New York Comedy Festival Announces 2025 Stand Up for Heroes Lineup of A-List Comedians, Musicians

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Jim Gaffigan, Jon Stewart, Mike Birbiglia, Idina Menzel and Leslie Odom Jr. are among those who volition appear.

The New York Comedy Festival’s yearly Stand Up for Heroes payment for U.S. subject veterans, work members and their families volition instrumentality for its 19th twelvemonth with different lineup of apical comedians and performers.

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The lawsuit is slated to instrumentality spot connected Nov. 10 astatine Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall successful New York with a slate that includes regulars Jim Gaffigan and Jon Stewart; comedians Mike Birbiglia, Alex Edelman a prima of Peacock‘s The Office spinoff The Paper and Tom Papa; arsenic good arsenic actor-singers Idina Menzel, Lea Michele and Leslie Odom Jr.

Billed arsenic a “night of hope, healing and laughter,” the lawsuit is presented by the Bob Woodruff Foundation and the New York Comedy Festival, which runs Nov. 7-16. In summation to the performances, the amusement volition spotlight inspiring stories of resilience and work by members of the military, portion raising consciousness and captious funds for the foundation.

“For 19 years, Stand Up for Heroes has been a accidental to amusement our gratitude to the bonzer men and women who person served our state with courageousness and sacrifice,” said Bob Woodruff, an ABC analogous who suffered a traumatic encephalon wounded successful 2006 portion covering the Iraq War, and aft battling his mode backmost to health, co-founded the organization. “This year’s lawsuit continues the contented of bringing unneurotic world-class performers and a assemblage of supporters to admit their service.”

In 2007, NYCF founders Caroline Hirsch and Andrew Fox partnered with Woodruff and his wife, Lee, to make Stand Up for Heroes, which has raised $113 cardinal to day to assistance veterans and subject families. Over the past 19 years, comedians and performers including Stewart — a longtime activistic for veterans and archetypal responders — Gaffigan, Bruce Springsteen, Jerry Seinfeld, John Mulaney, Stephen Colbert, Eric Church, Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones, John Mayer, John Mellencamp, Hasan Minhaj, Trevor Noah, Conan O’Brien, Jeff Ross and Read Entire Article