’s John Hodgman, Mike Albo!
Superheroic songbird Lucy Wainwright Roche!
New York City’s best-smelling comedian, Dave Hill!
Illusionist (OR IS HE?) Alex Stone!
Lover/fighter Shaina Feinberg!
Classic with an edge Henrietta Mantooth!
Comedy person Luke Bergamini!
Dark angel Elna Baker!
Sweater girl Kevin Townley!
Plus our CELEBRITY JUDGES:
Macaroni rascal Eugene Mirman!
Celebutante David Rakoff!
Actual professional dancer Monica Bill Barnes!
Wednesday, February 23, 8 PM
Doors open at 7 PM.
Tickets: Only 5 macaronis, available online (with a small service fee).
Location: Littlefield
622 Degraw Street [map]
Between 3rd and 4th Avenues, in Gowanus, Brooklyn.
Right by the R train. Not too far from the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N and Q.
A little farther, but not crazy-far, from the F and the G.
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 David Rakoff |
 Lucy Wainwright Roche |
 Dave Hill |
 Mike Albo |
 Eugene Mirman |
 Ira Glass |
 Henrietta Mantooth |
 Alex Stone |
 Shaina Feinberg |
 Monica Bill Barnes |
 Luke Bergamini |
 Elna Baker & Kevin Townley |
Featuring:
Евгений Борис Мирман, aka Eugene Boris Mirman!
From Radio Lab and most mornings at the Edison Deli, Robert Krulwich!
The Cat Whisperer, Julie Klausner!
Rock star and semiotician Damian Kulash!
Unironic juggler Michael Moschen!
The king of late night, Sean O’Connor!
Tall glass of just what you ordered, Julian McCullough!
Welder by day, stripper by night Lucy Wainwright Roche!
The Wright Brothers, the Brothers Lucas!
Living dolls Carla Rhodes & Cecil Sinclaire!
…and many more!!!
In the category for Best Host it’s Elna Baker vs. Kevin Townley!
Also featuring music from Bambï!
Wednesday, January 26, 8 PM
Doors open at 7 PM.
Tickets: Only 5 macaronis, available online (with a small service fee).
Location: Littlefield
622 Degraw Street [map]
Between 3rd and 4th Avenues, in Gowanus, Brooklyn.
Right by the R train. Not too far from the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N and Q.
A little farther, but not crazy-far, from the F and the G.
An all-out, 250 person GIFT SWAP, y’all, featuring:
The young Jerry Seinfeld, Dave Hill!
The beautiful and talented Ira Glass!
Lock up your daughters, it’s Sarah Nowak!
Whore with a heart of gold Lucy Wainwright Roche!
The saucy ‘n’ sassy Sean O’Connor!
…and many more!
Featuring extra special sexy guest host Jane Feltes, same-old same-old Kevin Townley and our sensational house band Bambï!
Bring a gift to swap! You might leave better than you came (but certainly no worse)!
Wednesday, December 29, 8 PM
Doors open at 7 PM
Tickets: $5, available online (with a small service fee).
Location: Littlefield
622 Degraw Street [map]
Between 3rd and 4th Avenues, in Gowanus, Brooklyn.
Right by the R train. Not too far from the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N and Q.
A little farther, but not crazy-far, from the F and the G.
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 Dave Hill |
Lucy Wainwright Roche |
 Ira Glass |
 Jane Feltes |
 Sean O’Connor |
 Sarah Nowak |
Starring:
Your girlfriend’s boyfriend, Mike Birbiglia!
The rich man’s Judge Judy, John Hodgman!
Don’t get us started on Dave Hill!
Know-it-all/do-it-all Mike Albo!
Big bowl of sunshine Sean Patton!
Armenian national treasure Ali Farahnakian!
Guitar hero and current running-man champion Thao Nguyen!
And, as always, your hosts, Elna Baker & Kevin Townley, and our house band, Bambï!
Wednesday, November 24, 8 PM
Doors open at 7 PM
Tickets: $5, available online (with a small service fee).
Location: Littlefield
622 Degraw Street [map]
Between 3rd and 4th Avenues, in Gowanus, Brooklyn.
Right by the R train. Not too far from the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N and Q.
A little farther, but not crazy-far, from the F and the G.
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 Mike Birbiglia |
 John Hodgman |
 Dave Hill |
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Mike Albo |
 Sean Patton |
 Ali Farahnakian |
 Kevin Townley |
 Thao Nguyen |
 Bambï |
Starring:
Semi-famous television talker John Hodgman!
Everything right with America, Dave Hill!
From EugeneMirman.com, the legendary Eugene Boris Mirman!
Niche broadcaster Ira Glass!
Cha-cha masters Shaina and Mary Feinberg!
Outlier, early adopter, social maven and tipping point Jane Feltes!
Writer, joke sayer and brigadier Jessi Klein!
Teacher of children and maker of beats Shockwave!
Plus, as always, our hosts, Elna Baker and Kevin Townley, and our house band, Bambï!
Wednesday, October 27th, 8 PM
Doors open at 7:00 PM
Tickets: $5, available online
Littlefield
622 Degraw Street [map]
Between 3rd and 4th Avenues, in Gowanus, Brooklyn.
Right by the R train. Not too far from the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N and Q.
A little farther, but not crazy-far, from the F and the G.
