ECNY awards

Enjoyed attending the ECNY Awards show last night, although by the end it was a bit of an endurance test (show ran almost 3 hours?) To me the highlights were the videos made by comedy collective "The Moon" to introduce nominees in each category. These were quite creative. For instance, for best website, two members of the group played a boss and employee, with the employee covering up his computer screen every time the boss looked in on him -- each time with a nominee's name on the screen.

And, as I tweeted during the show last night, among the performance highlights during the show (which featured performances of 4 of the 5 nominated musical comedy acts), was Adira Amram's showstopping rendition of her comedic song "Tiny Vagina," in which she sang the title over and over again, with more and more emphasis, in front of a colorful riot of two aerobics-gear-clad dancers and several black-colored bodysuit-clad chorus members and dancers -- one of whom did somersaults mid-crescendo.

Also, in a lower key, nominee Ben Lerman performed his comedic number, "Multiple Orgasm Pam," a more folkie-styled piece, that also charmed, in a completely different way.

In some ways, another star of the night was Kurt Braunohler, who reaped the most ECNY awards, and also scrambled up once or twice to accept on behalf of winners who weren't present. Braunohler got more casual with each acceptance, on one just noting, "hey I have a tiny glass of beer too," holding up a sampler from the venue's bar (the 92Y Tribeca).

Later this week, Jester will compile reviews of nominees and winners for your reference.