Stephen Lynch in a 2012 promotional image for Lion.
Stephen Lynch -- "a musician trapped in the body of a comedian" -- is a singer, songwriter, actor, and comedian. Best known for songs like "Lullaby (The Divorce Song)," "D&D," "Superhero," "Vanilla Ice Cream," and "3 Balloons," he has multiple, best-selling albums to his name, including two studio albums (A Little Bit Special and 3 Balloons), two live albums (Superhero and The Craig Machine), and a double live / studio album (Lion), as well as a Gold-certified DVD (Live at the El Ray) and two, top-rated Comedy Central Presents specials. In 2006, he also stared in the original Broadway production of The Wedding Singer, the role that earned him Tony, Drama Desk, and Drama League nominations in acting.
As a follow up to his 2004 DVD Live at the El Ray and his two successful Comedy Central Presents specials, it was announced on Febuary 10, 2010 that a concert had been filmed in Portland. His website stated that it would "air later this year with a new DVD to follow." Also at this time, a mention of the future special was added to the music section of his site.
In a profile of Stephen on the APA Talent & Literary Agency website, the special is mentioned, stating, "World famous music director, Gregory Dark is in production on Stephen’s new concert film, which will be submitted to film festivals. In addition Comedy Central will be airing one hour of the concert film followed by a DVD."
However, since the initial statements, he, his site, nor Comedy Central has made any announcemnts in relation to the film, and both mentions of it were removed when his site was revamped on September 21, 2012 in preparation of his then-upcoming album Lion.
[However, the author of this page would like to note that he recalls that, sometime after the release of Lion, when asked on Twitter what happened to the special, Stephen replied that it was being decided upon and mussing that he might release it for download in the future, along the lines of Louis C.K.'s Live at the Beacon Theater. However, at this time, the arthor is unable to find the tweet in question.]
Though not much is known about the special, its title is listed on IMDB as An Evening With Stephen Lynch, the name of his tour at the time. Also, the date of the tapping was most likely March 16, 2009 at the Alladin Theater, the only Portland date listed as taking place in 2009 on the tour archive section of his website.
On June 2, 2014, he announced that he would be taping two shows for a potential new special at the Little Theatre in Kalamazoo, MI on June 5th, saying the plan is to release it "at some point," whether it be though his site, Netflix, Comedy Central, or a premium cable channel. This new announcement calls the future of 2009's unreleased An Evening With Stephen Lynch into further questioning.
As of this writing, no images, audio, or video of the concert film has been released to the public.
References
- The Stephen Lynch Tour archive, listing the 5-16-09 Portland show.
- Stephen Lynch's APA listing.
- An M-Live article, discussing the announcement of the 2014 tapings.
- "New Comedy Central Special" topic at the official Stephen Lynch message board.