PROPEL COMEDIANS ONTO NETFLIX

Mike Lavoie and Carlee Briglia have charted a path from small theater to Broadway to beyond.

- HERSHAL PANDYA

ROUGHLY SPEAKING, there are now two ways for a comic to break out of the New York scene. The first is to relentlessly post stand-up clips to social media until you build an audience big enough to justify a tour. The second is to workshop an ambitious solo show with a cohesive theme and theatrical-production value, hoping to turn it into a critical darling and, eventually, a highly paid special on Netflix. The latter track is more demanding and prestigious, and the producers who best know how to steer comedians through it are Mike Lavoie and Carlee Briglia.