Bostonian comedian. Jew. Sweetheart. Alex Edelman’s first show, Millennial – about very traumatic stock photos and young people — won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer, the first show by an American to do so since 1997.
The follow-up, Everything Handed to You — about identity and the availability of plug sockets in airports — was even more acclaimed: selling out its entire Edinburgh run and garnering the second best reviews of any comedy show at the Festival. It was also filmed in its entirety for a special called Live at the BBC, which is currently available on Netflix.
His third stand up show, Just For Us — about ten-thousand piece puzzles, tribalism, and a alt-right meeting in a Nazi’s apartment — is what comes next. After a multi-week run at London’s prestigious Soho Theatre in January and February, this is Just for Us’ US debut and only New York show before it runs for a month at Melbourne International Comedy Festival in Australia.
Come. It’s very good.
Alex Edelman is known for winning the prestigious Fosters Best Newcomer prize at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe Festival for his one man show, Millennial, a show that was swiftly adapted into an acclaimed BBC Radio special that got a few “picks of the week” and nice nominations for stuff.
In 2015 he was named a "New Face" at the Just For Laughs Festival Montreal, one of Comedy Central's "Comics to Watch" in 2014 and listed as #10 on NY Magazine's "50 Comedians You Should Know in 2015". His sophomore show from that year, Everything Handed to You, was also recorded for the BBC in a special that is currently available on Netflix, and was performed to great acclaim and sell-out rooms in Melbourne, Sweden, San Francisco, Brighton, and right here at NY Comedy Festival.
Since then, he took on a job writing on the new CBS show The Great Indoors, starring Joel McHale — cancelled, but you should have watched — created another radio show — Peer Group, pretty well received — and has appeared opening for Ricky Gervais on his Humanity tour. He’s also, curiously, found a niche opening for musicians like Ryan Adams and Beck.
He likes ramen, arguing, David Foster Wallace, and he hopes you’ll come to this.
$20 General Admission
