The Broadway Comedy Club

What The Broadway Comedy Club does

The Broadway Comedy Club is a privately held live comedy venue operating continuously in New York City since 1988, located at 318 W. 53rd Street in the Times Square corridor. The business runs two showrooms, the Main Room and the Red Room, plus an Industry Room open mic, with multiple shows daily running from afternoon through 11:55 PM. Programming is built around headline stand-up acts alongside a diversified slate of specialty shows, including A+ Asian Comedy, Laughing Lassi (South Asian comedy), Comedy en Español, Broadway Magic Hour, LGBTQ-themed shows, family-friendly programming, and improv, with a multi-day NYC South Asian Comedy Festival announced for October 2026.

The venue has no proprietary technology stack and operates as a direct-to-consumer live entertainment business, monetizing primarily through ticket sales, a mandatory two-drink minimum with a 20% service charge on beverages, private events, and group bookings. Headcount is in the 11–50 range, consistent with a small independent venue operator that books talent and runs front-of-house, box office, and bar operations in-house. No parent company, funding rounds, or institutional ownership are disclosed, and no revenue figures are publicly available. Distribution is concentrated on the club's own website and walk-up Times Square traffic, with no disclosed third-party ticketing dependencies.

Name

The Broadway Comedy Club

Legal name

The Broadway Comedy Club

Website

https://broadwaycomedyclub.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Broadway Comedy Club is a New York City live comedy venue near Times Square, founded in 1988, operating two showrooms plus an open-mic room and offering nightly stand-up and specialty shows for tourists, locals, and cultural communities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Comedy Entertainment

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (71131), Performing Arts Companies (7111)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Comedy Clubs (Nightlife Venues) (MPAGAIAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Stand-Up Comedy Shows (MPAGACAA), Comedy Club & Showcase Nights (MPAGACAE)

Keywords

• Live comedy shows
• Stand-up comedy
• Comedy club
• Improv performances
• Comedy entertainment

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Per-show ticket sales for stand-up comedy shows and special events. Customers purchase tickets online in advance or at the door. Multiple shows daily with varying price points.
2. Food and Beverage: Two drink minimum per customer plus 20% gratuity added to all checks. Non-alcoholic beverages available. Revenue from bar and food service during shows.
3. Private Events and Group Bookings: Corporate events, private parties, and group bookings available through dedicated group events page. Prom shows for proms and special occasions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Broadway Comedy Club operates a two-room live comedy venue in the heart of New York City's Theater District near Times Square, presenting nightly stand-up comedy shows, specialty comedy programming, and improv performances featuring A-list and emerging comedians. It also hosts private and corporate group events, comedy festivals, and auditions/open-mic nights.

Product overview

The Broadway Comedy Club is a New York City comedy venue near Times Square offering a portfolio of stand-up comedy products across multiple specialty formats. The core offering consists of general stand-up comedy shows with rotating headliners and rising stars appearing nightly across multiple time slots (7PM to 11:55PM). The club differentiates through specialty shows including A+ Asian Comedy (voted NYC's best three years running), Laughing Lassi South Asian Comedy, Comedy en Español/Latino programming, The Broadway Magic Hour (family-friendly magic show), The Industry Room open mic, LGBTQ shows, Family Shows, and Improv. The venue operates two distinct showrooms (Main Room and Red Room) and supports group events and prom packages. The club also hosts the NYC South Asian Comedy Festival (the world's largest South Asian comedy festival).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Industry Room: An open mic/audition show branded separately, described as 'America's Best Comedy Open Mic'.
• Red Room
• Main Room

Products and services

• Stand-Up Comedy Shows Signature nightly stand-up comedy performances featuring rotating A-list and emerging comedians, targeted at general audiences, tourists, and local comedy fans visiting NYC's Theater District.
• A+ Asian Stand Up Comedy Show

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Carolines on Broadway: Times Square-adjacent comedy club and restaurant offering nightly stand-up; same Manhattan location, same ticket-plus-F&B model, and same headliner-driven programming.
• Gotham Comedy Club: Midtown Manhattan comedy club running nightly shows with established and emerging headliners; competes head-to-head with Broadway Comedy Club for NYC comedy audiences.
• The Stand NYC: NYC comedy club and restaurant combining stand-up with full F&B service; very similar venue-plus-minimum business model and headliner programming strategy.
• New York Comedy Club: St. Marks / East Village comedy venue running multiple nightly shows; comparable programming model (multiple daily shows, ticketed entry, F&B revenue) and overlapping talent roster.
• Laugh Factory: National comedy-club brand with a Times Square location; directly comparable show format and headliner strategy, with additional brand recognition from multiple U.S. locations.
• Comedy Cellar: Iconic Greenwich Village comedy club running multiple nightly shows with rotating headliners; directly competes for the same NYC audience, talent, and tourist demand as The Broadway Comedy Club.

Regional players

• Helium Comedy Club: Multi-city comedy club operator (Portland, Indianapolis, St. Louis); same headliner-driven stand-up format but in different geographies, useful as a regional-chain comparable.
• Zanies Comedy Night Club: Long-running Chicago-area comedy-club chain with similar ticketed stand-up model; comparable in format and headliner economics but operates in a different regional market.

Broad incumbents

• The Improv: National comedy-club chain with an established NYC presence; broader footprint and longer operating history, providing a comparable scaled-operator benchmark.

Emerging players

• Don't Tell Comedy: Pop-up, secret-location comedy show operator with a younger-skewing digital-native audience; partial overlap with Broadway Comedy Club's emerging-comedian programming and DTC ticketing approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/BroadwayComedy
• Facebookfacebook.com/BroadwayComedyClub
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/broadway-comedy-club

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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