Gold Lingers
May, 1988
As the owner of two of the hottest comedy clubs in the country, Caroline Hirsch hears a lot of jokes, but her favorite didn't come from the likes of Steven Wright, Sam Kinison or Pee-wee Herman--it came from competitors who thought her idea of a sophisticated comedy club on a low-rent block in Manhattan would never succeed. "We proved that if you have the right product, people will go anywhere for it," says the 37-year-old Hirsch, who opened Caroline's in 1982. As a cabaret, the club s...
