Hailing from NYC, the wondrous Patti Harrison and Catherine Cohen are bringing up a very stacked line-up to “give them lectures on guy stuff so that they can finally fit in.”
Sounds like the “perfect time” for such a thing (not to mention that the line-up is again, so damn stacked)
Tickets are $7 and you can and really should get them here.
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Man oh man, we’ve got a whole lot of tickets to giveaway to some really amazing shows including:Eddie Pepitone’s solo show, Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen, and the always fun 4:20 induced Gateway Show.
If you want to win a pair of tickets to any of these, please enter here: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways
While the Internet debates their biased nuanced takes on Michelle Wolf’s White House Correspondents Dinner remarks, forgetting that it has always been an unapologetic roast, we applaud Wolf for diving right into her set and not letting up for her whole 20 minutes with both poise and fury, especially since Trump skipped again, but clearly watched it on TV and whined about it on Twitter.
Also, thanks for Wolf letting us know that you can drop the F-bomb, which she did twice, on C-SPAN. Let’s hope that becomes a time honored tradition at the WHCD.
It’s a pretty great “trailer” of sorts for her upcoming weekly Netflix show The Break with Michelle Wolf.
By the way, it just so happens that Netflix just released an official teaser trailer for said show set for Sundays starting on May 27th.
Simply, this will be a pretty stellar night of long form improv in a wonderfully intimate space. We’ll let the line-up of some of the best improvisers around speak for itself:
DREAM LOVER-Paul F. Tompkins and Carl Tart
PUZZLES-Deborah Tarica and Alex Fernie
BONESAW-Jeff Taylor, Amelia Alvarez, Katherine Winslow, Shug Cvitanic, Lindsey Robertson, Lani Engstrom, and Caro Brooks
BOSS JR-Jake Dunnington, Matt Rath, and Naomi Villa
It’ll be upstairs in the Treehouse at The Clubhouse in Los Feliz. Get more details here. Admission is FREE, but donations will be accepted.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Stand Up in pitch black darkness is back!
Marlena Rodriguez’s DARK has its latest edition set for Friday, May 4th at Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe in Silverlake and will feature the disembodied voices and great comedy of:
Aparna Nancherla (Netflix The Stand Ups)
Johnny Pemberton (You’re The Worst)
Mary Lynn Rajskub (Brooklyn Nine Nine)
Amy Silverberg (Wolf Den, Bitchface)
Ismael Loutfi (Jimmy Kimmel Live)
Brandon Scott Wolf (NY Times)
Maybe they’ll do something special as it’s Star Wars Day (because, you know, the dark side and being in the dark)? Go and see for yourself (We’ll bet you’ll have a great time either way).
Tickets are $5 in advance and $10 at door. Please get them here.
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If you’re scouring for a new comedy festival to submit to around the country, The Pittsburgh Comedy Festival is only asking for a $20 submission fee for stand-ups or improv teams along when applying. If you’re looking to perform outside of LA (or closer to the East Coast/Pittsburgh depending on where you are when reading this), this might be a good chance for you to get an experience in that regard.
You have until Sun. May 27th to submit and the festival itself is set for Aug. 22nd-26th.
Get more details here.
This weekend, Michelle Wolf will be roasting the White House and the White House Correspondents as host of the Annual White House Correspondents Dinner.
Then, just about a month later, her new weekly topical series at Netflix, The Break with Michelle Wolf, is set to premiere. Trump will not be in attendance for either, but we’re sure he’ll be watching it somehow and probably whine about both on Twitter.
In any case, mark down 4/28 and 5/27 on your calendars.
Ever since Debra DiGiovanni arrived in LA, she has destroyed stage after stage often prompting many other comedians on the line-up to not want to follow her. Debra’s undeniable charm and rapid fire cadence pretty much has every watching her busting up from the get go. She’s absolutely one of the best folks to come down from Canada
Lady Jazz, her latest release fresh off the presses from AST Records, showcases these abilities and more in a big theater and definitely is worth a listen (probably more than a few actually).
Get Lady Jazz from AST here.
Just so you know, the latest chance you’ll have to see the one and only Norm MacDonald live in the Greater LA Area, will be on Thursday, May 31st through Saturday, June 2nd at the Brea Improv.
Tickets are $25 (+ 2 item min.). Get them here now.
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Cosby Show Reruns Are Gone From Bounce TV Effectively Immediately Following Guilty Cosby Verdict
Today, a jury determined that Bill Cosby is guilty on all counts in the retrial of sexual assault claims by Andrea Constand.
There has been plenty of fallout for the former comedy legend since the heat of rape allegations arose in the last couple of years, but there is plenty more to come. Today, Bounce TV, a network that had reruns of The Cosby Show as part of their daytime schedule, is yanking the show that brought Cosby to the level of fame where he was able to safely commit his heinous crimes.
Cosby awaits sentencing, but there are still dozens of accusers he has yet to officially deal with. Once called “America’s Dad”, Cosby’s legacy undoubtedly will be looked back on as a “megalomaniac rapist”.
This week’s Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen has the host of a “get-high-and-save-the-world” podcast, a wondrous visitor from up North, a comic to be featured on the upcoming New Negroes, and more!
Per usual, it’s pretty great and we’ve got tickets for you to win!
Enter here: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways
Just from his face, you can see a certain unbridled spirit in the comedy of Joe Machi that keeps a smile on our face between laughs. You might not even notice that Joe’s well crafted jokes get at the complexity of the human experience because there’s such a bubbly energy to his set.
See for yourself from last night’s Conan here.
