is a standup and musical comedian, presently living in New York City. She performs all over the United States, from packed houses at New York Comedy Club to empty dive bars in obscure parts of New Jersey. Her solo musical comedy show, Adulting For Idiots, just concluded a three week run Off Broadway at Theater for the New City after playing a sold out limited engagement Off Broadway at Theatre Row where it won "Best Musical" at the 2023 United Solo Festival. She's a regular at New York Comedy Club, Atlantic City Comedy Club, The Woolen Mill Comedy Club, The Grisly Pear, The Tiny Cupboard, and prior to the pandemic co-hosted a monthly standup show, YOU’RE SO BRAVE at The Lantern with writer/comedian, Sarah Cooper. YOU’RE SO BRAVE garnered a shout out in The New Yorker. She currently produces a monthly show, SAY SOMETHING FUNNY, at Poco the last Friday of the month with comedian Lauren Festa where she can often be seen with her keyboard performing her original comedy songs. MacCallum headlined the Vermont Comedy Festival as a musical comedian.
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Prior to writing standup, MacCallum wrote comedy for the theater and cabaret scene —and shamelessly sung a lot of show tunes while doing so. She’s created and starred in three one-woman comedic cabarets, two of which garnered MAC Award nominations. One of those shows, Familiar Things, was first developed at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s Cabaret Conference where Nikki was one of eight artists worldwide handpicked by Artistic Director John McDaniel (The Rosie O’Donnell Show).
Nikki's solo show, Matchmaker Matchmaker I’m Willing to Settle!, was later revamped into a full-blown ensemble musical comedy with an original score (Brandon James Gwinn)—for which MacCallum co-wrote the book (w/ Kelvin Moon Loh). The musical premiered at American Repertory Theater's second stage: OBERON, under the direction of Allegra Libonati, assistant to Tony Award-winner, Diane Paulus. Matchmaker Matchmaker I’m Willing to Settle! has since been produced at multiple venues, including: NYMF, Ars Nova, Merry-Go-Round Playhouse PiTCH Series, and NYU.
“Nikki knows comedy. She's a good writer. She's a tremendous singer with pipes for days.”
— Cabaret Hotline Online
“Ms. MacCallum’s perfect timing and sparkling wit infused the show with originality and infectious joy de vivre. Hilarious, well sung, and truly entertaining from start to finish.”
— BroadwayWorld.com
“When the multi-talented Nikki MacCallum returned to the Duplex with her take on Loesser’s classic about making it in the corporate world, she had a pretty tall skyscraper to surmount. Ms. MacCallum’s well-thought-out and paced show is smart, sweet, funny, sometimes raunchy, eye-opening, and overall engaging.”
—Nitelife Exchange
“MacCallum is an attractive, vivacious brunette with a delightfully self-deprecating sense of humor, a confident stage presence, and a solid, if not soaring, mezzo-soprano voice.”
—Broadwayworld.com