Performance

Funny Business

3 upcoming performances in New York

Funny Business at Comedy UO reframes comedy as a working method rather than a punchline delivery system. Led by KidSuper, the Colm Dillane–founded collective brings fashion, visual art, and performance into a venue built for stand-up, letting theatricality and collaboration do the heavy lifting. There is no specific NYC premiere history attached to this title, but the piece reads as part of the city’s ongoing habit of collapsing runway, gallery, and stage into the same night. Its quiet argument is that humor can be a form of design.