Thus did George Sarris, co-producer of The Masters Series at Gotham, describe last night’s installment (in a myspace bulletin he sent out today). The shows are scheduled once a month for now, but Sarris and Jim Mendrinos (also a co-producer) plan to kick it up to a weekly basis, come the fall.
Pictured above, post-show, are, from left to right, Mendrinos, D.J. Hazard, Melvin George II, Janette Barber and Brian McKim. The hook of the show, as we explained in two previous posts, was to gather five comics whose total experience in the laffs biz totalled 100 years (or more!), with none having less than 20 years individually. The idea being that folks might want to turn their funny bones over to a quintet of calm, confident and seasoned professionals for a guaranteed rollicking 90 minutes or so.
The evening was splendid throughout– before the show, during it, and after. As Sarris pointed out, there was about a century of comedy experience just among the fine comics who were merely hanging out in the back— among them were Angela Scott (see photo below), Vanessa Hollingshead, William Stephenson, (former SHECKYmagazine columnist) Tom Ryan (newly settled in NYC!) and SHECKYmagazine’s Traci Skene.
