THEATER: Frankenstein (Mortal Toys) is a “miniature spectacle that follows the haunted alpine journey of Victor Frankenstein, as he confronts the loneliness and rage of his alienated monster.” The production stars elegantly handmade puppets based on 18th century portrait paintings, lush sets inspired by Romantic era landscape painting, an eerie musical score by Severin Behnen, played live on toy piano, organ, bells and accordion. The Times calls it “an inspired melding of material and medium.......

The Comedians of Comedy are performing at Irving Plaze on October 27th at 6 and 10:30 PM. Both shows will be hosted by Patton Oswalt, who will be joined by Brian Poshein, Maria Bamford, Eugene Mirman, John Mulaney, and some yet to be announced special guests. Last year's surprises included performances by David Cross, Nick Swardson, Jon Benjamin, and Jon Glaser. With such a line up, the event is certainly a night not to be......

Jon Benjamin started performing in Boston in the early 90's with comedian Sam Seder before getting involved with the David Cross lead Cross Comedy. Since then, he's been a fixture of comedy in all mediums. Home Movies, Wet Hot American Summer, and the popular live revue Tinkle are amongst his many credits. Gothamist sat down with Benjamin to find out more about this highly saught after comedic talent. What's a typical day like for......

Human Giant The Shutterbugs have made a short called: Lil' 9/11. Yes, it's exactly what you are thinking. 9/11 portrayed by children. This trailer is part of a bigger Shutterbugs episode that will be on the show soon. Is it so offensive that it's not offensive? You decide. Web Polls - Take Our Poll Human Giant airs their second episode on MTV tomorrow night at 10:30pm (this one includes Patton Oswalt, Brian Posehn, Jon Benjamin,......

Gothamist loves that “before they were famous” kind of celebrity trivia. The jobs that pre-celebrities held down, the apartments they lived in, that meager road they traveled on their way to the paparazzi-and-Bungalow 8-filled highway. We love knowing that maybe some of the performers we watch in the back of a bar or in a theater above a sushi restaurant might someday be propelled to that level of success and we are lucky to have......

Gothamist loves this time of year when the city clears out. The city was so empty this morning that even our local AM New York distributor by the F train was on vacation and we had to pick up the paper instead of having it handed to us. Thankfully there is plenty to do this week as a reward for our hard work. Tonight, Jon Benjamin and Chris Jureck join the ladies of Variety Shac......

Gothamist is switching things around for the next Movable Hype...it's going to be a comedy show! Here are the details: May 17th @ Tonic // 8:30pm // $7 Hosted By: Paul Scheer (Best Week Ever) and Rob Huebel (aka: Inconsiderate Cell Phone Guy) Comedians: Aziz Ansari, Chelsea Peretti, Nick Kroll, Jessi Klein House Band: tba Last night Gothamist headed over to Pianos for the last night of the three night taping of Invite Them Up.......

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Monday: you're tired, you slept in too late, you were late for work (well, those things apply to us today)... you just know it's going to be an uphill battle all week. Turn that frown upside down, people! Because tonight local comedian Eugene Mirman celebrates the release of his new two-disc comedy CD/DVD, The Absurd Night Club Comedy Of Eugene Mirman. Dress up your Monday (and we do mean dress up, in dresses and suits,......

Sam Seder, Director / Writer / Comedian / Co-Host, "The Majority Report"...

Gothamist won't be at Southpaw later, as we totally flaked on getting tickets to Tinkle tonight. So if you're attending please let us know how awesome it was. David Cross, Toddy Barry AND Ted Leo! All in one place and all there to support the Kerry/Edwards ticket...we'll be at home banging our head against the wall for missing this one. Full lineup... David Cross Todd Barry Jon Benjamin Marc Maron Fred Armisen Andy Blitz Jon......

A new addition to Mayor Bloomberg's press conferences: Someone to add a drum flourish to his jokes, so reporters know to laugh, instead of laughing at the Mayor all the time! The drummer was really there to help the Mayor announce the first New York Comedy Festival this November. Over 50 comedians will perform at a number of NY venues, from small clubs to Madison Square Garden. NY1 reports that 15,000 tickets will be......

Gothamist was excited to learn that our favorite comedian, Todd Barry, was named Entertainment Weekly's It Stand Up. Since we're not sure if people will recover after seeing the huge picture of Paris Hilton showing some skin on the same page, we've scanned in Todd's mention (also because Entertainment Weekly has an annoying subscription-only policy). Todd stopped by our Happy Hour. No, seriously. Gothamist on Tinkle, the comedy show Todd co-hosts with David Cross......

It had been a while, so Gothamist went to Tinkle on Sunday (we also needed a little comedy after Saturday night). Demetri Martin continued his use of visual aids: This time, he rocked out the overhead projector to excellent effect. Fred Armisen pulled up one of our friends to the stage for no real reason - we guess it's some sort of art comedy he's working on. Jessi Klein and Andy Blitz rounded out......

This Sunday's Tinkle looks to be exceptionally good: Marc Maron, Fred Armisen, Jessi Klein, with music by David Garza. Todd Barry and Jon Benjamin host. Tinkle has a new website: www.tinkle.info but don't fret - it's still full of the same Tinkle-goodness. Also, there's a new hotline, 212 560 5535, for information. Whoever recorded the message has a voice straddled the line between sexy and creepy. This must be the line that Willem Dafoe lives......

Gothamist may have been gearing up for some laughs with Tinkle, but we were not expecting a bag of candy and some Peeps in front of our seats in the upstairs lounge. Of course, Gothamist had to examine what was in the goodie bag and went about extracting all candy from the bag: Pop Rocks, Kit Kat, lollipops, candy Band-Aid, chocolate Easter eggs...it was like Halloween, but at Easter time. There was also a......

For a second week in a row, I went to Tinkle. Lessons learned for anyone interested to going: - Friends are necessary to chat with while waiting on line; - Alcoholic drinks can help numb the pain of being on line; - Do not sit in the last row or else may suffer idiots standing behind you hitting your head. The show got off to a rough start - maybe they didn't have a V-8,......

Tinkle Toes
Last night, I went to Tinkle with Tania, Sam T, and others for loads of comedy fun from David Cross, Jon Benjamin, and Todd Barry....