Will Clark World

We've Been To The Bistro, We've Gone to Pieces, Starting Thursday April 19th, It's Time to Move To The Ritz

Hey peeps! I am very proud to announce that as of Thursday April 19th, The Will Clark Show feat. P*rno Bingo will be moving to it's new home, THE RITZ!! (located at 369 W. 46th Street near Ninth Ave. along Restaurant Row, look for the blue awning)

A new home, a new night and also, a new time - 7pm to 9pm as we become the first Happy Hour show in New York's mid-town! :)

Long time friends and fans know that I used to produce/emcee Micky's "Cocktails with the Stars" back in my West Hollywood days and ever since I moved back to the city in 2003, I have been on the lookout for an opportunity to do a Happy Hour show. And ever since the 9th Ave. Bistro closed in September 2008, I've been missing working in midtown. So am I pleased beyond belief that now I'm able to make both of these desires reality!

As for the first show, I've booked the fabulous Dallas DuBois and author Justin Luke - plus we'll have a visit from New York's Cheerleading group, CHEER New York!

I hope you all will join myself, my awesome Ed McMahan - aka AB and the newest member of the Will Clark Show team, DJ Chauncey Dandridge, for this fabulous show and our first night in our new home!

Coming up on April 26th: Lucas Entertainment stud Vito Gallo, the award winning Terese Genecco & Shaynee Rainbolt raising funds for Marriage Equality New York!

I want to give a huge shoutout to Eric and the guys at Pieces - you've been terrific to work for/with and I wish you much happiness and success in the years to come at both the current Christopher Street location (which is slated to be open for a good long time to come) and the new location, Hardware, on Tenth Ave. between 47th and 48th opening later this spring.

Will Clark's Journal: Celebrating the Big 48 at the Will Clark Show #willclark #bingo #kylieedmond #justinluke

I have a habit of celebrating my birthday not just for a long weekend but sometimes for weeks - and one memorable year I celebrated for two months solid - from the first dinner to the last party.. it was quite an extravaganza. This year it was a little more sedate which means that I celebrated like normal people do - just on the day and maybe a little bit extra.

The party on Wednesday March 7th at The Will Clark Show was the "little extra". And boy was it a blast!

I don't think I could have packed more into the night if I had tried - four guests - Amanda Takehometomother visiting from LA on her way to a week-long nudist event, Justin Luke who joined us with the very first advance copy of the just published GULLIVER TAKES MANHATTAN (formerlly titled GULLIVER TRAVELS), the incredible Kylie Edmond who has been having an amazing year after founding Rock and Rawhide and traveling to Australia (where she had a run in with a kangaroo) and our beneficiary, singer Terry Christopher who, this year, is riding in the Wisconsin AIDS ride which is kind of neat since I'm originally from Wisconsin. :) Plus, Christopher from the Black Party was back selling fortune cookies to benefit the New York ride, Braking the Cycle!

Plus Bingo friend CB Kirby dropped by to present me with a certificate of appreciation.. which is a pretty awesome thing.

But the biggest thank you for the success of the night goes to my cohort AB who arranged for the guests to bring special items (like Amanda brought handi-wipes given my advanced age! LOL) and arranged for DJ Chris Padilla to play some of my favorite tunes and, best of all, arranged to bring cupcakes with happy birthday candles.

Most of all, thank you AB for not bringing 48 of them. We would have burned the place down! Seriously, I'm glad that I don't have to face the good times or the challenging times without my pal, AB... and that's a fact.

And you know, I am one of those entertainers who couldn't care less if you know my real age.. I've never shied away from it ... especially when many people in our community didn't get to have many of the birthdays I've been enjoying (and hope to enjoy in the future). You and I owe it to all those that have died because of AIDS or hate crime violence to lead full, amazing, fun lives. You and I owe it to them to live as long and as healthfully as possible. You and I owe it to them to treat life like a banquet. RIGHT?

On that note, enjoy the pics by clicking here .. and thanks AB for taking so many GREAT pics!!

