Comedy Upper East Side | Uptown at Night

UPTOWN
AT NIGHT

COMEDY & STORYTELLING ON THE UPPER EAST SIDE

Wednesday, May 6 at 6:00 pm

New York Society Library

53 East 79th Street

$20 per person - Reservations Required

Hors d’oeuvres, desserts & wine will be served

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Alexandra Petri

Alexandra Petri, the long-time humor columnist at The Washington Post and now at The Atlantic, is a master of holding the powerful to account with her wit. Winner of the 2025 Thurber Prize for American Humor for her book, AP’s US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up), she’s also an award-winning playwright. To paraphrase Dave Barry, despite stiff competition from Congress, she’s “the funniest person in Washington.”

Bruce Handy

Bruce Handy began his prolific career at Spy, the iconic and much-missed humor magazine. He was also an Emmy- nominated writer at Saturday Night Live. Currently a Vanity Fair contributing writer, his essays, reviews and humor pieces have appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker and others. He’s the author of six books, and Publisher’s Weekly has described his writing as “spirited, perceptive, and just outright funny.”

Ledia Xhoga

Ledia Xhoga is a writer whose work encompasses literary fiction, short stories and comedic plays. Her debut novel, Misinterpretation, was long listed for the 2025 Booker Prize; it also received a New York City Book Award and was a finalist for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize. Debutiful called it “a gorgeously written book that combines humor and suspense.” Her comedic plays are distinguished by their spirit-lifting effects.

Ike Ufomadu

Ike Ufomadu, acclaimed by The New Yorker as one of the “finest comic performers in town,” is an Emmy-nominated and Drama Desk award-winning actor, writer and comedian. His solo show Amusements premiered off Broadway at Playwright’s Horizon. He also co-wrote and stars in the indie feature “Inspector Ike,” which The New York Times called an “often inspired goof” and Paste hailed as a “cult classic in the making.”

Brian Fitzsousa
Keyboard

Brian Fitzsousa is a pianist with the Metropolitan Opera. A composer and music director, he coaches and performs with opera, musical, cabaret and pop singers. He directs music and performs at venues including Joe’s Pub, and Rockwood Music Hall. A graduate of NYU and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, he received fellowships from the European American Musical Alliance and the Rubin Institute for Music Criticism.

Sydney LeBlanc
Director

Sydney LeBlanc, a design writer turned humorist, founded Uptown at Night in 2016. Her design books have been published by W.W. Norton and Rizzoli; her articles on contemporary architecture have appeared in The New York Times, Dwell, and other publications. She frequently reads her humorous short stories at The New York Society Library’s "Live from the Library" events.

Uptown at Night presents New York City's most entertaining
storytellers and comedians in a unique old-world setting, The New York Society Library.

Here you’ll find humorists who are literally funny - award-winning writers including Thurber Prize and PEN honorees, New York Times best-selling authors, New Yorker favorites, Saturday Night Live writers, comics to watch, and more.

And while our comedians and storytellers are up to the minute, our beautiful parlor-floor townhouse setting recalls the glow of the city's unrivaled literary past.

It's a one-of-a-kind show, in a very special place. We hope to see you there!

Highlights of previous shows include:

Sloane Crosley, named one of America’s 50 funniest writers and author of Cult Classic
Lisa Birnbach, best-selling author of The Official Preppy Handbook
Annabelle Gurwitch, actress and author of You're Leaving When?
Henry Alford, New Yorker writer and "investigative humorist"
Roz Chast, New Yorker cartoonist and author
Michael Arkin, actor
Nancy McCabe Kelly and Bruce Jarchow, Second City alums
Tom Perrotta, best-selling novelist with movie adaptations, Election, Little Children, and The Leftovers

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COMEDY & STORYTELLING ON THE UPPER EAST SIDE

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Uptown at Night presents New York City's most entertaining
storytellers and comedians in a unique old-world setting, The New York Society Library.

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OR

If you're interested in performing at a future show, please submit this form or email Sydney@UptownAtNight.org

COMEDY & STORYTELLING ON THE UPPER EAST SIDE

CLICK TO REGISTER

Uptown at Night presents New York City's most entertaining storytellers and comedians in a unique old-world setting, The New York Society Library.

To contact us and receive email alerts about future shows

OR

If you're interested in performing at a future show, please submit this form or email Sydney@UptownAtNight.org

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REGISTER

Uptown at Night presents New York City's most entertaining
storytellers and comedians in a unique old-world setting, The New York Society Library.