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Neil LaBute
Neil LaBute, born 1963 in Detroit, is an American playwright and filmmaker known for In the Company of Men, Bash: Latterday Plays, and Fat Pig, and for his 1999 disfellowshipment from the LDS Church over his portrayal of Mormon characters committing violence.
Neil Simon
Neil Simon (Marvin Neil Simon, 1927-2018), American playwright and screenwriter of The Odd Couple, Barefoot in the Park, and Pulitzer-winning Lost in Yonkers; three Tonys, four Oscar nominations, Neil Simon Theatre named for him in 1983.
Nell Gwyn
Nell Gwyn (Eleanor Gwyn, 1650–1687), English Restoration comic actress and mistress of Charles II; rose from Drury Lane orange-seller to leading King's Company comedienne; mother of the Duke of St Albans.
Nelly Sachs
Nelly Sachs (Leonie Sachs, 1891–1970), German-Swedish poet and playwright, 1966 Nobel laureate in Literature with S.Y. Agnon; Holocaust poetry in German, exile in Stockholm from 1940, famed correspondence with Paul Celan.
Netflix Is a Joke Festival
Netflix Is a Joke Festival (NIAJ Fest), Netflix and Live Nation's biennial Los Angeles comedy festival; debuted 2022 after a 2020 COVID cancellation, growing to 475+ shows by 2026, with no festival passes and select shows taped or streamed live.
New Amsterdam Theatre
New Amsterdam Theatre, Broadway house at 214 W 42nd St, New York; opened 1903, designed by Herts & Tallant for Klaw & Erlanger; Art Nouveau landmark, home of the Ziegfeld Follies, restored by Disney and reopened 1997, now hosting Aladdin.
New Comedy
New Comedy is the last of the three phases of ancient Greek comedy, beginning around 321 BC and trading Aristophanes' political satire for domestic plots of everyday private life.
New drama
New drama (новая драма) is the term for the European drama of roughly 1865 to 1914 that replaced classical stage intrigue with psychological depth, subtext, and everyday detail.
New Wave Australian drama
New Wave Australian drama was a playwriting and alternative theater movement that emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s, centered on Melbourne's La Mama and Pram Factory and Sydney's Nimrod Theatre.
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet (NYCB), founded October 1948 by George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein, is a major American classical ballet company at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater, affiliated with the School of American Ballet and known for its neoclassical Balanchine and Jerome Robbins repertory.
New York Friars Club
The New York Friars Club, founded in 1904 by Broadway press agents and based at 57 East 55th Street from 1957, was the private show-business club that invented the celebrity roast; it admitted women in 1988, televised roasts via Comedy Central 1998-2002, and closed in 2024.
New Zealand drama
New Zealand drama is the body of plays and theatrical performance connected to Aotearoa New Zealand, spanning 19th-century amateur theater to the modern Māori theater movement.
New Zealand theatre
New Zealand theater is the professional and community tradition of live stage performance in Aotearoa New Zealand, running from the first Auckland theater of 1841 to resident professional companies and distinct Māori and Pasifika streams.
New-play development festivals and conferences
New-play development festivals and conferences are organized programs for developing unproduced plays, spanning full-production festivals like Humana, workshop conferences like the O'Neill's, and reading series.
Nic Chien
Nic Chien (Nicole Beverly Chien, born 2006) is a Filipino theater actor and trans man, son of Lea Salonga and Robert Chien; known as Alice in Matilda (2017), Jack in Into the Woods (2025), and Moritz Stiefel in Spring Awakening (2026).
Nicholas Barasch
Nicholas Barasch, American stage actor and singer; Broadway debut at age ten in the 2009 West Side Story revival; known for Arpad in She Loves Me, Orpheus on the Hadestown tour, and Frederic in Pirates! The Penzance Musical (2025).
