Michl Hartny.

For Those Who Ask, "When's Your Next Show?"

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:37:28 -0400

Friday, May 17th at 7:30pm: Stone Cold Fox: Hey, Look Over Here!: I’m sitting in with UCB’s weekend sketch team, and I’m super-honored and excited. They’re a great group, and the show will be hilarious: http://newyork.ucbtheatre.com/shows/view/3427

Monday, May 20th at 9:30pm: The Prom at Maude Night: My house sketch team, The Prom, does its latest show. Come see me play an over-preparing actor, an evil mastermind, and more! http://newyork.ucbtheatre.com/shows/view/1425

Thursday, May 23rd at 6:30pm: SPANK: Ten Men: Justin Tyler and I wrote and performed this two-man character show, directed by John Flynn. This is an audition for a run at the UCB Theatre, so come out and show us your support! http://newyork.ucbtheatre.com/shows/view/178

Friday, May 24th at 7:30pm: Characters Welcome: This is the monthly character showcase I do with Justin Tyler. Every month, the best sketch actors in the city perform new character monologues, many of which are being seen for the first time. We’ve got a killer lineup this month, so come check it out: http://east.ucbtheatre.com/shows/view/3310

Saturday, May 25th at 5:45pm: New Team Maude: I’m currently in a sketch-writing class, and this graduation show will feature all the best stuff we worked on. I’ll also be performing in a sketch or two. http://newyork.ucbtheatre.com/shows/view/2263

Wednesday, May 29th at 7pm: First Lady at Lloyd Night: My new Lloyd Team, First Lady, had its debut last week, and it was awesome. Our next show will be even awesomer. We’ll be performing a Harold, a long-form style of improvisation developed in Chicago by Del Close: http://east.ucbtheatre.com/shows/view/3057

Thursday, May 31st at 9:30pm: The 2017 Tony Awardz: A Musical Parody:This is your last chance to see this great show! Stephanie Streisand and Rocco Privetera wrote a hilarious parody of dumb Broadway musical trends, and you don’t want to miss it. I play host George Peters, desperate to book another gig. http://newyork.ucbtheatre.com/shows/view/3301

I’m exhausted already.

iamherson: #Superman #SELFIE! #manofsteel Hillair.

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:40:26 -0400

iamherson:

#Superman #SELFIE! #manofsteel

Hillair.

williebhines: connorratliff: “CLARK KENT” a short film In...

Tue, 07 May 2013 01:08:50 -0400

williebhines:

connorratliff:

“CLARK KENT” a short film

In anticipation of the upcoming Man Of Steel, here is a short film I made using only the “Clark Kent” scenes from Richard Donner’s Superman: The Movie (1978).

I removed any overt references to Clark being Superman, and I changed the musical score.

You COULD still view it as if he’s really Superman, or you could find your own meaning. I personally believe that something much more sinister is going on.

I hope you enjoy it.

THIS IS THE BEST. If you take Superman out of the movie Superman, what you are left with is a man who was unfairly abused by his peers in high school and then tortured and mocked by everyone around him as an adult as he himself makes less and less sense!

Stay for the end of this. INTERPRETATIONS WELCOME.

Welp, now I’m upset forever.

First Lady.

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:21:41 -0400

First Lady.

garlock: toddbieber: I’m a filmmaker and an Eagle Scout. This...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:29:35 -0400

garlock:

toddbieber:

I’m a filmmaker and an Eagle Scout. This is my message to the Boy Scouts in regards the ban on homosexual members.

Todd Bieber has something to say and you should listen. The Filmmaking merit badge kind of looks like the UCB logo no?

Todd Bieber has made something really special and I’m so honored to be a part of it. Watch.

thepromcom: The Prom is up at Maude Night! The Prom is:WRITERS:...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:42:34 -0400

thepromcom:

The Prom is up at Maude Night!

The Prom is:
WRITERS: David Bernstein, Daniel Spenser Levine, Meggie Spellman, Achilles Stamatelaky, Matt Starr
ACTORS: Justin Brown, Michael Hartney, Amber Nelson, Ashley Roberts, Stephen Soroka, Siobhan Thompson

Directed by Justin Tyler
Poster by Daniel Spenser Levine

Paired with Dinner!

Make your reservations here!

If you’ve ever wondered if I do a good Elton John, wonder no longer.

I don’t.

I wrote this joint.

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:15:18 -0400

I wrote this joint.

