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    Solo Pop Chris Gethard (HBO's Career Suicide

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    Thursday, July 30, 2026

    6:00 PM

    UCB Theatre

    New York, NY

    Scheduled

    About This Event

    Chris Gethard, whose HBO special Career Suicide and long-running, NYC-based talk show established him in the city’s alt-comedy scene, performs a solo set titled "Solo Pop" at the UCB Theatre. The material is rooted in the candor and odd specificity that inform his THAT SHOW and podcasting, privileging frankness and theatrical unpredictability over polished bits.

    About Career Suicide

    At UCB Theatre, Chris Gethard brings “Career Suicide” into the room as a piece of New York alt-comedy history, shaped by the downtown stage culture that also carried his long-running talk show. This is a solo set in the vein of “Solo Pop,” built from frank autobiography, awkward specificity, and the deliberate exposure of doubt. It matters in a city where confessional comedy became a shared language for performers and audiences. The critical edge is its refusal to soften the uncomfortable parts.

    About the Artist

    Chris Gethard

    Chris Gethard

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    Chris Gethard is a comedian, actor, and writer whose work is closely tied to New York City’s alt-comedy scene. He became widely known as the host of a long-running, NYC-based talk show that blended call-in unpredictability with live-theater energy.