{"id":150134,"date":"2026-03-02T21:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/150134\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T21:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:30:07","slug":"the-first-ever-comedy-show-at-the-empire-state-building-in-nyc-is-happening-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/150134\/","title":{"rendered":"The First-Ever Comedy Show at the Empire State Building in NYC is Happening This Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Friday, March 6, the Empire State Building<\/a> will host its first-ever comedy show, transforming one of the world\u2019s most famous landmarks into an intimate stand-up venue for one night only. The event pairs the Art Deco icon with Underground Overground Comedy, the NYC collective known for staging sold-out shows<\/a> in venues ranging from Katz\u2019s Deli to laundromats and vintage shops.<\/p>\n

The 7:30pm show (doors open at 6:45pm) will take place inside the Empire Lounge, an event space that\u2019s typically not open to the public. Guests can expect a 75-minute live set from Underground Overground\u2019s secret lineup (they never announce performers in advance), along with complimentary food from Katz\u2019s Deli and an open bar serving both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks throughout the show. (In other words, no wallet juggling between jokes.)<\/p>\n

After the final punchline lands, the night continues with post-show access to the building\u2019s second-floor museum experience and the iconic 86th-floor observation deck. It\u2019s a rare chance to wander through one of New York\u2019s most visited attractions without the usual daytime crowds\u2014and this time with a buzz from both the skyline and the bar.<\/p>\n

Tickets are $200<\/a> and available only to guests 21 and over. Given Underground Overground\u2019s track record\u2014this is the team behind the 99-cent AriZona Iced Tea show<\/a> and multi-night comedy takeovers<\/a> at institutions like Zabar\u2019s and Veselka\u2014organizers expect seats to go quickly.<\/p>\n

But stand-up and skyline views? It might just be the most New York sentence ever written.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This Friday, March 6, the Empire State Building will host its first-ever comedy show, transforming one of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[31763,2574,9,31764,56,63,65,64],"class_list":{"0":"post-150134","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-categories-comedy","9":"tag-comedy","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-news-comedy","12":"tag-ny","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-nyc-headlines","15":"tag-nyc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}