Gather your friends on Saturday, March 11 for an “adult night out” at Temple Sholom, 300 East Putnam Ave., featuring comedian Josh Gondelman, award-winning writer for HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
Gondelman, who moved from Boston to New York in 2011 to pursue stand-up comedy, has a reputation of charming audiences with his good-natured storytelling and his variety of topics, ranging from surprise parties to teaching preschool.
His first big break came in 2012 after launching the Twitter account @SeinfeldToday, alongside writer Jack Moore of Buzzfeed. The account, which posted humorous tweets about Larry David’s Seinfeld characters living in the social media era, won a Shorty Award in the “#FakeAccount” category in 2014 and reached an impressive 900,000 followers in October 2015. This success led him to submit his first-ever comedy packet to Last Week Tonight, where he was hired as a producer of original web content and later as a staff writer. In 2016, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series for his work on the show.
Tickets for the Comedy Night cost $25 per adult and include cocktails and nosh at 7 p.m., followed by the cabaret-style show at 7:30 p.m. Reserve tickets or a full table by visiting templesholom.com/comedy-night-reservation or contacting Gina Pernicano, 203-542-7169, gina.pernicano@templesholom.com.
