{{Short description|American comedian}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Harrison Greenbaum | image = Harrison Greenbaum, May 2019.jpg | caption = Greenbaum in 2019 | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|September 14, 1986}} | birth_place = Manhattan, New York, U.S. | occupation = Comedian, host | known_for = | website = {{URL|www.harrisongreenbaum.com}} }}
'''Harrison Greenbaum''' (born September 14, 1986) is an American stand-up comedian and comedy writer.
==Early life== Greenbaum was born in Manhattan, New York, and grew up in Woodmere, New York, on Long Island. He graduated as valedictorian of his class at Lawrence High School.<ref name=":0">[http://liherald.com/fivetowns/stories/Building-a-lifelong-comedy-laugh-track-,27101 Building a lifelong comedy laugh track]</ref>
Harrison's mother, Pamela Greenbaum, stated in 2010 that Harrison's paternal grandmother "told the serious stories about the Holocaust camps" while his paternal grandfather Henry Greenbaum, also a Holocaust survivor, “told the humorous stories." Harrison's father, Steven Greenbaum, is "a New York City director of real estate."<ref name=":0" />
Greenbaum attended Harvard, where he graduated summa cum laude in 2008 and won the 2006 Visiting Committee Prize for Undergraduate Book Collecting for his collection of magic books.<ref name="amNew York article">{{cite news|title= Jokes up his sleeve|first= Adam|last= Ullian|newspaper= amNew York|date= 2009-10-19|pages= 20|url= http://www.harrisongreenbaum.com/amNewYork19Nov2009.pdf|access-date= 2010-04-07|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160305132055/http://www.harrisongreenbaum.com/amNewYork19Nov2009.pdf|archive-date= 2016-03-05|url-status= dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/lamont/book_collecting_prize.cfm |title=Visiting Committee Prize for Undergraduate Book Collecting - Lamont Library - Harvard College Library |access-date=2012-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909035514/http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/lamont/book_collecting_prize.cfm |archive-date=2018-09-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also won the Gordon W. Allport Prize for his psychology thesis, "'Did you hear the one about the...?': The effect of racial humor on prejudice."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://undergrad.psychology.fas.harvard.edu/book/prizes |title=Prizes | Psychology Undergraduate Program |access-date=2016-03-15 |archive-date=2016-03-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318231221/http://undergrad.psychology.fas.harvard.edu/book/prizes |url-status=dead }}</ref>
While at Harvard, Greenbaum co-founded the Harvard College Stand-Up Comic Society.<ref name="Globe article">{{cite news|last = Zaino III|first = Nick|title = Festival is Happy Helping Rising Stars|work= The Boston Globe|url = http://archive.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2007/10/05/festival_is_happy_helping_rising_stars/|date = 2007-10-05|access-date = 2010-02-25}}</ref><ref name="Crimson article 1">{{cite news|last = Howell|first = Daniel|title = No Hecklers Here: Stand-Up Society Takes the Stage|work= Harvard Crimson|url = http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2007/10/12/no-hecklers-here-stand-up-society-takes/|date = 2007-10-12|accessdate = 2010-03-04}}</ref><ref name="Crimson article 2">{{cite news|last = Kearney|first = Joshua|title = First Stand Up Show Very Risqué|work= Harvard Crimson|url = http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/12/7/first-stand-up-show-very-risque/|date = 2006-12-07|accessdate = 2010-03-04}}</ref>
==Career== Greenbaum has performed at many of the leading comedy clubs throughout the world including Carolines on Broadway, Gotham Comedy Club, Comix NY, Comic Strip Live, and the Laugh Factory, and is a regular at the Comedy Cellar.<ref name="Harrison Greenbaum Tour Schedule">{{cite web|url=http://www.harrisongreenbaum.com/tourdates.html|title=Harrison's Tour Schedule |accessdate=2009-04-05 |publisher=Harrison Greenbaum |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421002703/http://harrisongreenbaum.com/tourdates.html |archivedate=2009-04-21}}</ref>
He was the first-ever comedian or comedy magician to headline a Cirque du Soleil show, Cirque du Soleil's Mad Apple, at the New York-New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mad Apple at New York-New York Hotel & Casino {{!}} Buy tickets {{!}} Cirque du Soleil |url=https://www.cirquedusoleil.com/mad-apple |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=www.cirquedusoleil.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Veness |first=Susan and Simon |date=2022-05-28 |title='Mad Apple' by Cirque du Soleil celebrates New York City's culture |url=https://attractionsmagazine.com/mad-apple-by-cirque-du-soleil-celebrates-new-york-citys-culture-in-las-vegas-debut/ |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=Attractions Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Radke |first=Brad |date=2023-07-06 |title='Mad Apple' by Cirque du Soleil celebrates New York City's culture |url=https://lasvegasweekly.com/news/2023/jul/06/comedian-harrison-greenbaum-mad-apple/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Las Vegas Weekly |language=en-US}}</ref>
Harrison Greenbaum's solo comedy and magic show, titled "Harrison Greenbaum: What Just Happened?", premiered at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City, marking the venue's first magic show. The show then had an Off-Broadway run and embarked on an international tour, with performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the Magic Castle in Hollywood, California, and the Comedy Cellar in New York City, where it was also the first magic show to be performed at the venue. Additionally, the show was the first magic show featured at the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, New York, a museum and cultural institution dedicated to comedy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harrison Greenbaum |url=https://www.newyorkmagicians.live/the-magicians/harrison-greenbaum |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=New York Magicians |language=en-US}}</ref>
===Television=== In 2013, Greenbaum was the warm-up comedian for the first season of ''Katie'', Katie Couric's talk show on ABC,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324274404578211624095767896|title=At Carolines, Laughing the Year Away|author=Heyman, Marshall|date=2012-12-31|work=The Wall Street Journal|accessdate=2013-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.katiecouric.com/behind-the-scenes/whitney-kropp-and-katie-uffens-on-opening-up-on-katie/|title=Whitney Kropp and Katie Uffens Backstage at "Katie": "Katie" comedian Harrison catches up with Whitney and Katie after the show|date=2012-10-02|website=KatieCouric.com|accessdate=2013-01-20|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113151742/http://www.katiecouric.com/behind-the-scenes/whitney-kropp-and-katie-uffens-on-opening-up-on-katie/|archivedate=2012-11-13}}</ref> and a producer on ''Would You Fall for That?'' on ABC.
