Last night, Dead Funny – An All-Star Tribute to Joan Rivers, Benefitting God’s Love We Deliver, featured an incredible line-up of comedians and actors including: Rachel Brosnahan, Michelle Buteau,Sandra Bernhard, Nikki Glaser, Tiffany Haddish, Chelsea Handler, Matteo Lane, Joel McHale, Patton Oswalt, Aubrey Plaza, Randy Rainbow, Jeff Ross and Rita Wilson, to celebrate comedy icon Joan Rivers on the opening night of 20th Annual New York Comedy Festival, at the world-famous Apollo Theatre in New York City.
Melissa Rivers, Erich Bergen, David Jammy, and Chris Convy were Executive Producers. The event will be taped for a future air date for NBCUniversal. The broadcast will be produced for television by Done+Dusted. Whoopi Goldberg served as a co-chair of the event. God’s Love We Deliver is the event’s beneficiary. To support God’s Love We Deliver, text JOAN to 91999 or visit glwd.org See all the red carpet shots inside…
Melissa Rivers
Tiffany Haddish
Chelsea Handler
Michelle Buteau
Matteo Lane
Sandra Bernhard
Luann de Lesseps
Melba Wilson
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