The first time LizaBanks Campagna performed stand-up comedy was on the third floor of what she describes as a desolate mall. She was 13 and didn’t exactly have a lot of material to work with. “It wasn’t very good,” she admits. “But I got one good laugh from these three goths who were waiting to go see a movie, and that was it.” After double-majoring in film and political science at Berkeley and getting her master’s degree in journalism at Georgetown — all while playing Division I lacrosse — Campagna made the move to New York.
While she hits open mics and stand-up shows almost every night of the week, by day Campagna takes tourists (and New Yorkers) on tours of two of Manhattan’s most famous institutions: the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Grand Central Terminal. “I love making informati

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