He was also featured in the first season of ''Gotham Comedy Live'' on AXS.TV and in the special ''Gotham Comedy Live'' episode, "Best of Season 4: New York, the City that Never Bleeps".
In 2014, Greenbaum was a special guest on ''Brain Games'' on National Geographic Channel.
In 2015, Greenbaum was a semi-finalist on ''Last Comic Standing'' on NBC.
In 2017, Greenbaum auditioned for ''America's Got Talent'' on NBC, performing stand-up comedy.<ref>{{YouTube|id=jitOdaNZZVw|title="Harrison Greenbaum: Comedian Comes Out As A Comic To His Parents - America's Got Talent 2017"}}</ref>
In 2018, Greenbaum performed on ''Conan'' on TBS.<ref>{{YouTube|id=_c-4OVFHpaM|title="Harrison Greenbaum: America Is #1 In Personal Lightning Strikes - CONAN on TBS"}}</ref>
In 2022, Greenbaum was featured on ''Sherri''.<ref>{{YouTube|id=Qkpe6-VBmLM|title="Life’s a Circus for Harrison Greenbaum"}}</ref>
===Hosting=== Greenbaum was an official co-host of the 2010 Times Square New Year's Eve World Wide Webcast<ref name="CC Insider NYE">{{cite web|url=http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2009/12/29/comedians-predict-what-2010-has-in-store-for-us|title=Comedians Predict What 2010 Has In Store for Us|author=Cardoza, Gonzolo|publisher=Comedy Central Insider|accessdate=2010-02-25}}</ref><ref name="Livestream Blog">{{cite web|url=http://www.livestream.com/blog/?p=5179|title=New Years Celebrations Available On-Demand|accessdate=2010-02-25}}</ref><ref name="Times Square Alliance">{{cite web|url=http://www.timessquarenyc.org/nye/2010widgets.html|title=Times Square New Year's Eve 2010 Press Release|author=Times Square Alliance|accessdate=2010-02-25|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211211721/http://www.timessquarenyc.org/nye/2010widgets.html|archivedate=2010-02-11}}</ref><ref name="NYE NY Times Article">{{cite news|last = Taub|first = Eric|title = Times Square Goes a Tweeting|work= The New York Times|url = http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/times-square-goes-a-tweeting/|date = 2009-12-16|accessdate = 2010-02-25}}</ref><ref name="CC NYE">{{cite web|url=http://thecomicscomic.typepad.com/thecomicscomic/2009/12/harrison-greenbaum-to-cohost-times-squares-firstever-new-years-eve-webcast.html|title=Harrison Greenbaum to co-host Times Square's first-ever New Year's Eve Webcast|author=McCarthy, Sean|accessdate=2010-02-25}}</ref> and was the host of the New York Innovative Theatre Awards, held at Cooper Union's Great Hall in 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyitawards.com/news/newsitem.asp?storyid=242|title=2011 Award Recipients|publisher=New York Innovative Theatre Awards|accessdate=2011-09-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/154669-Innovative-Theatre-Awards-Held-Sept-19-Susan-Stroman-and-John-Patrick-Shanley-Are-Presenters|title=Innovative Theatre Awards Held Sept. 19; Susan Stroman and John Patrick Shanley Are Presenters|author=Hetrick, Adam|date=2011-09-19|website=Playbill.com|accessdate=2011-09-21|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925190946/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/154669-Innovative-Theatre-Awards-Held-Sept-19-Susan-Stroman-and-John-Patrick-Shanley-Are-Presenters|archivedate=2011-09-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2011/harrison-greenbaum-david-henry-hwang-susan-stroman_40884.html|title=Harrison Greenbaum, David Henry Hwang, Susan Stroman, et al. Set for IT Awards Ceremony|author=Bacalzo, Dan|date=2011-09-14|website=TheaterMania.com|accessdate=2011-09-21}}</ref> and at Kaye Playhouse in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://offoffbroadway.broadwayworld.com/article/Comedian-Harrison-Greenbaum-to-Host-2012-Innovative-Theatre-Awards-924-20120912|title=Comedian Harrison Greenbaum to Host 2012 Innovative Theater Awards, 9/24|author=BWW Newsdesk|date=2012-09-12|website=OffOffBroadwayWorld.com|accessdate=2013-01-20}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.backstage.com/news/2012-it-awards-take-over-kaye-playhouse|title=2012 IT Awards Take Over Kaye Playhouse|author=Taylor, Jordyn|date=2012-09-25|work=Backstage|accessdate=2013-01-20}}</ref>