 

 

Second City Video: Gay Gingers Save The Redheaded Race!

I'm usually underwhelmed by most of what Second City does online but this 2 minute short called GAY GINGER BREEDERS (which, you know, sort of sounds like a very very niche Treasure Island video) is quite funny - I lost it the moment they started whipping batter - and as a ginger (which really does sound better than "redhead") I think this is kinda an awesome idea (now how do I get to be in their next video??). If you think this is funny enough to "Like" it on Facebook (I did, I feel a little dirty) then click here. Then, watch the video. Enjoy!

 

Pic O the Day: "Fire In the Hole" Tonight at Nowhere, NYC 10pm Til Late

Curiously, it's one of those New York events that doesn't get promoted til the 11th hour but somehow it's

always packed and everyone in town knows about it. What am I referring to? Well, Nowhere Bar's monthly "Fire In the Hole" party of course featuring and celebrating redheads and giving our admirers a night to congregate all in one place to cruise, pick up or otherwise slobber over the ginger.

It's a curious thing, being a redhead myself, I wasn't necessarily picked on because I was a redhead but as a kid you knew you were different from the other kids and as an adult it's also kind of a thing to look around a dance club and realize that you're the only fair haired fair skinned guy in the place. 

Fortunately there are guys for whom redheads are 'it'. This realization came in my mid 20s when I went to a friend's birthday party and realized that the place was crawling with redheads of all shapes, sizes and ages. You know, if you're in a room full of dark haired guys, you don't really even think that the host of the party has a certain appetite.. but if you're in a roomful of redheads, the hosts specific bent screams at you loud and clear - when else is one ever in a roomful of redheads?

Someone over at Nowhere got wise to this and now is making the bux. The party has been going for the

past year and a half and shows no sign of abating. Catch it tonight starting at 10pm. There's no cover and there's super cheap drinks.

So whether you're wild about David Caruso, Donny Most, Jimmy Olsen, Conan or well, Will Clark (blush) or just an admirer of the , you're welcome (but I'm pretty sure they draw the line at Carrot Top! kidding of course) :) Personally I'm wild about fellow redhead (and fellow Scotsman, Kevin McKidd but more for his work on Journeyman than Grey's Anatomy). Yum. :)

 

TONIGHT ON THE WILL CLARK SHOW - HAVE A MOLLY HOLLY JOLLY XMAS!

The Will Clark Show featuring P*rno Bingo at Pieces (8 Christopher Street near 6th Ave between Greenwich and Gay Streets)

Hosted by Will Clark with Photographer: AB and DJ Chris Padilla

Sponsored by NEXT Magazine, Steel Gym, ID Lube, Eden Fantasies

It’ll be a night of Mollys – with Molly Pope (host of the popular singles night uptown at Vlada) and Molly “Equality” Dykeman who has a new show opening at the Laurie Beechman.

Porn and show tickets and probably some drinks laced with alcohol are on the agenda as we raised big bucks for the AIDS Service Center.

About AIDS Service Center

AIDS Service Center NYC (ASC) is a multiservice community organization that carries out its mission of “helping many, one by one” by building community, connection and stability for New Yorkers living with and at risk for HIV/AIDS. ASC’s comprehensive programs include state-of-the-art peer education and training, harm reduction, specialized women’s services, HIV counseling and testing, mental health services, medical and holistic care, case management, support groups, and many other innovative programs that help New York City’s most vulnerable individuals and families to survive and thrive in the face of HIV/AIDS.

About Molly Pope

Molly Pope is a critically acclaimed cabarettist whose solo shows, Introducing Molly Pope, The Molly Pope Show and The Diva-lution of Molly Pope, have played Joe’s Pub, Ars Nova, The Laurie Beechman Theater and the Adelaide Cabaret Festival in Australia. Hailed for her “viscerally thrilling alto” by Time Out New York, she is a regular guest at the MAC-award nominated show, The Meeting* with Justin Sayre, and has performed in the hit long-running Top Ten countdown show Our Hit Parade over 25 times at Joe’s Pub. Other concert and live appearances include Cafe Panache at The Griffin, Foreign Affairs at the Night Hotel, Tingel Tangel Club and frequent guest hosting at Mostly Sondheim at the Duplex.