Wonderful, Thanks.: Season Two, Episode Nine - Kryptonite with Michael Hartney

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:22:41 -0400

Wonderful, Thanks.: Season Two, Episode Nine - Kryptonite with Michael Hartney:

wonderfulthanks:

Word: Kryptonite
Guest: Michael Hartney
Bio: If you’ve seen a show at the Upright Citizens Brigade in NY, there’s a good chance you saw the very busy Michael Hartney in it. He’s an actor on The UCBT Maude Team The Prom, has written his own show “So I Like Superman: A One-Nerd Show”…

This was fun! These guys are great.

johnztownsend: This Monday at 8 pm at the UCB Theatre, why not...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:28:52 -0400

johnztownsend:

This Monday at 8 pm at the UCB Theatre, why not come on out to see Standards & Practices?

This show is GREAT. I loved it! You should see it Monday at 8 at UCB!

Full disclosure: I’m in the show it’s paired with, The 2017 Tony Awardz: A Musical Parody. But don’t let that deter you.

thecomedylocal: Our story this week: Comedian Michael Hartney...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:23:52 -0400

thecomedylocal:

Our story this week: Comedian Michael Hartney was a fresh-faced writer’s assistant eager to get a foot in the door of the burgeoning gay and lesbian sketch comedy television industry. Instead, he got a master class on whom not to f*ck with. Rosie O’Donnell, thats whom. Positive energy!
Michael Hartney is a comedian you’ve seen on 30 Rock and on stage at the UCB. He hosts the always funny character showcase Characters Welcome at the UCBeast, Friday, April 26th at 7:30pm. Click here for tickets. He told his story at the inimitable Oh, Hey Guys!

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douglasjwidick: @sudigreen made these AMAZING posters for...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 19:13:14 -0400

douglasjwidick:

@sudigreen made these AMAZING posters for tomorrow’s “Show Business!” at the PIT Underground! 7pm with some AMAZING performers! @joshsharp @bananascalamari &more!

I’m doing this show tomorrow as Sandy Minor, the Man of 1000 Songs! Come hear classic tunes like “Toast & Jam”, “Table Salt”, and “Cake, Cake Cake”!

danielspenser: The Prom has a show on Monday night! It’s...

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:06:54 -0400

danielspenser:

The Prom has a show on Monday night!

It’s Sasheer’s last show and her replacements’ negative first show. Check it out, for all three of their sakes!

mattfisher: Last year when we were going through all the...

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:33:54 -0400

mattfisher:

Last year when we were going through all the Progressive nonsense, there was a hashtag going on Twitter, #katiefisher, and people were using it to pass around updates about how the news battle was going and to give Progressive grief (for which grief I will be eternally grateful to you all).

It occurred to me then that even though so many people were working so hard for Katie and me and my family, we weren’t really talking much about her and her life. So I sort of jacked the #katiefisher tag and put up some tweets about my memories of Katie. One of those was about all the cookies that she mailed to me when I was away at school.

It was that tweet that inspired Porter and Kim Mason to suggest to me that we should memorialize Katie by seeing how many cookies we could get sent around between people who love each other.

Part of the reason that I was and am so excited to be working on Katie Fisher Day is that I want to remember Katie, and I want y’all to remember her too.

Everyone has again worked so hard to make Katie Fisher Day 2013 happen, and it means so much to me because it is a very Katie kind of day. She would have jumped all over this.

Hopefully the joy of the day is between the people baking cookies and the people receiving cookies, all of us enjoying their happiness. I won’t take this day to re-eulogize Katie or to try to put me and her in between you and the folks that you love.

Everyone should know, though, that by getting involved and baking and reaching out to your loved ones, you’re remembering Katie the best way possible— by doing for each other the things that she did for me and everyone around her.

This afternoon, my partner Turtle walked out of our apartment to...

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:50:38 -0400

This afternoon, my partner Turtle walked out of our apartment to grab a bite. Before he even left our block, a man called him “faggot” as he passed. Rather than let the guy get away with it, Turtle decided to confront this man about his hateful behavior. And he filmed it.

Notice how well Turtle handles himself in this video. No need to fight hate with hate; calling him “slick hair” is as hateful as Turtle gets (which is hilarious and awesome). He lets that ignorant clown have it with poise and decency. Not surprising, considering Turtle is the absolute best guy around and I couldn’t be prouder of him.

Our neighbors saw this altercation, and told Turtle that this man has been harassing their thirteen year-old son for years, sometimes even calling him “faggot” while the kid was in recess at school with his peers. They know who he is and where he lives. They’ve been too scared for the kid’s safety to do anything about it. But it’s going to end today.

