Ben Schwartz

The entire first leg of my 2024 tour is officially up for sale. All seats for all shows now available. CANNOT WAIT TO DO SOME MAKE EM UPS FOR YOU! Tickets at rejectedjokes.com/tour. Link in bio.

66,000. That’s the amount of people Ben Schwartz & Friends has played to since we started touring last year. 66,000! I am blown away by the support and love from each and every city we brought long form improv to. Thank you. I have also heard time and time again from staff or merch vendors how kind the audiences have been to everyone. Makes me so happy. ❤️ And thank you to the incredible improvisers who joined me on stage throughout America, Canada and England. You made every city so special, unique and hilarious. You are some of the funniest people on the planet. If you came to a watch a show in the past year and a half, put a favorite moment or inside joke from the show in the comments below. Can’t wait to be reminded of all the goofs. Keep an eye on Rejectedjokes.com/tour for 2024 tour dates. Some cities already announced, a whole bunch more coming soon! See ya next year.

My Dad found an old box of my toys from when I was a kid. He said he was either going to get rid of them or ship them over to me. So here they are in LA. There are 3 more boxes of action figures and match box cars he hasn’t found in the attic. Extra points if you can remember the name of more than 10 of these toys.

🚨VANCOUVER!!!🚨 Ben Schwartz & Friends is coming your way on 2/18 at the Orpheum Theatre as part of the Just For Laughs Festival! Love this city. Cannot wait. Pre sale just went up. Use the password VANCOUVER to get early access to tix. See you soon! Ticket link in my instastories.

Pins just don’t go as hard as they did in the late 80s.

I’m a CAA man now. Love this team. Feeling inspired. We are already up to so many fun things.

Two nights. Two of my favorite shows. Thank you so much Chicago. One of the best theatres in the world. Means so much to perform at that theatre in the Mecca of improv. So much fun. So much kissing on stage. Thank you to incredible performers @eugcordero @maryhollandaise @drewtarver. And Minneapolis! That show was magic. The story from the audience being about loving @darrencriss. Then ending the show with a Hail Mary FaceTime to Darren which he picks up on the second try for the full callback. Incredible. We now have inside jokes with both of these audiences. Was a blast. Thank you to incredible performers @maryhollandaise @drewtarver and Minnesota’s own @captdope. Thank you for selling out these venues and supporting us and long form improv. THE TOUR IS ALMOST OVER! Seattle you are next! Then Houston and Dallas and that’s a wrap for the year. Get tix at Rejectedjokes.com. What a year.

It still doesn’t quite feel real but we did it. Ben Schwartz & Friends, an improv show that I started 14 years ago (originally named Snowpants), performed at Radio City Music Hall. It was the first ever improv show to headline that theatre. We made up a show on the spot for 6000 people. Such an incredible night. Thank you to 3 of the greatest improvisers in the world @drewtarver @captdope & @jessjessmckenna for joining me and absolutely crushing that stage. Thank you to the kind and talented @davidhjacobson for taking photos and documenting the night. And thank you to every single person who was in that audience. Means so much to me that all of you showed up. I’ll never forget it. All this for some make ‘em ups. ❤️

22 years of hard work and improv lead to this @radiocitymusichall moment. Right before each show starts, I hug all the performers and tell them how much I appreciate them. This was the second round of hugs. Lights turned off, music went on and we were off. The first ever long form improv show headlining Radio City. 6,000 people. Every seat sold out. Unforgettable night. Photos coming soon! Video by the wonderful and talented @davidhjacobson. I love you NYC.

Doing a photo shoot for a New York magazine in the fall? Had to hit ‘em with the Harry. 📷: @selashiloni

I am on the cover of @timeoutnewyork this month chatting about my improv show at @radiocitymusichall on 9/23. (We didn't talk about any TV or movie gigs and made sure it was all good to do during the strike.) OK, this one is gonna be a long post because it means so much to me. Apologies ahead of time. Thanks to @rossilynne for interviewing me and to @TimeOutNewYork and @shayeweaver for putting this all together. You can read the full article in my instastories. Thanks to photo king @selashiloni who was a true hero and put this entire shoot together. If you’ve never seen his stuff visit his Instagram page and hire him to make you look great. He also makes a great friend. Thanks to the amazing @melissabeckmua for make up and hair and @stylistmelissalynn for literally bringing the 90s back and making fall appear in that room with every outfit she constructed. Incredible. Coming up, just getting your show listed in Time Out NY was a huge deal. And to get a small review on top of that was heaven. When @tallgilozeri @adam.pally & I were doing Hot Sauce, NY hero @janeborden was nice enough to include us in the magazine a few times and it really helped. Thanks Jane. (Photo 4) A little later, Time Out NY used one of my jokes as the joke of the week and included a little photo of me. Somehow in LA, hall of fame casting director Allison Jones got a copy of the magazine, saw my photo and the joke and asked to meet me. Allison cast me in my first pilot. (Photo 6) To be on the cover of any magazine is still surreal to me. But this magazine specifically that I have so much history with means so much. And to be doing it to promote my long form improv show at Radio City Music Hall. I am beyond honored. Thank you @timeoutnewyork. See you soon NYC. ❤️

Poster hero @davekloc has outdone himself yet again. Here is the limited edition poster he made for my Radio City Music Hall show on 9/23. It will be available at the venue to buy signed or unsigned. Only 285 printed. I love Dave Kloc and I love his art. See you soon NYC.