Spring Break
Don't fret over Steve Lynch
Stephanie Takach
Issue date: 12/7/07 Section: Arts & Entertainment
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Lynch began his show with "Dr. Stephen," a song in which he describes himself as a gynecologist. Most of Lynch's songs represent crude humor for an adult audience. He addresses the issues of race, gender and cultural diversity in his songs… and exactly what he thinks about it
Lynch, the 36-year-old comedian originally from Abington, Pa., took time off from his comedy tour and starred in the Broadway Debut of "The Wedding Singer." He received a Tony Award nomination for Best Performance By a Leading Actor in a Musical, but Lynch had other thoughts on the musical.
He asked how many fans had come to see his comedy show because of his time in Broadway, and one faithful fan raised their hand. Lynch said in a later interview that he would return to Broadway if he didn't have 8 shows a week to perform. Also, the content is different.
"With my shows, I can say whatever I want, whenever I want," Lynch said.
Lynch prefers to appear and perform at colleges and universities rather than at the typical comedy club.
"It's the comedy club crowds that suck," Lynch said. "I'm trying to do a show with people eating and waitresses and waiters walking around."
Lynch's wife, Erin, is his toughest critic. She is the go to person when Lynch has new comedic material.
"She will laugh and tell me when things aren't funny," Lynch added. "It's a good litmus test."
His inspiration for his song lyrics and Stephanie Takach
Staff Writer
stephanie.takach@thetriangle.org
Singer and comedian Stephen Lynch performed on campus in front of a packed house of 750 members of the Drexel community Nov. 30 as part of the Campus Activities Board's Eighth Annual Comedy Show.
Lynch began his show with "Dr. Stephen," a song in which he describes himself as a gynecologist. Most of Lynch's songs represent crude humor for an adult audience. He addresses the issues of race, gender and cultural diversity in his songs… and exactly what he thinks about it
Lynch, the 36-year-old comedian originally from Abington, Pa., took time off from his comedy tour and starred in the Broadway Debut of "The Wedding Singer." He received a Tony Award nomination for Best Performance By a Leading Actor in a Musical, but Lynch had other thoughts on the musical.
He asked how many fans had come to see his comedy show because of his time in Broadway, and one faithful fan raised their hand. Lynch said in a later interview that he would return to Broadway if he didn't have 8 shows a week to perform. Also, the content is different.
"With my shows, I can say whatever I want, whenever I want," Lynch said.
Lynch prefers to appear and perform at colleges and universities rather than at the typical comedy club.
"It's the comedy club crowds that suck," Lynch said. "I'm trying to do a show with people eating and waitresses and waiters walking around."
Lynch's wife, Erin, is his toughest critic. She is the go to person when Lynch has new comedic material.
"She will laugh and tell me when things aren't funny," Lynch added. "It's a good litmus test."
His inspiration for his song lyrics and comedy skits comes from books, TV shows and friends, according to Lynch. He also prepares for his shows by doing "vocal exercises in the shower" and "playing poker backstage."
Throughout his skit, Lynch compared Drexel University to Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Harry Potter series. The fact that our mascot is a dragon only helped his cause.
"It was a lot of fun, a great audience and I didn't expect to see a great turn out," Lynch said.
The CAB was also pleased with the turnout and with the show in general. They polled Drexel students to see who would be the best candidate for the annual comedy show.
"We created a list of 8-10 comedians and the CAB members polled Drexel students after posting the list in The Triangle," CAB Treasurer Theo Speedy, a civil engineering sophomore said.
The students leaned towards Stephen Lynch, according to Speedy.
"It's pretty big and it brings students a reason to notice CAB and go to new events," Speedy added.
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