Another common thread: the boyish, high-register voice of Ben Schwartz as the titular hero. The Bronx-born performer and Upright Citizens Brigade alum was baptized in the fires of early internet ...

Ben Schwartz remembers he would perform for groups of under 10 people ... The Bronx-born performer’s life came full circle several years later when he was cast as Jean-Ralphio Saperstein on ...

Before he performed “Ben Schwartz and Friends” at Radio City in 2023, Schwartz says 50 to 60 people stopped him on the streets of New York to tell him how excited they were about the show.