Nicholas Brothers
The Nicholas Brothers, Fayard (1914–2006) and Harold (1921–2000) Nicholas, were an American acrobatic tap dance duo famed for the Cotton Club, Stormy Weather's "Jumpin' Jive," and honors including Kennedy Center Honors and the National Medal of Arts.
Nicholas Christopher (actor)
Nicholas Christopher (born 1990, Bermuda) is an American Broadway actor and singer known for Hamilton (George Washington, Aaron Burr), Sweeney Todd (Pirelli, first Black Sweeney on Broadway), the 2025 Chess revival (Anatoly Sergievsky, 2026 Tony nomination), and Just In Time as Bobby Darin.
Nick Cordero
Nick Cordero (1978–2020), Canadian Broadway actor and Tony nominee born in Hamilton, Ontario, originated Cheech in Bullets Over Broadway, Earl in Waitress, and Sonny in A Bronx Tale; died of COVID-19 complications in Los Angeles. Distinct from the Virginia restaurateur of the same name.
Nick Giannopoulos
Nick Giannopoulos (Νικ Γιαννόπουλος, born 1963) is a Greek Australian comedian and actor, creator of Wogs Out of Work, Acropolis Now, and the Wog Boy film franchise, who reclaimed the slur 'wog' as comedy.
Nick Helm
Nick Helm (born 1980) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, and musician known for his aggressive, song-filled live shows, the BBC Three sitcom Uncle (2014–2017), Dave's 2011 Funniest Joke of the Fringe, and BAFTA-nominated short film Elephant.
Nick Mullen
Nick Mullen (Nicholas Mullen), American stand-up comedian and comedy writer in Brooklyn, New York; primary host of the Cum Town podcast (2016-2022) with Stavros Halkias and Adam Friedland, creator of The Adam Friedland Show, and writer of the 2023 special The Year of the Dragon.
Nick Swardson
Nick Swardson (Nicholas Roger Swardson, born 1976, Minneapolis) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer known for Terry on Reno 911!, Nick Swardson's Pretend Time, and Happy Madison films like Grandma's Boy.
Nico Carney
Nico Carney, Brooklyn-based trans standup comedian, writer, and actor from Savannah, Georgia; began comedy 2021 after Wake Forest, JFL New Face 2023, Seth Meyers debut 2024, BOYS CLUB, She's the He at SXSW 2025.
Nicole Arbour
Nicole Arbour, Canadian YouTuber and comedian born 1985 in Hamilton, Ontario, known for the viral 2015 fat-shaming video "Dear Fat People," related "Dear" monologues, satire controversy, and later music and podcast work.
Nicole Paige Brooks
Nicole Paige Brooks (NPBFAG), stage name of Brian Christopher Pryor, is an Atlanta drag performer from RuPaul's Drag Race season 2 (11th place, 2010) and All Stars 10 (2025), later hosting Scroll Patrol.
Nigel Ng (黄瑾瑜)
Nigel Ng (黄瑾瑜), born 1991, Malaysian comedian and former data scientist based in London, creator of the viral Uncle Roger character (2020, BBC fried rice video); 27 million followers, world tours, restaurants, and a cookbook.
Nik Wallenda
Nik Wallenda, seventh-generation Flying Wallendas high-wire artist born 1979 in Sarasota; first to walk directly over Niagara Falls (2012), crossed the Grand Canyon gorge (2013) and Masaya Volcano (2020); Big Apple Circus co-owner.
Nikki Glaser
Nikki Glaser (born 1984, Cincinnati) is an American stand-up comedian and roast comic, host of the 2025 and 2026 Golden Globes, with specials Bangin', Good Clean Filth, Someday You'll Die, and Good Girl.
Nikki M. James
Nikki M. James (Nikki Michelle James), American actress, director, and singer born 1981 in Summit, New Jersey; Tony winner for originating Nabulungi in The Book of Mormon, later Ida B. Wells in Suffs and Kirsten McDuffie in Daredevil: Born Again.