NYLaughs Announces August 2010 Headliners

[NYLaughs]

NYLaughs Presents "Laughter in the Park" 2010
www.laughterinthepark.org


“Laughter in the Park”, NYLaughs’ signature free outdoor summer comedy series, kicked off its 4th year Sunday, June 6th at 2p in Herald Square. The 2010 season of “Laughter in the Park” features 11 weeks of programming in 8 popular parks/greenspaces located throughout Manhattan. Shows are on Sundays from 2-4pm except for Saturday, August 14.

June Headliners
Vanessa Hollingshead - Sunday, June 6, 2010 / Herald Square
Leo Allen - Sunday, June 13, 2010 / Union Square, North Lawn
Kyle Grooms & Joe Matarese - Sunday, June 20, 2010 / 2p - Central Park, Mineral Springs
Julian McCullough - Sunday, June 27 / 2p - Union Square, North Lawn

July Headliners
July 11 - Tompkins Square Park, Old Bandshell Lawn / Ophira Eisenberg
July 18 - Washington Square Park / Lee Camp
July 25 - Tompkins Square Park, Old Bandshell Lawn / Jesse Joyce

August Headliners
Aug 1 - Central Park, Mineral Springs / Christian Finnegan
Aug 8 - Hudson River Trust - 10th Avenue and 14th St. / Pat Dixon
Aug 14 - TBD
Aug 15 - Central Park, Mineral Springs / Al Jackson
Aug 22 - St. Nicholas Park, W135th St. Lawn / Leighann Lord

About NYLaughs, Inc.
NYLaughs Inc. (www.nylaughs.org) is a unique nonprofit established to elevate the status of comic arts and to produce free live comedy shows in New York City's public spaces. NYLaughs strives to make New York a better place via laughter.

NYLaughs is a proud recipient of a Manhattan Community Arts Fund Grant from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs / Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.

NY LAUGHS 2010 SUMMER COMEDY SERIES LOCATIONS
“LAUGHTER IN THE PARK”

Herald Square
Sunday, June 6, 2-4p
Broadway Boulevard. Broadway between 34th & 35th Streets

Union Square Park
Sunday June 13 & June 27, 2-4p
North Lawn. Enter via East 16th Street and Union Square West

Central Park
Sunday June 20, August 1 & August 15, 2-4p
Mineral Springs. Enter via Central Park West, at West 67th or West 69th Streets.

Tompkins Square Park
Sunday July 11 & July 25, 2-4p
Old Bandshell Lawn. Located between Avenue A & B. Enter via middle of East 7th Street.

Washington Square Park
Sunday July 18, 2-4p
Holley Plaza. Enter via Washington Square West.

Hudson River Park Trust
Sunday August 8, 2-4p
Located at 10th Ave & 14th St.


East River Park
Saturday August 14, 2-4p
FDR Drive, Enter via the pedestrian bridge at Cherry St.

St. Nicholas Park
Sunday, August 22, 2-4p
This date is a venue in the New York Underground Comedy Festival
West 135th St Lawn. Enter via 135th St. & St. Nicholas Ave.