Jerry Seinfeld to headline Gotham Comedy Club reopening

Jerry Seinfeld is bringing comedy back again to New York Town.

The sitcom legend has announced he’s headlining the reopening of Chelsea’s Gotham Comedy Club on Friday, April two.

“You better believe that I will be on stage tonight,” he announced in a tweet Friday afternoon, adding, “Opening God Damn Evening! NYC Lives!” In a second publish he additional that he would be “first on stage at 7:00pm.”

The in-individual stand-up exhibit, which is offered out, marks the reopening of the club — along with other amusement institutions as New Yorkers retain lining up for COVID-19 vaccines — after the coronavirus pandemic shut down venues throughout New York, and the entire world, past year. The club has hosted several A-listing comics more than the many years, which includes Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Amy Schumer, Colin Quinn and many more.

His billing is aspect of a “Gotham All-Stars” lineup that kicks off Friday and Saturday.

Seinfeld’s visual appeal isn’t the only pickup he’s specified the city. He was also amid the NYC celebs who lent their voices to the MTA for subway and bus bulletins to give riders a raise and, probably, a much-essential chuckle.

Previous tumble he also slapped down Stand Up NY comedy club co-owner James Altucher for penning an essay past summer, in which he declared that NYC is “dead forever” owing to the COVID-19 disaster.

“I didn’t like that nobody was rebutting it. Then I realized, ‘Oh, I guess that’s my task.’ Somebody, a real New Yorker, has to reply this,” Seinfeld told CBS’s “60 Minutes” in October, stating it was time to “get back again to do the job.”

In February, the point out jump-began a “pop-up” plan to populate the city with performances in nearby parks and on subway platforms. New York Town also began a absolutely free permit system for outdoor performances for having difficulties businesses. Unfortunately, the resurgence hasn’t been a save for all companies: The East Village’s iconic Pyramid Club announced Thursday that it would not reopen after closing its doors more than a year in the past.