In Uptown Showdown's most incendiary show ever, two cultural icons stop playing nice and start to slay, the old-fashioned way. When Taylor Swift battles Beyoncé, will one Break the other's Soul, and will the loser ever Shake It Off? Calling all Swifties and every Bey in the BeyHive, defend your queen! Annnd—I'mma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time! OF ALL TIME! This installment features Sydney Duncan (Wild’N’Out), Sophie Zucker (The Daily Show), and more!
The popular comedy debate series invites two teams of funny folks from the worlds of stand-up and late-night television to tackle topics of great importance to pop culture, such as which pet is superior—cats or dogs—and is it better to be comfortable or fashionable? The verbal sparring and all-around absurdity only stop when the audience decides the winner. Featuring guest host Kevin Townley.
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Past Performers include Elna Baker, Maria Bamford, Michael Ian Black, Guy Branum, Wyatt Cenac, Ronny Chieng, Jo Firestone, John Fugelsang, Janeane Garofalo, Jon Glaser, Ilana Glazer, Josh Gondelman, Dave Hill, Maeve Higgins, Mehran Khaghani, Julie Klausner, Hasan Minhaj, Aparna Nancherla, Kristen Schaal, Baratunde Thurston, Kevin Townley, Michael Showalter, Dan Soder, Bowen Yang, Sasheer Zamata, and many more.
Sydney Duncan is a New York-based comedian, improviser, writer, and actor and is one of the newest cast members of Wild’N’Out. She has trained extensively at UCB, The PIT, Magnet Theater, and Dallas Comedy House studying advanced improv, musical improv, and sketch. Before comedy, Sydney was a professional ballet dancer. She previously trained at ABT, Alvin Ailey, Texas Ballet Theater, and Ballet West among others. Her credits include Regional Broadway shows such as The Will Rogers Follies, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Solange Knowles’s music video When I Get Home. She has been featured on Comedy Central’s IG and TikTok and is a recipient of The SNL Scholarship Award. You can catch her regularly performing in Comedy Theaters all over NYC including her monthly character show at Brooklyn Comedy Collective, her one-woman show ACAB! for New York Comedy Festival, Adam McKay's political sketch show Lifestyle, Understudying for Second City New York's Mainstage, and UCB NY's Betty & Maude House Team Shows.
Sophie Zucker is an Emmy nominated comedian, living in Brooklyn. She's currently a writer on The Daily Show. Other credits include Apple TV+'s Dickinson, the upcoming HBO projects Sweethearts, Tim Robinson's The Chair Company, and an animated pilot for Paramount. Her one woman show Sophie Sucks Face was shortlisted for the Comedian's Choice Award at the Edinburgh Fringe, and recommended by British Comedy Guide. She performs with her all-female comedy collective Ladies Who Ranch all over New York. Sophie grew up in New York and attended Hunter College High School. She went on to graduate from Oberlin College with a BA in Religion and Creative Writing. She is down to hang out!
Kevin Townley is a New York–based artist who has performed in Hollywood blockbusters, elementary school cafeterias, and everywhere in between. His screen credits include My Super Ex-Girlfriend, The Sitter, Men in Black 3, The Detour, Madam Secretary, The Last O.G., and Law & Order, and he has appeared Off-Broadway in Goodbar, My Deah, and Shockheaded Peter. From 2010 to 2020, Townley co-produced and -hosted The Talent Show Brand Variety Show with Elna Baker, featuring the likes of They Might Be Giants, Rachel Maddow, and Ira Glass. He wrote, directed, and starred in the short film Who Knows?, and his first feature film, Alien Hearts, will complete production in 2024. In 2022, he published his first book, Look, Look, Look, Look, Look Again: Buddhist Wisdom Reflected in 26 Artists. Townley is a certified meditation instructor.
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