Hailed as simply 'Excellent!'¯ by the New Yorker Magazine, Greg Barris is the raucous ringleader of the Heart of Darkness, New York City's premiere showcase of downtown comics. A staple of New York City's comedy club circuit, Greg has been on the cover of the prestigious Comedians Magazine. Here's what some had to say:

"Greg's show is just the kind of crazy shit this festival needs!" -Beth Marshall, Orlando Fringe Producer

"Greg Barris is making noise in the downtown New York clubs with his distinctive style. He's a dramatic storyteller with confidence, belief in his message and the element of an axe to grind that brings out his humanity and the laughs" -Ken Carlson 'The Comedians Magazine' (full article: The Comedians )


"The Greg Barris Heart of Darkness Rock and Roll Circus takes us on one man's journey to enlightenment. He showcases a slightly askew world view,Barris' monologue alternates with passages of more traditional stand-up comedy. Here are smart, funny bits, He hits on topics from text messaging to race relations at a car wash to making deals with God (and other deities, you know, just in case). Barris' genial let's-have-a-beer-afterwards style connects with the audience, and they want to continue to watch him expand his consciousness." -Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel


"Greg had an Excellent set" -Adrianne Nicole Leblanc, The New Yorker

Returning to his native New York may have mellowed comic Greg Barris, but somehow we doubt it. See for yourself when this Orlando escapee and four other stand-ups (including host Warren Durso) favor the Orlando Improv with The Heart of Darkness Christmas Show, an evening of comedy that just might rocket everybody in the room to the top of the "naughty" list. Having made his bones in O-town with Orlando International Fringe Festival hits like The Greg Barris Rock Anthology, Barris is currently plying his trade in the New York comedy underground, continuing to flout any taboo that comes his way. Exhibit A: A clip that's posted on his website (www.gregbarris.com) has him one-upping the nation's wiggas, declaring that he's taken black-cultural envy to new heights“ by contracting sickle-cell anemia. What's he going to do for an encore- bust out in a verse of "White Christmas" ? -Steve Schnieder, Orlando Weekly

"A Dancing Dervish of the early John Belushi School, Barris is working up a huge sweat every night in the hellish Green Venue. Just loud and quite funny in a non-sequitor packed kind of way."
-Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel


"I was dazed and confused when I got around to this one man monologue backed by a totemistic sound man waving reeds. Greg Barris details his experience in Finding Himself in a sensory deprivation tank, and then by taking the hallucinogenic Dimethyltryptamine. He ruminates on his relations with women, why child molesters get caught, and how creating a universal hate of Greg Barris might bring the world together in a way that love never could. It’s late. Very late. But very interesting".- INK 19
March 8, 2008 3:44 pm