SNL Weekend Update’s Michael Che and Colin Jost Will Host 2018 Primetime Emmy Awards
Just in case you don’t remember, the last 5 hosts of The Primetime Emmys were Neil Patrick Harris, Seth Meyers, Andy Samberg, Jimmy Kimmel, and Stephen Colbert.
As such, this is the first time the Emmys have had more than one host share the stage in a decade as well as Michael Che being the first POC host of The Emmys since Bryant Gumbel over a score of years ago. Duos seem to be a good formula for hosts over the last decade (Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, Nick Kroll and John Mulaney) and perhaps that’ll prove true this time around too.
We are really curious what to see what Che and Colin Jost will do together on a bigger stage and out in front of a desk. We’ll be that it’ll have something to reflect on whatever Trump is tweeting around that time.
The 70th Primetime Emmys are set for Sep. 17th, 2018.
Echo Park’s bright, shiny, and new barbershop, American Barbershop, will not only feature all the trappings of a classic barbershop, but will also have its fair share of live comedy (FYI, this won’t be the first live comedy show that Echo Park has had in a barbershop).
Coming up, there’s Cut It Up this Friday at 10:30PM and Classic Comedy on Monday, Apr. 30th at 9PM. Both shows have stacked line-ups and are FREE.
Get more details here and here respectively.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
With everything that The Problem With Apu, the documentary by Hari Kondabolu, has pointed out, then the in-episode response from The Simpsons, the resulting remarks and suggested resolution on the controversy from Hank Azaria who has voiced Apu Nahasapeemapetilon for decades is kind of beautiful.
Hari Kondabolu’s Latest Hour “Warn Your Relatives” Coming Out May 8th on Netflix
“I’m happy to announce that my @NetflixIsAJoke special “Warn Your Relatives” comes out on May 8th! So excited to have something I’m very proud of on @netflix!”
Between this hour and The Simpsons’ controversial response to Hari’s documentary, Hari Kondabolu is having one hell of a Spring this year. Definitely set a reminder for May 8th to stream Warn Your Relatives.
Super Tight has been a melting pop of comedy, film, art, and music for 3 years now all over LA and they’re going to send themselves off in their final show in style.
Just look at this line-up:
Slut Island
Sorry About Everything
Lance Bangs
Mystiki Magic
Dan Harmon
Natalie Palamides
Courtney Pauroso
Colleen Green
Hosted by: Casey Rup
Join them in their swan song this Saturday! Tickest are $12 in advance and $15 at the door and you can (and should) get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Whether you think the end is nigh or not, Eddie Pepitone is pretty much a perfect comedian for these turbulent times if you need to laugh at the chaos seemingly waiting around every corner.
See for yourself in this clip where Eddie is prepping for the show entitled “In The End of Days”:
If you want to enter to win a pair of tickets on May 9th at Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe, enter here: http://dola.com/events/2018/5/9/eddie-pepitone-in-the-end-of-days.
The good people over at Lady Parts Justice, led by Lizz Winstead (co-creator of The Daily Show), are headed on what seems to be a barnburner of a national comedy tour aptly named The Vagical Mystery Tour this Summer featuring the brilliant minds and talents from coast to coast of:
Jenny Yang
Guy Branum
Greg Proops
Gina Yashere
Alonzo Bodden
Helen Hong
Maysoon Zayid
Jackie Kashian
Mehran Khaghani
& music from:
Nicole Atkins
Mike Doughty
As Lady Parts Justice is an organization that fights for women being in charge of their own bodies, the schedule of the tour seems to be arranged in places where such a fight might be must dire in the U.S.
Thus far, cities on The Vagical Mystery Tour include:
Bethlehem, PA
Charleston, WV
Columbus, OH
Nashville, TN
Detroit, MI
South Bend, IN
Minneapolis, MN
Milwaukee, WI
Please get tickets and more details here.
This week, TBS officially renews the genre-bending Search Party for a third season and pulls the trigger quickly on another season of the Jordan Peele/John Carcieri created, Tracy Morgan starrer, The Last O.G.
Within the comedy space, TBS’ programming line-up manages to continue to get more and more formidable presence in the comedy space.
Todd Glass and Rory Scovel are masters at dancing with chaos and spinning it into comedy gold.
This Friday, they’re going to diving into wherever their flights of fancy take them at The Dynasty Typewriter at Hayworth Theater.
You really shouldn’t miss out on whatever this ends up being because it will be magical. Tickets are $12 in advance and $18 at the door. Go get them here now.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Tig Notaro’s New Special “Happy To Be Here” To Be Released on May 22nd on Netflix
“Just announced – Tig’s new comedy special “Happy To Be Here” will be available May 22nd, exclusively on @NetflixIsAJoke!”
Right about now (or anytime really) is a great time for a new hour special from the one and only Tig Notaro. Thankfully, that time is less than a month away.
Mark your calendars/set a reminder on your phone/etc.
Earth Day was yesterday and comedian/actor/performance artist/activist(?) Moses Storm wasn’t going to sit idly by while our precious planet is in danger.
So, his solution to specifically fight the threat of global warming and climate change (even more specifically the receding glaciers up North), Moses took action by literally bringing ice to Iceland.
Please enjoy this here and also remember that you should take action to preserve Earth (and probably do something a little more actually environmentally conscious).
Well, not much to elaborate on other than comedy legends Steve Martin and Martin Short will be playing the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa on July 20th as part of their tour (that will culminate in a Netflix special).
Tickets are on sale now and are going for $55-$100. Get them here quick before they sell out.
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Yes, Halloween is far off from now.
However, that just leaves you enough time to buy tickets for the latest live Los Angeles taping of My Favorite Murder to take place at The Microsoft Theater at DTLA”s L.A. Live before it inevitably sells out.
Best get your tickets here quick.
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