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SUMMARY:Comedy From Scratch\, at The Idea Kitchen - BYOB - Awarded "Best of Westchester"
DESCRIPTION:Comedy From Scratch is where you go in Westchester County to hear top comics from TV and NYC’s major clubs performing long sets on an intimate stage. Past performers include comedians from HBO\, Netlfix\, Colbert\, SNL\, the Daily Show\, Letterman\, the Tonight Show\, Comedy Central\, and more. Every month\, Ben Asher’s presents comedy that reaches up into your brain with the force of a fist through the nose. Named “Best Comedy Show in Westchester” by Westchester Magazine. \nEvery month you can hear some of the most talented comics perform long sets\, that other shows don’t give them the time to perform. Comedy From Scratch is your chance to get to really watch comedians flex their muscles and hit their stride on stage\, at The Idea Kitchen. \nLocally-grown comedian Ben Asher presents a tasting of what the area’s best stand-up comics are cooking up\, at ‘Comedy From Scratch’ at the Idea Kitchen every 4th Saturday of the month. \nTickets available at https://ComedyFromScratch.eventbrite.com \nShow at 8:00 PM. Seating at 7:00 PM (bring your food and drink/wine with you and sit down at our tables to eat before the show and pick out your seats!!) \nAdmission is $25 in advance\, and $30 if purchased the day of the show. (Unlike Comedy Clubs\, There is NO 2-Drink Minimum at this show)(and there is Free Parking.) BYOB and bring your own wine or drinks! \nUpdates to line-ups may be posted the week of the show here or you can follow @the_ben_asher on Instagram (line-ups are subject to change\, but rarely\, and will always be amazing!) \nThe July 25th lineup features:\nSONYA VAI(TBS; PBS; NY Comedy Festival; Caroline’s on Broadway) – http://sonyavai.com \nSonya Vai\, a comedian\, writer and actor\, was born and raised in New York City but is constantly asked “where are you really from?” by drunk men in bars. Sonya’s subversive brand of comedy – challenging not only gender but ethnic and religious stereotypes – has been featured at comedy clubs as well as independent shows across the country. Sonya recently participated in the Desi Comedy Festival. Last year she opened for the ‘PBS Socal Presents’ film screening of the award winning documentary Meet The Patels. She was also on the ‘Comedy’s Best Kept Secret’ tour in 2016\, performing in 25 shows over 23 days across 21 cities from Vegas to NY. \nBEN FRANK (SiriusXM) – https://www.benfrankcomedy.com/ \nBen Frank is a New York-based stand-up comedian\, who began his comedy career in Shanghai\, China and regularly performs in both English and Mandarin. He has headlined across the U.S. and in more than 10 other countries\, including China\, Japan\, Singapore\, Malaysia\, Thailand\, and Indonesia. Ben has been featured on SiriusXM & Amazon Prime and has also won numerous comedy competitions\, including the World Series of Comedy in Boston & New Orleans and the Laugh After Dark ComedyFest in Las Vegas. Additionally\, he has been named Best of Fest at Madison Comedy Week\, Burbank Comedy Festival\, Laugh Out Loveland\, and Four Corners Comedy Festival. Ben’s cerebral yet relatable style of comedy showcases the unique perspective of a Jewish Millennial Ivy League graduate who moved to China for a corporate job\, only to become an entertainer. \nProduced/Hosted by BEN ASHER (New York Comedy Festival; StandUp NBC; Iceland Comedy Festival headliner; Caroline’s; Catch A Rising Star; DoublePlusGood Comedy) – http://www.benasher.net \nBen Asher\, a writer and comedian from New York\, is known for his “brave\,” confrontational material\, and his skills as a “brilliant joke writer” among fellow comedians. He performs regularly at comedy venues and colleges throughout the metropolitan area\, East Coast\, and Europe. Audiences are always quick to share their appreciation of Ben’s style of sardonic irreverence and absurd\, satiric wit in which he doesn’t just dissect language and taboos – he explodes them. “What Ben Asher says makes me laugh\, even though I feel like I shouldn’t.” \nIn 2022 Ben recorded a half-hour special “An Intimate Evening of Provocative and Deranged Humor” at The Nest rock club\, in Brooklyn\, NY. In 2024\, Ben recently opened for Greg Fitzsimmons and Nick Griffin. Also\, in 2023 and 2022\, Ben’s show Arthur Avenue Comedy was featured in the NY Comedy Festival as one of only two comedy shows in Bronx. In 2014\, Ben traveled to Iceland to headline in the Iceland Comedy Festival. Ben Asher is a sought after Jewish comedian who frequently performs for Synagogues and on Jewish comedy shows and he recently headlined a Jewish comedy show for the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York and Temple Israel in Albany\, NY. He has appeared in the Chosen Comedy Festival\, Borscht Belt Comedy Festival and Ben was also the finalist in the 2014 Funniest Jewish Comedian Competition. In 2013 Ben was first in the New York Comedy Festival. \nPresented by The Stand-up Westchester Comedy Club – https://StandupWestchester.com
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LOCATION:The Idea Kitchen\, 1940 Palmer Ave\, Larchmont\, 10538
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