Eliot Glazer and his Haunting Renditions don’t fit into the ‘rubric’ of comedy, and he’s okay with that

Photo credit: Matt Monath When you hear the name “Glazer” in comedy, your mind rifles through a rolodex of at least five major comedians in New York and beyond: Jon, Nikki, Ilana, Eliot and Aaron (though we doubt the latter comic will be working much anymore). It’s usually a curse to share a last name with another working artist in the entertainment industry, as personal branding becomes a challenge. But 33-year-old comedian Eliot Glazer has never worried about that, because he’s never had any trouble standing out. When we sat down to talk about this Saturday’s much-anticipated return of Glazer’s musical comedy show Haunting Renditions, the comedian said he felt as though he never quite fit the “rubric” of standup comedy.  “I’ve done improv and I’ve done standup and I’ve done storytelling,” Glazer, who currently writes for Fox’s New Girl, told us. “And having tried all those other mediums, this is the perfect ideal channeling of what I can do best that separates me from other comedians.… Read More

Eliot Glazer and his Haunting Renditions don’t fit into the ‘rubric’ of comedy, and he’s okay with that : Brokelyn