Turtle called the cops and is going to file a complaint tomorrow morning. I don’t know what’s going to happen yet, but hopefully this jerk will learn that we’re not going to put up with this crap in our neighborhood anymore.

On the bright side, this charmer is already in talks with DC Comics to illustrate Orson Scott Card’s Superman story. It’ll be the first comic book drawn completely in douchey hair gel.

patbaer: hijinksensue: Superman doesn’t discriminate. He saves...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:20:39 -0500

patbaer:

hijinksensue:

Superman doesn’t discriminate. He saves the entire world and all of the people in it regardless of who and how they love.

This is simple and beautiful.

Truth!

thepromcom: Come to The Prom’s show tomorrow night at Maude...

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:57:51 -0500

thepromcom:

Come to The Prom’s show tomorrow night at Maude Night!

I will not be there, but I’m sure they will find a way to make it great anyway! ;)

agreeablecomics: A very special guest appears in the new The...

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 03:38:32 -0500

agreeablecomics:

A very special guest appears in the new The Rack, featuring art by Tracie Mauk and colors by Joe Hunter.

Fuck yes.

"DC Comics has handed the keys to the “Champion of the Oppressed” to a guy who has dedicated himself..."

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:33:09 -0500

“

DC Comics has handed the keys to the “Champion of the Oppressed” to a guy who has dedicated himself to oppress me, and my partner, and millions of people like us. It represents a fundamental misread of who the character is, and what he means.

It is dispiriting. It is wearying. It is also, finally, not for me.

One of the other nicknames that accrued to Superman right away – that predates “Man of Steel” by a good amount – is “The Man of Tomorrow.” And much of his early iconography bears a distinctive Socio-Realist, Diego Rivera vibe: a lot of burnished golden sunrises, eyes raised to the horizon, gazing into the future.

Because that’s where he lives, Superman. And that’s what he says to us: We can do better. We can be better, to ourselves, and to each other.

Hey, DC Comics? Be better.

”

- Glen Weldon, author of SUPERMAN: THE UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY, twitter wit, and wonderful pop culture thinker and writer, on Orson Scott Card and his grotesque miscasting as writer, however temporary, of Superman. (via mattfractionblog)
I was waiting for @ghweldon to sound off on this, and he does not disappoint…
(via johnrossbowie)

khealywu: lefthandedradio: Every month, The Sequel Machine...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:26:06 -0500

khealywu:

lefthandedradio:

Every month, The Sequel Machine recruits 25 writers to write the sequels for film’s biggest franchises one page at a time. The catch is, the writers only get to read the page before theirs in a round-robin, exquisite corpse style. The end result is a hilarious, twisted, and as coherent as any misquided Hollywood sequel. This month: Die Hard 6.

Performed by: Adam Bozarth, Dan Chamberlain, Matt Little, Anna Rubanova, and Brett White with Shannon Coffey and Josh Ruben as John McClane

Written by (in page order): Brandon Gulya, Matt Little, Jason Saenz, Kerry McGuire, Jason Shebiro, Brett White, Ari Scott, Michael Hartney, Dylan Snowden, Dustin Drury, Siobhan Thompson, Mike Still, Nate Kushner, Jeff Rubin, Anna Rubanova, Katey Healy-Wurzburg, Jon Gabrus, Justin Tyler, Jon Bershad, Dave Bluvband, John Timothy, and Adam Bozarth

Opening act: Casey Jost with Shannon Coffey, Rob Michael Hugel, and Lisa Kleinman

Script produced by Brett White and Matt Little.

Recorded live at the UCB East Theatre (February 7, 2013, 11pm).

This was incredibly funny. Easily my favorite Sequel Machine—my page starts with the sidewalk exploding upwards, and ends Holly Gennaro showing up and tasering the shit out of a bad guy.

This show was a great listen! I wrote the page where Arnold reveals his true identity (the first time).

Omigod, hi, new followers! I promise I’m not all doom and...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:49:30 -0500

Omigod, hi, new followers! I promise I’m not all doom and gloom and righteous indignation and glorious gay activism.

Here’s a funny sketch I’m in. It’s written and directed by Jocelyn Guest, and stars Amy Heidt, Jimmy Ray Bennett, the corpse of Tony Rodriguez, and me.

Oh, and some chick named Kate McKinnon. I guess she’s on SNL or something? ;)

Oh, and boycott DC Comics.