great show
by james on 4/30/24Beacon Theatre - New Yorkeverything from the staff at the theatre to the quality of the show was great , very funny show in an iconic theatre
Jim Gaffigan is a seven-time Grammy nominated comedian, actor, writer, producer, two-time New York Times best-selling author, three-time Emmy winning top touring performer, and multi-platinum-selling recording artist. He is known around the world for his unique brand of humor, which largely revolves around his observations on life. Tickets for his Barely Alive Tour, are currently available at JimGaffigan.com.
A top ten comedian according to Forbes' 2019 comedy list and top ten earning comedian in Pollstar's 2022 list, Jim released his 9th stand-up special, Comedy Monster, on Netflix December 2021 which was nominated for a Grammy. He was also recently awarded for being the first comedian to reach one billion streams on Pandora. Gaffigan will release his 10th comedy special, Dark Pale, this year, an unprecedented achievement for the comedian/actor.
Gaffigan can currently be seen as the lead in the well-reviewed Sci-Fi dramedy, Linoleum, and stars as Mr. Smee in Disney's Peter Pan and Wendy, opposite Jude Law and Yara Shahidi. He will also co-star Jerry Seinfeld, Melissa McCarthy, James Marsden, and Hugh Grant in Netflix's Unfrosted, and co-stars in Susie Searches which premiered at TIFF last year and will hit theaters July 28th. Gaffigan joined the cast of HBO Max's Full Circle, a limited series from Steve Soderbergh and Ed Solomon which follows an investigation into a botched kidnapping connecting multiple characters and cultures in present day NY. Full Circle will premiere July 13th.
Gaffigan was also recently heard in Disney/Pixar's highly anticipated animated film, Luca, opposite Jacob Tremblay and Maya Rudolph.
On the silver screen, his many credits include Three Kings, Super Troopers 1 & 2, and Chappaquiddick. 2019 was Gaffigan's biggest year to date with an astonishing eight films releasing, three which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival including Troop Zero with Viola Davis and Alison Janney, Them That Follow and Light From Light - with many festival goers and press calling Gaffigan the "King of Sundance."
Gaffigan also had two films recently in which he debuted as the lead. The comedic film Being Frank, and American Dreamer, a dark thriller which was the grand finale of 2019 for Jim and features him as a ride share driver who moonlights as a private driver for a drug dealer.
Gaffigan can also currently be seen opposite Ethan Hawke in IFC Films Tesla, as well as opposite Josh Hartnett in Saban Films' Most Wanted.
In addition to two seasons of the critically acclaimed semi-autobiographical The Jim Gaffigan Show, which he wrote and produced with his wife Jeannie, and his widely popular stand-up comedy specials, Gaffigan has guest starred on many television comedies and dramas, ranging from Portlandia and Bob's Burgers to the HBO cult hits Flight of the Concords to dramatic roles in Law & Order.
Gaffigan regularly does humorous commentaries on CBS Sunday Morning for which he has won 3 Emmys. In 2018 Jim served as master of ceremony at The Al Smith Memorial dinner. In 2015, Gaffigan had the great honor of performing for Pope Francis and over 1 million festival attendees at the Festival of Families in Philadelphia.
Gaffigan and his wife currently live in Manhattan with their five loud and expensive children.
everything from the staff at the theatre to the quality of the show was great , very funny show in an iconic theatre
Fun time!! Good show and opening act! A bit short on stage!
Jim was on fire! Belly-laughs throughout for the audience! Excellent time. Safety advice to the Beacon: mark the bottom step of the staircase leading to the restrooms. Someone is going to fall in the dim light. Paint the bottom step flourescent yellow. All-in-all, a great evening!
Jim Gaffigan was everything I expected. Just plain funny.
Great show. He was really funny. Great value for the price of the tickets
Non stop laughs new material as far as I know. I really enjoyed myself I'm so happy he came to New York and I will go again if he comes back.
Jim is so funny. He has his show planned out but if you saw him on the street he is just naturally funny
Congratulations to Jim on the weight loss. Opened a new door to fresh material and great observations about parenting, weight loss and technology. He was funny throughout. Ted Alexandro was an excellent show opened. Overall,, a very entertaining evening minus the sound being a little low for me.
We have seen all his specials but this was 1st time live. He was as funny as we have ever seen him. Amazing venue in his home city made it even better. This is a can't miss show!!!!
Another great show from Jim. New and improved - skinnier! Nonstop laughs. No more - well, fewer- fat jokes. More observations on parenting and marriage.
Jim was Hilarious and The Beacon Theater was beautiful. I would have given 5 stars but the price was too high. I really think all concert tickets have gotten offensively high.
The beacon theater is always good. The bathroom locations could use some improvements. Jim was good, plenty of laughs. Not his best show but if you are a fan definitely vintage Gaffigan.
He was so funny sadly beacon theatre didn’t do a good mic check since at time you couldn’t hear him unfortunately.
OMG Jim Gaffigan is seriously so damn good. My husband and I needed to take breaths between laughs. Highly recommend! Well done, Jim!
We’ve seen all of Jim’s shows on Netflix and wanted to see him in person. The majority of his past shows were funnier. We chuckled most of the evening as opposed to having belly laughs while watching him on Netflix. Now that Jim has lost weight and is probably a lot healthier, he’s lost a comedy theme that made us laugh so hard that tears can to our eyes. However, we’d prefer to see him lean and healthy rather than chunky and funny….for his own wellbeing.
Easy to get the tickets and easy to get to our seats. Everything was a perfect evening and of course Jim Gaffigan was hysterical.!
It was a fun time. I’ve been wanting to go to his concerts for many years. Over an hour of continuous funny quips. Hes so funny.
I think this might be Jim's best set yet! Great show!
The opening for Jim was hysterical! He did an awesome job. We really enjoyed him. The venue was great. The acoustics were spot on. It was very well organized. We had a super night. Jim Gaffigan always delivers a genuinely wholesome show that people can relate to. We have never seen him in person and we're so glad we did!
I have always wanted to see Jim Gaffigan live. Wow! He did not disappoint. I couldn't believe how it was all new material. The guy is hysterical!