ENLARGE Jerry Seinfeld tries out the stage at the Beacon Theatre. Photo: timothy a. clary/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images 
 
 After driving around for his Web series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” Jerry Seinfeld is parking his act on the Upper West Side. 
 
 Starting Jan. 7, Mr. Seinfeld will launch a series of monthly performances at the Beacon Theatre, partly inspired by Billy Joel ’s ongoing residency at Madison Square Garden. 
 
 “I saw Billy at the Garden, and I thought, gee, this is so great,” he said. “I thought, maybe people would like to see me in New York? How do we do it?” 
 
 The residency, titled “Jerry Seinfeld: The Homestand,” is something of a homecoming for a comedian who has lived most of his adult life on the Upper West Side and made a career of bringing New York to the world. 
 
 “New York is my whole comedic soul,” he said in a phone interview. “I feel like I represent this attitude, with all its pluses and minuses. Cranky. Irritable. Impatient. I can’t stand something that is stupid. That is where a lot of comedy comes from.” 
 
 And after representing that mind-set on stages around the U.S., Mr. Seinfeld wanted to “be in front of the audiences that made this whole thing for me,” he said. 
 
 Though his gig is dubbed a “residency,” Mr. Seinfeld said he had no offstage duties, like teaching workshops. But he did once, separately, look into the idea of teaching stand-up comedy at Columbia University. “I had a lot of arguments with a lot of people,” he said. “I don’t think it’s teachable.” 
 
 For “The Homestand,” he will invite well-known friends to open, he said, though details are to come. 
 
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 He chose the Beacon, he said, because its layout leads to great experiences for the audience and performer. 
 
 “This is something you learn over many years of performing. There are rooms that are just right. There are rooms that are horribly wrong. And most of them are in the middle,” he said. “This is just perfect.” 
 
 In his years onstage, he said, he always brings one or two new bits of material, but keeps a mental log of old ones: “Over time, it just seeps in and becomes kind of a library. When you’re onstage, you wander through the library.” 
 
 As for “Comedians in Cars,” there’s a big surprise coming soon, he said: “We got someone we never thought we could get.” 
 
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 The comedian announced his new residency at the Beacon Theatre, where he will perform Jerry Seinfeld: The Homestand once a month. 
 
 Tickets for the first handful of 2016 shows (Jan. 7, Feb. 18, March 2, April 14, May 5 and June 8), presented by the Madison Square Garden Company, will go on sale Dec. 7 at 10 a.m. 
 
 "My favorite theater in New York to perform in has always been The Beacon. Comedians live for certain houses that just feel ‘alive’ for some reason,” said Seinfeld of the 2,800-seat venue. "The Beacon is that place for me, and I am so excited to make it my new home." 
 
 "Jerry Seinfeld is one of the most influential and respected comedians of all time, and through both his groundbreaking hit series, Seinfeld, and his newest venture, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, he has permanently changed both the modern comedy and television landscapes,” said James L. Dolan, executive chairman of the Madison Square Garden Company. “As a renowned New Yorker whose brand of comedy is rooted in the Big Apple, we are honored to welcome Jerry to The Beacon, his neighborhood theater, for Jerry Seinfeld: The Homestand.” ||||| Jerry Seinfeld gave Amy Schumer some invaluable advice on navigating her way through show business. 
 
 The legendary comedian topped Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid comedians in 2015, but ironically his fortune was amassed by not chasing after money. 
 
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 "Don't every do anything just for the money, do it because you love it," Seinfeld said. "If you do it because you love it, it will always end up being the right decision no matter how it turns out." 
 
 So far it looks like Schumer's been following Seinfeld's advice. She recently took part in an Annie Leibovitz photo shoot that left her feeling "more beautiful than [she's] ever felt in [her] life." She also performed at a Baby Buggy charity event for Seinfeld's wife Jessica. 
 
 When he's not joking around with his funny friends on the Crackle web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, fans can catch Seinfeld once a month at New York City's Beacon Theatre roughly once a month starting Jan. 7. 
 
 Seinfeld's Beacon series, named Jerry Seinfeld: The Homestead, mirrors an arrangement similar to one that Madison Square Garden made with Billy Joel two years prior. The comedian called out the coincidence onstage. 
 
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 "I bought Billy Joel's house about 15 years ago and I thought as long as I have his house, why don't I steal his whole career?" Seinfeld joked. 
 
 While the residency is sure to bring in crowds, it's still unclear whether his three children will be part of the audience. 
 
 "They do think Dad's funny, but I don't do my set at home," Seinfeld told ET. "That's kind of a more professional thing, but I don't think they're going to come either. Maybe they will. I don't know. I don't know what they think of what I do. I really don't."
– Jerry Seinfeld is going the Britney Spears/Celine Dion route, except not in Las Vegas: The comedian is starting a residency at New York's Beacon Theater next year. Beginning Jan. 7, he'll perform stand-up once per month for six months, the New York Times reports. After those shows (the rest of the dates are Feb. 18, March 2, April 14, May 5, and June 8), "We’ll see how it goes, and if everybody’s happy, maybe we’ll do some more," Seinfeld says. He notes that the Beacon, which only seats about 2,800, "was made for comedy." And, he tells the Wall Street Journal, it means a lot to do such a stint in NYC: "New York is my whole comedic soul. I feel like I represent this attitude, with all its pluses and minuses. Cranky. Irritable. Impatient. I can’t stand something that is stupid. That is where a lot of comedy comes from." "My favorite theater in New York to perform in has always been The Beacon. Comedians live for certain houses that just feel 'alive' for some reason," Seinfeld says in a statement, per the Hollywood Reporter. "The Beacon is that place for me, and I am so excited to make it my new home." Seinfeld "often" appears unannounced at New York comedy clubs, the Times notes, but he assures audiences the Beacon shows—or, as they're officially called, Jerry Seinfeld: The Homestand—will be different. Casual comedy club stints "are just noodling around with ideas," while the Beacon shows will be "the lineup of my best hitters," he says. "You will see my best show here, every time I do it. This is not a workshop." Tickets go on sale Monday at 10am here. (Click for the advice Seinfeld gave Amy Schumer.)