Greenbaum is a writer for ''MAD Magazine''.<ref name="amNew York article" /><ref name="MAD List">{{cite web|url=http://users.pfw.edu/slaubau/mad/madcontributor.htm|title=MAD Magazine Contributor Appearances|author=Slaubaugh, Mike|accessdate=2010-02-25}}</ref>
===Awards and recognition=== Greenbaum is the winner of the 2010 Andy Kaufman Award,<ref name="Andy Kaufman Award 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.theandykaufmanaward.com|title=Andy Kaufman Award Official Website|accessdate=2010-11-14}}</ref><ref name="Andy Kaufman Award 2">{{cite press release|url=http://www.theandykaufmanaward.com/pressreleases/Winner%20Announced%20Press%20Release.pdf|title=The Andy Kaufman Award Announces 2010 Winner: Harrison Greenbaum Receives Award for Outstanding Comedy Performance|publisher=The Andy Kaufman Award|date=2010-11-03|accessdate=2010-11-14|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716221029/http://theandykaufmanaward.com/pressreleases/Winner%20Announced%20Press%20Release.pdf|archivedate=2011-07-16}}</ref><ref name="Andy Kaufman Award 3">{{cite web|url=http://www.stagetimemag.com/comedy/2010/11/07/comedian-harrison-greenbaum-named-winner-of-2010-andy-kaufman-award/|title=Comedian Harrison Greenbaum Named Winner of 2010 Andy Kaufman Award|author=Stage Time Magazine|date=2010-11-07|accessdate=2010-02-25|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228060124/http://www.stagetimemag.com/comedy/2010/11/07/comedian-harrison-greenbaum-named-winner-of-2010-andy-kaufman-award/|archivedate=2010-12-28}}</ref> given in recognition of creativity and originality in comedy. He is also the winner of the 2011 Magners Comic Stand-Off and a 2011 Shorty Award for excellence in short-form social media (i.e. Twitter).<ref name="Shorty Awards">{{cite web | title = #EmergingComedian finalists on how Twitter has changed their careers | website = Official Shorty Awards Website | date = 2011-11-15 | url = http://blog.shortyawards.com/post/12852895835/emergingcomedian-finalists-on-how-twitter-has-changed | accessdate = 2011-12-20}}</ref> Greenbaum was named one of 2010's "Comics to Watch" by Comedy Central<ref name="Comics to Watch 1">{{cite press release|url=http://www.comedycentral.com/press/press_releases/2010/071310_comics-to-watch.jhtml|title=Comedy Central and the New York Comedy Festival Team Up to Launch a Showcase of the Hottest Up-and-Coming Comedians|publisher=Comedy Central|date=2010-07-13|accessdate=2010-11-14}}</ref><ref name="Comics to Watch 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecomicscomic.com/2010/11/are-you-one-of-comedy-centrals-comics-to-watch-for-2010-meet-the-lucky-few-at-carolines-for-the-nycf.html|title=Are you one of Comedy Central's Comics to Watch for 2010? Meet the lucky few at Carolines for the NYCF|author=McCarthy, Sean|date=2010-11-01|accessdate=2010-02-25|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104052751/http://www.thecomicscomic.com/2010/11/are-you-one-of-comedy-centrals-comics-to-watch-for-2010-meet-the-lucky-few-at-carolines-for-the-nycf.html|archivedate=2010-11-04}}</ref> and one of the "Best of the Breakout Artists" by Carolines on Broadway and ''Punchline Magazine''.<ref name="Punchline Magazine">{{cite web|url=http://punchlinemagazine.com/site/carolines-breakout-artist-harrison-greenbaum/|title=Carolines Breakout Artist: Harrison Greenbaum|accessdate=2010-09-06}}</ref> As part of Carolines' Breakout Artists Series, Greenbaum headlined the club, becoming the first performer to sell out a "Breakout" show. Greenbaum became a member of the New York Friars' Club in 2009, making him one of the youngest people ever inducted into the legendary club. On August 5, 2017, Greenbaum was awarded the Clarke Crandall Award for Comedy at the 80th Abbott's Magic Get-Together in Colon, Michigan, the Magic Capital of the World.
==References== <references />
==External links== * [http://www.harrisongreenbaum.com Official website]
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