On stage she has appeared as Regan in King Lear (Gallery Players/Players Shakespeare), Colleen/Sanchez/Sequins in Bromance: The Dudesical (Caroline’s on Broadway, 92Y Tribeca), Maria in Twelfth Night: The Drinking Game (Legitimate Theater Co) and Fran in the tour of Swing For Victory (Lively Arts). On camera work includes Law & Order: SVU, Secrets of the Mystic Oracle, Hunting and Evie’s Big Break (both at Big Apple Film Festival), and promotional spots for Papa John’s Pizza, Sundance Channel and Bristol-Myers Squibb. She earned a BFA in drama from New York University and has studied acting with Louis Scheeder & Darci Picoult and voice with D Michael Heath, Marianne Challis, Scott Barnes, Victoria Mallory and Kurt Peterson.

About Molly “Equality” Dykeman

ANDREA ALTON last appeared as Molly “Equality” Dykeman in "The F*cking World According to Molly" in the New York International Fringe Festival and at Women's Week in Provincetown in October. Her current project includes "A Molly Jolly Christmas" at The Laurie Beechman Theatre in December. Alton has performed all over New York with appearances at Gotham Comedy Club, Comix, The PIT, Arlene’s Grocery, UCB, The Knitting Factory, and Bowery Poetry Club. She’s also performed at The Chicago, DC, San Francisco and Toronto Sketch Comedy Festivals as well as at The Miss Fag Hag Pageant and Murray Hill’s Miss Lez Pageant.

Outside of writing and playing Molly, Alton can be seen on New York and Regional stages. Her favorite theatre credits include; Big Girl, Little World (FringeNYC), The Strangest Kind Of Romance (Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival), Labor Day Weekend & The Chiselers (Emerging Artists Theatre), Reckless (Kaleidoscope Theatre) and Carl & Shelly, Best Friends Forever (FringeNYC). She is a member of Emerging Artists & TOSOS Theatre. Alton's film/TV credits include Little Magician 3D (Int Releases, filmed in NY and India), Target Audience (licensed by Showtime), Chappell’s Show (Pilot/Comedy Central) and Girls Behaving Badly.

A Molly Jolly Christmas at The Laurie Beechman Theatre - December 6th, 9th, 13th and 22nd.

A MOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS is poet/security guard Molly "Equality" Dykeman's first Christmas variety show. Will she be able to muck her way through musical numbers, choreography, and a glittering array of guest stars in the Percocet-fogged haze that is her mind? Will she finally land the lady...or ladies... of her dreams? Will the chef at the Laurie Beechman Theatre agree to serve her beloved nachos? Special guests nightly!

About The Will Clark Show

Will Clark produces and hosts a weekly fundraising event benefiting New York based non profits with four rounds of Bingo, celebrity guest callers and fabulous prizes!  Part game show, part talk show and all fundraiser!

Now in it¹s seventh year, The Will Clark Show featuring P*rno Bingo has raised over $170,000 for New York LGBT charities.

The Will Clark Show is held at Pieces which can be reached via the 1 train (Christopher Street) and the ABCDEF lines (West 4th).

Emma Stone and Gilda's Club #gildasclub #emmastone #snl

Thanks to one of my Facebook friends for pulling the photo of Emma Stone as Roseanne Roseanneadana off the NBC site- I wasn't able to get it (and neither could I pull embeddable code for the awesome Adele sketch that I'd like to post) ... maybe it's my browser?

Anyway, I love love love this photo and had this great idea this morning - wouldn't it be great if NBC sold the Emma Stone as Roseanne image on T shirts and gave the profits to the cancer treatment house founded in Gilda's name, Gilda's Club?

