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Zach Braff Joins Scrubs Stars at New York Comedy Festival

Zach Braff
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)
Zach Braff
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)

Zach Braff will join his Scrubs castmates Sarah Chalke, Donald Faison, Ken Jenkins, Neil Flynn, and Judy Reyes for Scrubs: The Farewell Tour at 3:30pm on Saturday, November 10 at the Paley Center for Media (25 West 52nd Street). The panel discussion about the long-running NBC sitcom, which will also feature Bill Lawrence, the show’s executive producer and creator, is part of this year’s New York Comedy Festival.

As previously announced, Rosie O’Donnell will open the festival with a special benefit on Tuesday, November 6 at 8pm at Avery Fisher Hall. She will be joined by a number of special guests. The performance will benefit her organization, Rosie’s Broadway Kids, an education organization dedicated to enriching the lives of children through the arts.

The festival’s roster also includes Sarah Silverman at Carnegie Hall on November 7; Comedy Cares for the Homeless with Joy Behar and Kathleen Madigan at Carolines on Broadway on November 7; Andy Borowitz’s Countdown to ’08 with Mo Rocca and Arianna Huffington at the 92nd Street Y on November 7; Denis Leary at the Beacon Theatre on November 8; Louis CK at Town Hall on November 8; Bill Burr at Carolines on Broadway November 8-11; The writers of The Late Show with David Letterman at the Paley Center for Media on November 9; Artie Lange at Town Hall on November 9; Damon Wayans at the Beacon Theatre on November 9; Bill Maher at the Beacon Theatre on November 10; DL Hughley at Town Hall on November 10; ASSSSCAT with Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh at Irving Plaza at 9 pm; and “Seth MacFarlane at Avery Fisher Hall on November 11.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.nycomedyfestival.com.