{{Short description|American comedian}} {{Infobox comedian | name = Danny McWilliams | image = | caption = | birth_name = Daniel Francis McWilliams | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|02|08}} | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York City | years_active = 1982 – present <!-- Infobox comedian does not support the following parameter: | occupation = Comedian --> | medium = Stand-up, television, film <!-- Infobox comedian does not support the following parameter: | influences = Phyllis Diller --> | website = {{URL|https://twitter.com/MurrayHill76093|Twitter}} }} '''Daniel Francis McWilliams''' (born February 8, 1956), is a New York City-based comedian, author, and actor, born in Brooklyn. He performed with Funny Gay Males<ref>{{Citation | last = Rousuck | first = J. Wynn | title = Funny Gay Males' bring revised show back to Theatre Project | newspaper = Baltimore Sun | date = 1992-09-04 | url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/113538694.html?dids=113538694:113538694&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT | access-date = 2011-07-24 | archive-date = 2012-11-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121107130738/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/113538694.html?dids=113538694:113538694&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT | url-status = dead }}</ref> (1988-1993, 2001-2003) and has toured with them throughout the United States, Canada and Australia. He has appeared on ''The Joan Rivers Show'', Comedy Central, ''The Howard Stern Show'', ''The Joey Reynolds Show'' and WOR 710AM NY. In addition, he co-authored ''Growing Up Gay: From Left Out to Coming Out'' (1995) with fellow Funny Gay Males troupe members Bob Smith and Jaffe Cohen.
He has also performed his one-man show which is known as ''Twelve Angry Women'' at the Solo Arts Group in New York City, and he performs weekly at Duplex Cabaret Theatre and other clubs throughout New York City.
== Career == '''Notable Work:''' * Funny Gay Males<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/20/arts/review-cabaret-gay-comedy-in-the-stand-up-mainstream.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3As%2C%5B%22RI%3A5%22%2C%22RI%3A15%22%5D | title=Review/Cabaret; Gay Comedy in the Stand-Up Mainstream| newspaper=The New York Times| date=20 April 1993| last1=Holden| first1=Stephen}}</ref> * ''Growing Up Gay: From Left Out to Coming Out'' '''Awards:''' * MAC Award: '''Comedy Group''' 1994
==See also== * LGBT culture in New York City * List of LGBT people from New York City * NYC Pride March * Stand-up comedy
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