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MODI headlines Empire City Casino Award-Winning Comedy Night on Wednesday, April 15th
Yonkers, New York - Notable television favorite MODI, acclaimed as one of the Top Ten stand-up comics in America today, will take center stage at Empire City Casino on April 15th at the next installment of the award-winning Wednesday Comedy Night series in the Good Time Room.
MODI will be joined by two local fixtures, featured performer Sean Donnelly and MC for the evening Eric Neumann, both popular on the New York City comedy circuit. Doors will open at 7:00 pm, and the show will begin at 8:00 pm. Admission is $5 for Empire Club Members and $25 for all non-members. Elite Club and Presidents Club members gain free admission to the show. All patrons receive a free drink ticket.
Back Stage Magazine and The Hollywood Reporter both agree that Modi has achieved elite status. He has appeared on E! Network’s The Howard Stern Show, Comedy Central’s Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, and NBC’s Last Comic Standing. Modi’s other spots include BET’s Comic View, NBC’s Friday Night, and Metro Channel’s New Joke City with comedy legend Robert Klein. Modi has landed spots on HBO’s The Sopranos, as well as CBS’ CSI: New York, two of the biggest television dramas. He has also brought his acting to the silver screen, appearing in Stand Up, a 2006 feature film. Modi also appeared as a lead in Waiting for Woody Allen, which won the Los Angeles Film Festival in 2004.
Sean Donnelly can be found headlining clubs all over New York, including Caroline's, Gotham, Stand Up NY, and The Stand. He has appeared on MTV’s World of Jenks and The Late Show with David Letterman. Sean was a Montreal Just For Laughs “New Face” in 2013. Sean can be seen regularly on the TruTV series World’s Dumbest and on the forthcoming season of Adam Devine’s House Party on Comedy Central.
Eric Neumann is a standup comedian, writer and actor based in New York City. He performs regularly at clubs and colleges throughout New York City. His comedy has been heard on Sirius XM Radio and he has been featured on RoofTopComedy.com.
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