Handler has spent the last several years rebuilding herself as a touring stand-up rather than a talk-show host, and the current hour is the sharpest version of that - unsparing about aging, dating and her own privilege in roughly equal measure. The Beacon is the right size for it: 2,800 seats, gilded 1929 interior, close enough that the room reads as a club with better decoration.
What to expect
A single headline stand-up set in a fully seated landmark theater, typically preceded by an opener. The Beacon's restored interior is worth arriving early to look at. Material skews adult throughout. Broadway and 74th Street outside means no shortage of places to eat before or drink after.
Good to know
- The Beacon Theatre is a fully seated venue; every ticket is an assigned seat.
- The theater is at Broadway and 74th Street, a block from the 72nd Street station on the 1, 2 and 3.
- Material is adult throughout - this is not a show to bring younger teenagers to.
- The venue runs bag restrictions and security screening; arriving well before the listed time avoids the queue.
- The 1929 interior was restored in 2009 and is a New York City landmark worth seeing in daylight-level detail before the house lights drop.
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Common questions
What time does the show start?
The Beacon lists an 8pm show time on Friday, September 25.
Is there an opening act?
Handler's theater dates typically include a support comedian before the headline set; the venue does not always announce the opener in advance.
Where exactly is the Beacon Theatre?
2124 Broadway, between West 74th and 75th Streets on the Upper West Side, near the 72nd Street subway station.
