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SF Sketchfest, the first mighty comedy festival of every year, is really happening once more. The nearly three week comedy extravaganza that takes over all of SF already has a gigantic line-up, but has just announced more than a few additions that might just make you make the trek to San Francisco if you weren’t already planning to (or just going in general if you already live in the Bay Area).

Just added for 2023 SF Sketchfest are:

Fred Armisen Residency: Comedy for Bass Players but Everyone is Welcome
3 nights with a different guest bass player each night – special guests TBA
The Red Room Orchestra play the music of “Twin Peaks” & “Repo Man”
Dumb People Town with The Sklar Bros. and Daniel Van Kirk
James Adomian with Jes Tom
Ilana Glazer Presents: Alison Leiby: Oh God, A Show About Abortion
Mic Drop: A Night of Music, Rap and Comedy with Drennon Davis, EpicLLOYD, Eliza Skinner and more
Behind the Bastards with Robert Evans
The Setup with Abhay and Richard Sarvate

Again, this edition of the festival runs from 1/20-2/5 and, you’re thinking what we’re thinking, you’ll want to go snag tickets here.

Pick of the Day: Uptown Showdown-Cats vs. Dogs (in NYC w/Livestream) 10/11

October 7, 2022

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The debate of whether cats or dogs are the best furry companion to have in life will be a never ending debate that largely depends on your personality. Still, hearing NYC very best comedians debate the topic ought to be great fun (though it does feel like there’s a slight majority of cat people amongst comedians).

Uptown Showdown at Symphony Space is indeed inviting the much heralded comedic minds of Jo Firestone, Peter Grosz, Alison Leiby, Monroe Martin III, Jaye McBride, and Kenice Mobley to fiercely debate this very divide between the top of the domesticated animal pyramid with Matthew Love hosting. That’s quite the line-up that would take an argument that would probably be pretty entertaining to an entirely other level that you will make it worth the trip to the Upper West Side.

This edition of Uptown Showdown is set for Tues. Oct. 11th at 7PM ET/4PM ET and will be available for livestream as well. Tickets are going for $16 and you really ought to go get them here right now.

Pick of the Day: Looking Forward to It: Pro Choice Candidates (in NYC) 9/27

September 20, 2022

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As it’s National Voter Registration Day today, it’s only fitting that we recommend the comedy show dedicated to voting, Looking Forward to It. Throughout the last couple of years, this show has brought together the very best of the NYC comedy scene to raise funds for voter engagement, which is very much in dire need as it has been for years and years now.

This upcoming edition of Looking Forward to It on Tues. Sept. 27th at Littlefield at 8PM will be specifically supporting Emily’s List, a fund dedicated to pro-choice female candidates in the upcoming midterm elections. Making up any ground from Roe vs. Wade being overturned is a crucial cause and, very likely, abortion access will be the defining issue of this upcoming 2022 Midterm Elections.

So, with all of that in mind, you’ll be supporting essential work as well as enjoying the comedy stylings of Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Michael Cruz Kayne, Karen Chee, and hosts Josh Gondelman and Alison Leiby. Again, they’re some of the most beloved comics in NYC right now.

Tickets are $19.51 and you can and very, very much should go get them here.

Pick of the Day: Alison Leiby: Oh God, A Show About Abortion (in NYC in August & LA 7/20)

June 29, 2022

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Of course, Alison Leiby didn’t know that her acclaimed solo show that gets into the humanity of her experience with abortion, “Oh God, A Show About Abortion”, would just happen to coincide with the current Supreme Court guaranteeing themselves on being on the wrong side of history by overturning Roe vs. Wade, yet, here we are.

Leiby’s now-more-crucial-than-ever show, presented by Ilana Glazer and directed by Lila Neugebauer, has ascending through NYC comedy into an extensive Off Broadway run at the Cherry Lane Theatre that just got extended with a three week run in August running M-F from 8/8-8/26. For LA folks, there will be an exclusive night at Largo at the Coronet Theatre on Wed. Jul. 20th at both 8PM PT & 10PM PT.

