"Girls aren't funny." If you've heard it once, you've heard it many times, along with girls "can't drive" and Lawrence Summers' favorite, "don't do math/science." As two females who often crack each other up (and know many outstanding female drivers and mathematician/scientists), we figured we'd do our gender a solid by featuring one of the funniest people we know--rather, watch on TV and then stalked: Sue Galloway. Sue has successfully navigated the NYC comedy scene, and proven repeatedly that women can in fact be funny, if not hilarious. She is a regular at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (UCB), a freelance joke writer for SNL's Weekend Update, and an actress on NBC's comedy sensation, 30 Rock (created by fellow funny-gal Tina Fey, who also stars in the show). Playing the role of the French-Dutch, suspected nymphomaniac Sue LaRoche-Van der Hout, Sue has made a name for herself on TV in addition to the top comedic outposts in NYC. She also writes and stars in her own clever and wacky webseries, Namedroppers, which we encourage you to watch, along with the other videos available on her website, described by Sue as, "The corn kernels spurting out of a giant silo. Delicious. Breathtaking. Unique. Yellowish."
Showing up to settle the gender score is the quirky and awesome Sue Galloway at her finest.
Photo credit: Robyn Von Swank.
Despite
stormy weather and tumultuous waves, the Harvard sailing team prevailed
for the third consecutive year, defeating Princeton and winning the Ivy
League championship regatta. Just kidding! That didn’t happen. Or maybe
it did—but it doesn’t matter, because we’re profiling the Harvard Sailing Team, the
hilarious and awesome NYC sketch comedy troupe, not to be confused with
the prestigious university’s athletic team. We were first introduced to
HST when nymag.com featured
their satirical viral video duo, Boys Will Be Girls
and Girls Will Be Boys,
and since then we’ve been hooked on their comedy, showing off their
collection of videos as part of our online video repertoire. The
group--Jen Curran, Rebecca Delgado Smith, Clayton Early, Faryen Einhorn,
Katie Larsen, Adam Lustick, Billy Scafuri, Chris Smith, and Sara Taylor—first met while studying together at NYU, but it was only
post-graduation that Chris and Billy (who had started writing together)
formed the team, who have since won the 2011 Nightlife Award, the Friars
Club Sketch Competition, and the ECNY and INNY awards.
So
if a comedy troupe that bonded through a collective affinity for argyle
intrigues you (how could it not?), read on--and be sure to or check out
their videos online and their weekly show at the People’s Improv
Theater (PIT).
Photo credit: Eric Michael Pearson
Cheo
Bourne has certainly come a long way since his acting debut as the
Happy dwarf in first grade. The Boston native began his career at
Connecticut College, where he took the stage in nearly a dozen
university productions over the course of his tenure. He returned to
his hometown after graduation, kicking off his career by working in
reputable regional theaters for two years. He recently decided to move
and showcase his talent in the theater capital of the world--New York
City, obviously!--where he soon after landed a role in an off-Broadway
production of Shine! The Horatio Alger Musical, as part of the New York Musical Theater festival
this past October. Cheo’s resume impressively boasts 4 years of dance
and a capella, and his past experience on stage (not to mention his
mastery of 4 speech dialects) ensures his capability to successfully
portray a wide variety of characters.
This
guy’s got talent, and we can’t wait to see him make it big on
Broadway--keep your eyes peeled for his name on your Playbill.
The Brooklyn Academy of Music
(BAM) featured its first performance in 1861, and has been a fixture of
Brooklyn and New York City culture ever since. Now, more than ever, BAM
is bursting at the seams with international drama, art, music, dance, and
film, as home to the Howard Gilman Opera House, Harvey Theater, and Rose Cinemas. The woman at the helm is none other than its president, Karen Brooks Hopkins.
And what does the president of such a prestigious cultural center do?
The answer, in short, is: everything. From managing finances to
pleasing clientele, Karen is the force that has brought BAM into the
spotlight over the past couple of years.
Karen is committed to delivering cutting-edge art while leveraging all
of the creativity and character that Brooklyn has to offer. For more information about BAM, please visit www.bam.org.
"Girls aren't funny." If you've heard it once, you've heard it many times, along with girls "can't drive" and Lawrence Summers' favorite, "don't do math/science." As two females who often crack each other up (and know many outstanding female drivers and mathematician/scientists), we figured we'd do our gender a solid by featuring one of the funniest people we know--rather, watch on TV and then stalked: Sue Galloway. Sue has successfully navigated the NYC comedy scene, and proven repeatedly that women can in fact be funny, if not hilarious. She is a regular at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (UCB), a freelance joke writer for SNL's Weekend Update, and an actress on NBC's comedy sensation, 30 Rock (created by fellow funny-gal Tina Fey, who also stars in the show). Playing the role of the French-Dutch, suspected nymphomaniac Sue LaRoche-Van der Hout, Sue has made a name for herself on TV in addition to the top comedic outposts in NYC. She also writes and stars in her own clever and wacky webseries, Namedroppers, which we encourage you to watch, along with the other videos available on her website, described by Sue as, "The corn kernels spurting out of a giant silo. Delicious. Breathtaking. Unique. Yellowish."