For those of you who don't know what's behind the red door down on Houston Street, it's an amazing place for all people living with cancer along with their families and friends. And it's all free of charge so of course there is always a need for financial support from whatever quarter it comes from. 

As someone who has made use of their services when a friend was diagnosed with cancer a couple years ago, I can attest that what they offer is truly amazing and while a "talk it out" support system isn't for everyone, I thank God every day that it exists and while I hope none of us have to use the services they offer, it's really great that it's there for those that do.

An Open Letter to Conan O'Brien Regarding Your New York Return Next Week #teamcoco

Dear Mr. O'Brien,

My name is Will Clark and I have been an Event Manager for the past 16 years raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for LGBT organizations across the country.

Currently I live in New York City and produce a weekly show called (appropriately enough) The Will Clark Show. The show's full title is "The Will Clark Show feat. P*rno Bingo". I imagine that you can imagine what the word with the asterisk is supposed to be!

Conan, I know from your show on That Other Network that you are no stranger to the world of gay porn (I loved the bit you did a few years ago about the mix up between Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita and the 'real' version) and of course one cannot help but think of the Masterb*ting Bear and Conan as synonymous (yes I went there) so I invite you to join us for one round of calling Bingo numbers on Wednesday November 2nd. I know you're busy with your own show, but I hope that you might have a few minutes to drop by mine. :)

My weekly show is at a gay bar called Pieces which is located at 8 Christopher Street and we play four rounds of Bingo. We're a sort of talk show/variety show/fundraiser hybrid. It's like the Conan show but with daubers.

We're there from 9pm to 11pm and anytime you show up, we'll work you in somehow (I have some pretty fabulous local guests that night including a hot non redheaded stripper named Jay Roth, but they are all very nice people and will cede the floor to you). We give away gay porn as prizes, but also auction Broadway tix off and give away erotic toys.

From one redhead to another, I hope that this piques your interest. We must stick together since redheads are said to be on their way to being extinct. :)

As an added incentive, I can assure you that the drinks at Pieces are truly awesome and the company is even better. I am grateful to have a bar full of really nice wonderful people every week who love coming to play Bingo where 100% of what we raise goes to the LGBT charity of the week.

On November 2nd, the charity will be the Sylvia Rivera Law Project which helps transgendered people afford legal counsel when they come up against discrimination and other issues that after trans people.

Thanks for considering this, Conan, it would be great to meet you and have your help with the cause.

Naturally you can bring Andy too but I can only comp you your drinks (sorry Andy). (kidding!) :)

Your fan,

Will Clark (the redheaded ex adult video star)

P.S. I was at the Time Warner Center today and the gallery of art celebrating your show is truly awesome. I was on the mechanical couch tho, and it's very handsy. Not that I'm complaining but I thought I'd mention it. :)

REDHEAD ALERT! CONAN O'BRIEN REACHES CRITICAL MASS IN NYC

For fans of Conan O'Brien (like myself) I'm up for any kind of craziness that #teamcoco brings about and next week Conan is bringing his show to New York City!

As a sort of warning bell (think of it as one of those annoying "this is just a test" alarms that go off every once in awhile when you're watching your favorite show), there's a temporary tribute to the red headed one at the Time Warner Center in Columbus Circle - The New York Museum of Conan Art.

I'm planning to get down there sometime this week and will report back.

Naturally here's a shout out to Conan - if you're free from 9pm to 11pm Wednesday November 2nd, I have my show at Pieces - and as one redhead to another, what would be more Conan than swinging by a gay bingo event to call some numbers and shore up your gay cred a little? I can squeeze you in and 100% of what we raise goes right to our charity of the night - the Sylvia Rivera Law Project which helps transgendered people with legal expenses.

See you then! (wink)

Elmo Defends Redheads (From Conan O'Brien)

In this sketch from The Conan O'Brien Show, Elmo defends redheads from bullies - er, most of them. :)