SATURDAY, MAY 18
9:30 am
The Marx Brothers on Broadway Walking Tour
with Noah Diamond and Brett Leveridge
Return to the Manhattan of a hundred years ago, stroll down Jazz Age Broadway, and visit the landmarks of the Brothers' roaring twenties.
The Algonquin Round Table Walking Tour
with Kevin C. Fitzpatrick
Walk in a “Vicious Circle” with Kevin C. Fitzpatrick, author of The Algonquin Round Table New York, in a tour devoted to the famed literary group.
Laurie Beechman Theatre, 407 West 42nd Street
(between Ninth and Tenth Avenues)
9:30 pm
The Herring Barrel Revue
Variety show
Trav S.D., Noah Diamond, and Jonny Porkpie come together again for the first time to present a night filled with Marx-inspired shenanigans, live on stage in a sumptuous 42nd Street cabaret.
3 West Club, 3 West 51st Street
The Lambs’ Clubhouse, Fifth Floor
11:30 am - 7:00 pm
NOTE: The following Saturday Clubhouse events are now SOLD OUT.
Saturday Morning Cartoons
with Nelson Hughes
Ever wish you were a little kid again? Well, now you can be, for one glorious Saturday morning! The Marx Brothers appeared in several kids’ cartoons, sometimes alongside other Hollywood stars, and often sharing the bill with some of our favorite animated characters. So set yourselves down, and let Nelson Hughes (film historian and creator of NYC’s long-running That Slapstick Show, and frequent co-presenter of Cartoon Carnival with film historian Tommy José Stathès) take you back to a time before you had to rise early for work and pay the bills. Enjoy an hour of cartoons the way they were meant to be seen, minus the commercials for sugared cereal.
The Marx Brothers: Vaudeville, Silent Film, and Broadway
with Trav S.D.
Trav S.D., author of numerous popular books on vaudeville and silent comedy, and director of the 2014 production of I’ll Say She Is, presents this multi-faceted and fun talk drawn from his brand-new offering, The Marx Brothers Miscellany. Learn how the world’s greatest comedy team could only have been born on the vaudeville stage; hear some well-informed speculation about the content of the lost Marx Brothers film Humor Risk; acquire a new appreciation for the lost art of Gummo; and take a grand illustrated tour of the Great Neck house where Groucho lived during the team’s Broadway period. A hodgepodge of historical hilarity as variegated as the vaudeville that was the wellspring of American show business.
The Animal Crackers Salon
with Trav S.D.
A cozy hour of storytelling and literary works inspired by the life and legends of the world’s greatest comedy team, curated and hosted by Trav S.D. The line-up includes memories and recollections by comedian Bob Greenberg (who once met Groucho); a presentation by Ed Sullivan Show vet Peter Lee of the Pickle Brothers comedy team (who played Harpo in a TV commercial); a story by podcaster Gary Hardcastle about a real-life gal whom Chico loved and left while on tour in the midwest; Craig Marin, whose Marko Puppet Theatre presented an all-puppet version of The Cocoanuts on a national college tour in 1973; and more.
You Brett Your Life
with Brett Leveridge
It’s You Brett Your Life, the quiz show with Leveridge! Join us in The Lambs’ Clubhouse for a challenging game of Marx Brothers trivia, hosted by author, humorist, Marxfest Committee member Brett Leveridge.