Las Vegas' Fictional "Bar at Times Square" is Now a Reality

New York, NY, June 30, 2007 --(PR.com)-- HA! Comedy Club located on West 46th Street opens New York’s first Dueling Piano Bar in the heart of Times Square. Dueling Piano Bars have made their success across America with locations in every major city except the Big Apple until Sweet Caroline’s Dueling Piano Bar opened its doors in April of 2007. The Bar at Times Square, a popular Las Vegas Dueling Piano bar within the New York, New York Hotel has even modeled itself around a New York City based theme. Until now, New Yorkers haven’t been able to experience this craze that has driven multiple national successful franchises opening dueling piano bars across the country.

Howl at the Moon, a popular franchise has found success with locations in Hollywood, Chicago, Houston, Orlando, Tampa, Kansas City, Cleveland, Charlotte, and Indianapolis. Performances are interactive, involving two or more piano players with extensive musical knowledge. The shows style themselves as a karaoke “clambake” where the audience sing their heart out to popular songs and musical anthems while talented musicians bang them out on the piano and drums. The show is custom tailored to the audience as guests request their favorite songs spanning all genres and lends itself perfectly to celebrations of all times including birthdays and bachelorette parties.

Targeting a late night local audience, after-theater and tourist crowd, Sweet Caroline’s Dueling Piano Bar offers shows every Friday and Saturday night from 10:00pm and ending in the wee hours of the morning. usually sometime around 3am. Patrons can find Sweet Caroline’s Dueling Piano Bar within the doors of HA! Comedy Club, a successful comedy club in Times Square seeing over 10,000 people each month. The owners of HA! Comedy Club had seen the Dueling Piano Bar in Las Vegas and knew immediately they had to bring it to New York. “The marriage of HA! Comedy Club and the Sweet Caroline’s Dueling Piano Bar is a perfect fit. Our patrons are able to get a taste of everything… experiencing Stand-Up Comedy Shows as well as this one of a kind live music show… all without stepping outside our doors. We have become the place to be in Times Square” says Michael Padernacht, Owner of HA! Comedy Club and Sweet Caroline’s.

If you’d like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Mayuri Breen, owners, or featured talent; please call 212.977.3884 or email hacomedynyc@aol.com. Photos and video furnished upon request.

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