Governor's Comedy Club
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Industry | comedy club |
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Founded | 1985 |
Headquarters | Levittown, New York |
Subsidiaries | The Brokerage Comedy Club & Vaudeville Cafe McGuire's Comedy Club & Restaurant |
Governor's Comedy Club is an American comedy club in Levittown, New York, on Long Island. It was more than 30 years old as of 2015. It hosts a variety of comedians from local talent, to national headliners such as Kevin James, Nick DiPaolo, Andrew Dice Clay, and Gilbert Gottfried.
It has two sister clubs also on Long Island: The Brokerage Comedy Club & Vaudeville Cafe (opened in 1980) in Bellmore and McGuire's in Bohemia. In 2017, Governor's opened "The Lil' Room", which is a smaller and more intimate 60-seat showroom located within Governor's of Levittown, separate from the club's main showroom; in 2022, the room's name was changed to "The Giggle Room". In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, they opened a third stage at their Levittown location, "The Patio", located outdoors adjacent to the club. They also formerly operated a summer-only showroom inside the Memory Motel in Montauk.
Governor's also had a former club, Gateway, located in Medford; Gateway had closed temporarily but has since re-opened, now based out of the Clarion Hotel in Ronkonkoma. Though not run by the Governor's group, they will occasionally hold shows at any of the three Governor's clubs.
They all hold comedy classes, which train up and coming comedians on comedy writing and performance styles, resulting in a "Graduation Show" at either the Governor's, Brokerage or McGuire's clubs.
External links[]
- Governor's official website (also includes shows in the Giggle Room and on the Patio)
- The Brokerage's official website
- McGuire's official website
- Comedy clubs in the United States
- Tourist attractions in Nassau County, New York
- Tourist attractions in Suffolk County, New York
- Theatres in New York (state)
- Comedy stubs