The security was tight in the Monastery last night as politicians, tennis legends, celebrities and Friars gathered in the Frank Sinatra Dining Room to pay tribute...
Bernie Fusrhpan, managing partner of the Metropolitan Room moved his club into the Milton Berle Room of the Friars Club last night and Broadwayworld was there...
The Friars Club’s entertainment bench possesses an unbelievable amount of talent and they are called upon to perform at the club’s unique in-house weekly dinner/shows. Luckily,...
Teen Idol On The Rocks – A Tale of Second Chances is Bobby Rydell’s autobiography and Emmy Winning Talk Show Host Bill Boggs interviewed him at...
An Evening With… are three of the most powerful words in the entertainment world and they are so often posted and signify an event that can...
Chazz, or “C” as his friends called him in The Bronx told some great stories to his fellow Friars in the Frank Sinatra Room last night....
Yankee Stadium has it’s “Legends Seats” and Monuments to Yankee legends prominently displayed in the “House That Ruth Built”. Then the current team takes the field...
You didn’t Have To talk back To your TV last night… Dick Cavett Was “Live” at the Friars Club. The tables, (and microphones) were turned on...
Jamie deRoy’s Friar Membership and her long running Jamie deRoy & friends Variety Show are about the same age. Jamie became a member in 1988 along...
It was headline news in the New York Times in 1988. The Friars Club was going to change it’s long standing policy of being a men’s...
Actually a more accurate way to say it is that they were laughing IN the Frairs Club as TV producer and comedian Angela LaGreca hosted the...
The 90th Macy’s Day parade balloons will not pass by the Friars Club on 55th street but the celebrity guests at the club got to see...
Ben Vereen later remarked that he “knew something was up when Chita started texting so much in the car coming over.” The Friars Club hosted a...
The evening titled “Back To The Borscht Belt” produced by Georgia Witkin Tadross & Freddie Roman started not at poolside, but with “complimentary” cha cha lessons...
Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Sir Ben Kingsley, Ellen Burstyn and Harvey Keitel. The list went on and on as the Friars Club honored Martin Scorsese...
It’s just another impressive super sized mansion in a city that has many architectural gems. What makes the Friars Club special is the fact that show business...
Only five entertainers have received the Friars Icon Entertainment Award – Tony Bennett is now the 6th. Douglas Fairbanks, Frank Sinatra, Cary Gray, Tom Cruise, and...
If you are a Friar you can sometimes hear an Oy Vey from a comic or fellow member at the club, but last night you heard...
In 1917 a group of Friars were having lunch at the Friars Club. At that time it was a men’s only club and the group consisted...
It soon became a telethon of happiness as the evening unfolded. The pledges given to Jerry Lewis were of love and respect and they came from...
Luckily the Sunshine Comedy Show at the Friars started after the main course in The Frank Sinatra dining Room. Comics are an impediment for the healthy...
Vanessa Trouble, a recent addition to the membership of the Friars club introduced herself in swinging style last night to a festive bunch of Friars who...
There will be 400 people saying “I was there the night The Friars celebrated Frank Sinatra at 100 in the Pierre Hotel”. It was an event...
The king was in the castle, or more accurately stated the Dean of the Friars, Larry King was in the clubs home last night, the Jerry...
A jury of their peers came and voted with their feet last night as they gave Will and Anthony Nunziata a standing ovation at the conclusion...
