Very little can be found out about it on internet and few pictures remain.
Today you’ll be hard pressed today to find out much about the Ninth Circle. And now instead of Janis Joplin and Jimmy Hendricks the 9th Circles celebrity clientele changed to Rock Hudson, Jack Wrangler. The restaurant section downstairs was closed and became a disco starting out completely straight but realizing that there were some serious dollars to be made of the newly liberated gay crowd in NYC, The Ninth Circle literally became a gay bar overnight.Īfter a few years the disco floor was replaced by a pool table. (The drug and mob stories I can tell there folks.)
Ruskin sold full ownership of The Circle to Bobby Krivitz. Originally opened and owned by Mickey Ruskin of Max’s Kansas City fame the Ninth Circle Steakhouse played host to array of singers and musicians and literati including the likes Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Charlie Mingus and others who gathered there nightly to drink and eat.īut in the 1970’s what little star power and customers that remained were not enough to keep business going. And yes, at one time it really was a Steakhouse that seriously rocked in the 1960’s. There’s a two-drink minimum and a kitchen that serves sandwiches and snacks.Gone, but not forgotten The Ninth Circle Steakhouse which closed in early 2002 was located in the West Village on 10th Street right off Greenwich Avenue. Tickets can be purchased online or by calling the club directly to make reservations.
But more than just a stage for stand-up acts, Broadway Comedy Club hosts national comedy festivals, interactive shows like “Thank You for Firing Me!”-which gives audience members a chance to participate along with a lineup of top comics-and the nationally renown improvisational troupe Chicago City Limits, which got its start over 30 years ago in Chicago.Įach stand-up show at the Broadway Comedy Club features at least four national headliners running 90 minutes to two hours. The Village Voice recommends The Tank for entertainment seekers with “a taste for highbrow irony and cheap beer” at a theater storefront stage with a “rec-room feel.” Tickets for any show (as of winter 2010) never exceed $15.īroadway Comedy Club is open seven days a week, and features stand-up comediennes recognizable from “The Late Show with David Letterman,” “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” and comedy specials on HBO and Comedy Central. The Tank, recognized by public radio’s WNYC Salute The Arts (Star) Initiative, never imposes a table or drink minimum. Hosts and headliners come from a diverse background including film, burlesque, former SNL writers and cast members. The Tank attracts young newcomers in sketch, improv, stand-up and experimental comedy that incorporates rap battles and beatboxing.
There are two theaters, the larger of which seats 90 people. The Tank is a nonprofit public-affairs program cooperative. The Tank offers a full comedy schedule including sketch shows, improvisation and stand-up. Like many New York City venues, especially on prime real estate near Times Square, The Tank is a mixed-use facility that features comedy shows as well as theater, film and music. Buy tickets online or by calling the club directly. True comedy aficionados may recognize Caroline’s argyle stage from the 2002 documentary film “Comedian,” which tracked Jerry Seinfeld’s effort to jump start his stand-up comedy career almost five years after his top sitcom left the airwaves.Ĭaroline’s is open daily, 365 days a year, with a 300-seat room described by “New York” magazine as having a Vegas vibe, with tight seating on comfortable banquettes. Other top-notch acts that started their rise to stardom on Caroline’s stage include Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show," Paul "PeeWee” Herman and Rosie O'Donnell.Ĭaroline’s has been awarded a CableACE award for “Best Stand-Up Comedy Series,” in addition to numerous other distinctions. Unarguably Times Square’s most famous comedy club, Caroline’s very first opening act-back in the '80s when they were in a different west-side neighborhood-was Jay Leno. Caroline’s has been located at 49th Street on Broadway in Times Square since 1992.