Brillstein Entertainment Partners has signed the viral series UpDating and its creators, comedian-producers Brandon Berman & Harrison Forman, for representation in all areas.
A one-of-a-kind live dating and comedy show based in New York City, UpDating brings two singles on a blindfolded first date — right in front of a live audience. What follows is a 90-minute, unfiltered experience packed with laughs, raw reveals, audience participation, and real-time reactions to modern romance. The show is said to be like reality TV, unfolding and unedited, live on stage.
So far, the show has been performed live in 100 cities all over the world. It’s a bona fide phenomenon on social media with over 5 billion total views and over 5 million followers across all platforms. As streamers start to look to the creator economy for programming, with recent releases like Kill Tony and Pop the Balloon on Netflix, and Beast Games on Prime Video, UpDating is said to be in the same conversation, as it eyes an expansion into the world of television, publishing, branding and a live experience app for fans to connect at their shows.
Berman and Forman host UpDating and produce every aspect of the show, from casting through editing. Coming off a winter tour with sold out shows at venues like The Wilbur in Boston and The Town Hall in New York, they’re embarking on a spring continuation of their After Hours tour on April 26 that will take them to over 20 cities across North America. Currently weighing several offers for the audio rights to their format for a podcast offering, they and UpDating continue to be repped by WME and Yorn Levine Barnes.
