SPLURGE!: May 2010

Friday, May 28, 2010

Next show: Friday, June 4th at 7:30 pm

Friday, June 4th at 7:30 pm
Doors at 7
Splurge! at Happy Ending
302 Broome Street (Forsyth/Eldridge)
Free!

Featuring:

Dan Allen (Premium Blend)

Photo by Mindy Tucker

Badlands Booker (Competitive Eater, Hip-hop mogul fresh off the GoDaddy Indy500 ads)

Lisa Kaplan (Lesbians of Laughter Tour)

Photo by Anya Garrett

Amy Schumer (Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central Presents)

Photo by 92Y Tribeca

Sheng Wang (Live at Gotham)

Musical Guest: Adira Amram (Kid Koala's Slew Tour)

Photo by Dave Lichterman

Video Premiere by Tom McCaffrey (Premium Blend), Mara Herron (Maury) and your host, Carolyn Castiglia (MTV, VH1)

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

May 14th Lineup!

The next SPLURGE! is this Friday, May 14 at 7:30 pm. Doors and Snacks at 7. Happy Ending is located at 302 Broome Street (btn. Forsyth/Eldridge). The show is free!

Featuring:

PATRICK BORELLI (Premium Blend, Conan)

Photo by Steph Goralnick

ROGER HAILES (Live at Gotham)

Photo by Anya Garrett

ADRIENNE IAPALUCCI (New York Comedy Festival)

Photo courtesy of the New York Times

MARGOT LEITMAN (Moth StorySlam Winner)

Photo by Anya Garrett

JESS WOOD (HBO's Def Comedy Jam)

Musical Guest: STUCKEY & MURRAY (Last Comic Standing)

Video Premiere by Becky Yamamoto (VH1)

Photo by Ryan Brenizer

Critical Mass

Time Out New York named Splurge! an ESSENTIAL NEW YORK COMEDY experience!

September 10th show: Time Out New York online critic's pick.

August 6th show: Honey Shot on The Apiary.

July 9th show: "Castiglia the Curator has impeccable taste and ALL of the comedians she books are some combination of brainy, edgy and really, genuinely funny, including herself." - http://tinyurl.com/2w7ab4x

June 4th show: ComedySmack's pick of the day.

May 14th show: Critic's Pick in the Comedy Section of TimeOut New York.

January 8th show: One of three Critic's Picks in the Comedy Section of TimeOut New York's print edition and TONY's Own This City blog said Splurge! should be part of "Your Perfect Weekend."

What Audiences Are Saying:

"Every single act was excellent." - Tom Searle (UK comedian)

"I'm a big fan of your style and was just telling my mom about your set :) I'm def going to be at your show again soon and will be passing the word onto my friends." - Celeste Conrad

What Comics Are Saying:

"Your show made my night. That's the first comedy show I watched beginning to end in 9 years. And you were flammable on the mic at the end. Go fuck yourself Carolyn, you rule too hard." - Julian McCullough

"Thanks, Carolyn Castiglia! What an amazing show last night! I laughed so hard that I was transported to higher plane of existence." - Ben Lerman

"SPLURGE! at Happy Ending was SO much fun tonight! Thanks to Carolyn Castiglia for the hilarious good time." - Erin Judge

"I was thinking about the show all night. You are so funny and likable up there - it created the perfect atmosphere for what I think was the best show I've seen in a while." - Ophira Eisenberg

Upcoming Lineups

Happy Ending

Happy Ending is home to more than one successful monthly reading series, including "In the Flesh" hosted by Rachel Kramer Bussel, "How I Learned" hosted by Blaise K and "Sex Worker Literati" hosted by Audacia Ray and David Henry Sterry. Splurge! is its first monthly comedy event.

Happy Ending is a former massage parlor and has been voted "Best Bar" by Paper Magazine, Citysearch, TimeOut New York and the Village Voice.

Happy Ending
302 Broome Street
New York, NY 10002
(212) 334-9676
http://www.happyendinglounge.com/

SPLURGE!