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 John Hodgman |
 Eugene Mirman |
Dave Hill |
 Jane Feltes |
 Ira Glass |
 Shaina & Mary Feinberg |
 Jessi Klein |
 Bambï |
 Shockwave |
Starring:
Big bowl of wonderful Jeff Garlin!
Quickly becoming the Talent Show mascot Dave Hill!
Your new unrequited love Jane Feltes!
The author of
Comedy hurricane Kurt Braunohler!
Ass-pummeling rock-and-roll inferno Supercute!
Thursday, June 24th, 8 PM
Doors open at 7:30 PM
The Gershwin Hotel
7 East 27th St., between 5th & Madison
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 Jeff Garlin |
Bambï |
Dave Hill |
 Jane Feltes |
 Kurt Braunohler |
 Kathie Bergquist |
 Elna Baker |
 Supercute |
Kevin Townley |
Starring:
Rock god Dave Hill!
America’s most beloved storyteller, Ira Glass!
Human catnip Edith Zimmerman!
The Buddhist Miss Lonelyhearts, Susan Piver!
Fresh-faced comedian and Detroit native Leopold Rufus Allen!
Mother-and-daughter songbirds Shaina and Mary Feinberg!
Actor, scribe and gadfly David Kodeski!
The hottest sister act out of Minnesota, Vickie & Nickie!
Featuring our bitchin’ house band, Bambï!
Hosted by the beautiful and talented Elna Baker and Kevin Townley.
Thursday, May 27th, 8 PM
Doors open at 7:30 PM
The Gershwin Hotel
7 East 27th St., between 5th & Madison
Tickets
$5 at the door
$6.75 online (because of service fees)
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 Dave Hill |
 Edith Zimmerman |
Ira Glass |
 Susan Piver |
 Leo Allen |
Shaina & Mary Feinberg |
 David Kodeski |
 Vickie & Nickie |
Bambï |
Mysteries of the Unknown: Aliens, Cults and Terrifying True Tales
Starring:
Comedian, author and debonair man-about-town Eugene Boris Mirman!
Figure-skating champion and funnyman Dave Hill!
TV-writing genius and real-life superhero Marti Noxon!
Alchemist and father of Kevin Townley Kevin Townley!
What you get when you cross a Lite-Brite with an Etch-a-Sketch, Shantell Martin!
Dreamy opera singer Joseph Keckler!
Gentleman scholar Cliff Doerksen!
Poet, comedian and adorable human Sommer Browning!
Hosted by the beautiful and talented Kevin Townley and Elna Baker.
Thursday, April 29th, 8 PM
The Gershwin Hotel
7 East 27th St., between 5th & Madison
Tickets for The Talent Show are $5 at the door, $6.75 online (because of service fees).
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Eugene Mirman |
 Dave Hill |
 Marti Noxon |
 Kevin Townley |
 Shantell Martin |
 Joseph Keckler |
 Cliff Doerksen |
 Sommer Browning |
Bambï |
Our sophomore slump show, “D.I.Y.,” stars:
Amazing and strangely British-seeming comedian Dave Hill!
Laugh machine Mike Birbiglia!
The other painter of light, Shantell Martin!
Radio producer by day, professional manhunter by night Jane Feltes!
Musician and rabble-rouser Jessica Delfino!
Hosted by the awesome (and comely) Elna Baker and Kevin Townley.
Do not miss this fabulous event, on Thursday, March 25th at 8 PM at the Gershwin Hotel, 7 East 27th St., between 5th and Madison.
Tickets for The Talent Show are $5 at the door, $6.75 online (because of service fees) and are available below.
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 Mike Birbiglia |
 Dave Hill |
Shantell Martin |
Jane Feltes |
 Jessica Delfino |
Elna Baker |
Kevin Townley |
Bambï |
Years from now, when the names of Oprah Winfrey and Angelina Jolie, Barack Obama and Madonna are long forgotten, when even the name of the United States of America is a distant memory and all that remains of our culture is one Season 5 DVD of The Wire, half a copy of a Philip Roth novel and some old video of The Talent Show, you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you attended the very first evening of the longest-running, most-beloved entertainment in the history of this continent (since white people arrived).
Starring:
Handsome comedian Mike Birbiglia!
The awesome-at-everything John Hodgman!
Amazing and strangely British-seeming comedian Dave Hill!
Writer/performer/It girl Shaina Feinberg!
Hypnotically appealing singer/songwriter Lucy Wainwright Roche!
Hilarious teenage comedian Luke Bergamini!
Mind-bending magician Alex Stone!
Poor man’s Garrison Keillor Ira Glass!
Devastatingly charming writer/artist Henrietta Mantooth!
And the only band in New York City, Bambï!
Hosted by the awesome (and comely) Elna Baker and Kevin Townley.
Do not miss this fabulous event, on Thursday, February 25th at 8 PM at the Gershwin Hotel, 7 East 27th St., between 5th and Madison. Or else you will have nothing to talk about after the apocalypse.
Tickets for The Talent Show are $5 at the door, $6.75 online (because of service fees) and are available below.
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Bambï |
Mike Birbiglia |
 John Hodgman |
Dave Hill |
 Shaina Feinberg |
 Lucy Wainwright Roche |
 Luke Bergamini |
 Alex Stone |
 Ira Glass |
 Henrietta Mantooth |
Elna Baker |
Kevin Townley |
ONLINE TICKETS TO THIS EVENT ARE SOLD OUT.
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