February 15, 2026

Taskmaster Live in New York

Taskmaster Live On Stage

Friday January 23 we headed to NYC to see Taskmaster Live on Stage.  Tickets sold out almost instantly.  The first half of the show was a Q&A with Greg and Alex.  Some questions were submitted ahead of time and some questions were asked from various audience members.

The second half of the show was a mini taskmaster episode with 3 audience members who had to win various audience tasks to be chosen and then 2 comedians. We had Alex Moffat from SNL and Lisa Gilroy.  Tasks included the prize task, trying to get Greg to ask if they had a grape in their mouth or not while answering questions, drawing a picture upside down based on descriptions being read to them, blowing items off of a table, wibble bibble bam, and then trying to guess where a special guest spent time in 1992. The special guest was none other than Jason Mantzoukas!

The show ended up going a bit long which meant that we had a 12:07am train home getting home at 2am, but it was an extremely fun night full of a lot of laughs!  Here’s hoping Greg and Little Alex will make their way to America more often and come to some more states.

Stephen Kellogg and the Homecoming

Wednesday January 21 I made my way to my first show of the year! With no Jamaica trip this year, it seemed like it was pretty late for my first show!  Stephen Kellogg got the honor and it was my first time to the SHU Community Theater in Fairfield. Stephen is counting down to his 300th show and we were I believe show number 2979.  Opening up the show was guster sinatra, fronted by SKs friend Don Miggs. It was one of their first nights together as a band playing, so I will cut them some slack on my review.

Then it was time for Stephen, who had put together an all star band “the homecoming” for this run of shows. He played a lot of throwback/SK6ers songs including 2 of my favorites – Gravity and My Favorite Place.  But he still managed to mix in some new stuff as well. He also threw in a few new stories that I hadn’t heard before – and after seeing the same guy in concert for 20+ years, on older songs that becomes more and more of a rare treat.

SHU Community theater was a great little place with an absolutely wonderful staff and I’d definitely consider going back there again sometime.

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