{"id":130487,"date":"2022-12-07T01:16:46","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T01:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=130487"},"modified":"2022-12-07T01:16:46","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T01:16:46","slug":"famed-carolines-comedy-club-to-close-times-square-location-after-30-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/famed-carolines-comedy-club-to-close-times-square-location-after-30-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Famed Carolines Comedy Club To Close Times Square Location After 30 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carolines on Broadway, one of the country&#8217;s most famous and influential comedy clubs, will host the final performances at its Times Square home on New Year&#8217;s Eve, ending a 30-year run at the location just as the nearby ball drops on 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After 30 wonderful years at our location in Times Square,&#8221; the club posted on Instagram, &#8220;we have decided not to renew our lease. Our final shows here will be on December 31.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although the closing announcement doesn&#8217;t provide a reason, club owner Caroline Hirsch told The New York Post that the venue&#8217;s 10-year lease was due for a rent &#8220;reset&#8221; and building landlord &#8220;felt they can get a lot more for the space.&rdquo; The Post identified the building owner as a &#8220;Kuwaiti wealth fund.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4>Related Story<\/h4>\n<h3>CNN To Move West Coast Bureau From Hollywood To Burbank<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Located at 750 Seventh Avenue in the heart of the Broadway theater district, Caroline&#8217;s has played host to such comedy superstars as Jerry Seinfeld, Gilbert Gottfried, Lewis Black, Billy Crystal, Jon Stewart, Larry David, Joy Behar, Jimmy Fallon, Michael Che, Robin Williams and Conan O&rsquo;Brien, as well as untold numbers of lesser-known talents.<\/p>\n<p>The club opened its Times Square location in 1992 after a decade at downtown addresses in the Chelsea and South Street Seaport neighborhoods. &#8220;People thought we were crazy to invest in Times Square,&#8221; the announcement reads, pointing out the area&#8217;s crime rate and government inattention, &#8220;only later to say that we were ahead of the curve when global brands like Disney, Nasdaq and national retailers and businesses came to the neighborhood.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are very proud to have played an integral role in its resurgence and brought much needed laughter to the neighborhood and the city.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the Post exclusive, Hirsch said, &ldquo;This is heart-stabbing for me. I love my staff. I love my comedians. I&rsquo;m on to something new,&rdquo; which could include an expansion of the Carolines brand and continued involvement with the New York Comedy Festival. &ldquo;I see this as not the end of Carolines,&#8221; she said, &#8220;but a new chapter continuing to produce world-class comedy.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>The news comes on a day when New York City saw other prominent closures, including the long-running Off Broadway show <em>Stomp<\/em> and the much-more short-lived Broadway musical <em>KPOP<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cl2Bm_HrMeB\/<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cl2Bm_HrMeB\/<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by Carolines on Broadway (@carolinesonbway)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Must Read Stories<\/h2>\n<h3>James Cameron Intros Epic At London World Premiere; Red Carpet Gallery; More<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/avatar.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>&#8216;Abbott Elementary&#8217;, &#8216;Better Call Saul&#8217; Lead TV Noms; Full List &#038; Analysis<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Abbott-Elementary-and-Better-Call-Saul.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Bill Cosby &#038; NBCUniversal Hit With Sexual Assault Suit From Ex-\u2018Cosby Show\u2019 Actresses &#038; Others<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bill-Cosby-NBCU.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Christine McCarthy Emerges As Top Contender To Succeed Bob Iger As CEO<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bob-1-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h2>Read More About:<\/h2>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/12\/carolines-comedy-club-closing-times-square-location-1235191598\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carolines on Broadway, one of the country&#8217;s most famous and influential comedy clubs, will host the final performances at its Times Square home on New [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":130486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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