You can get tickets for any and all of these dates for Alison Leiby: Oh God, A Show About Abortion at ohgodshow.com.

Oh, if you’re looking for upcoming comedy shows that are supporting abortion funds, we got a page for you here.

Pick of the Day: Ilana Glazer Presents: Alison Leiby-Oh God, A Show About Abortion (in NYC, Off Broadway) 4/25-6/4

March 17, 2022

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The Cherry Lane Theatre has become the go-to off-Broadway theater for stand-up comedians transitioning into solo shows on a bigger stage. Colin Quinn, Mike Birbiglia, Hasan Minhaj, and, most recently, Alex Edelman have all had great runs with their respective solo shows that had humble beginnings at various stages in and around NYC.

Now, Alison Leiby will join be the latest addition to the pantheon of comedians to play The Cherry Lane Theatre as her critically acclaimed Oh God, An Hour About Abortion that has made the rounds at Caveat, Union Hall, etc. is now going to be Ilana Glazer Presents Oh God, a Show About Abortion with veteran theater director Lila Neugebauer on board. The show itself is very likely one of the more timely solo shows out there at the moment, considering the rise in anti-abortion legislation in the U.S. over the last few years.

Leiby’s run will go from Mon. Apr. 25th-Sat. Jun. 4th @ 7PM ET with a 3PM ET Saturday matinee, except for May 5th and 30th. Also, a single Sunday performance of Oh God, a Show About Abortion will happen on May 29th @ 7PM ET.

Tickets starts at $37 and highly suggest you snag them right now at ohgodshow.com.

Pick of the Day: 15th Annual 50 First Jokes RESCHEDULED (in NYC) 2/18

Well, we had already highlighted NYC’s 50 First Jokes for 2022 as a #pickoftheday already, but that was when it was set for this month right as the year had started. Well, The Bell House had scheduled it before it knew how Omicron would overtake the world and spark a whole new series of outbreaks that would force the good majority of live comedy to go dark for most of December 2021 and January 2022.

Unlike some other shows that were slated for Jan. 2022 and opted to cancel altogether, 50 First Jokes is still happening, but will be doing so for the first time in its storied history in February, specifically on Fri. Feb. 18th at 8PM ET at The Bell House. That will very likely mean that everyone’s “first” joke(s) of 2022 will be much sharper than if they had only gotten a week to work on it (even though it’s a perennial good time).

Thankfully, the host is still John F. O’Donnell and the line-up is still stacked with NYC Comedy’s best and brightest including: Alison Leiby, Anthony Devito, Chanel Ali, Charlie Bardey, Devon Walker, Dina Hashem, Emmy Blotnick, George Civeris, Kate Willett, Kenice Mobley, Martin Urbano, Max Wittert, Petey DeAbreu, Rojo Perez, Sam Taggart, Shalewa Sharpe, Sonia Denis, and Tom Thakkar. More TBA!

Tickets are still available at $15 and hopefully, Omicron will have subsided enough so that we won’t have to write about this being rescheduled again. Oh yeah, it should go without saying at this point in the pandemic that proof of vaccination is required for entry.

Go snag tickets here.

Pick of the Day: 50 First Jokes (in NYC) 1/8

A gathering of 50 comedians, much less 50 audience members indoors wasn’t really happening at the start of 2021. So, it’s been awhile since we’ve had the legitimate in-person annual comedy kick-off to a new year with 50 First Jokes.

Perhaps, pending some variants, an actual in-vaccinated-person edition of 50 First Jokes will happen for 2022 in NYC. The Bell House in Brooklyn will host the bright and shiny new jokes from the best of the NYC comedy scene, which ought to have a different, more electric urgency to them considering where we are now and where will be three weeks from now.

On the bill thus far: Alison Leiby, Anthony Devito, Chanel Ali, Charlie Bardey, Devon Walker, Dina Hashem, Emmy Blotnick, George Civeris, Kate Willett, Kenice Mobley, Martin Urbano, Max Wittert, Petey DeAbreu, Rojo Perez, Sam Taggart, Shalewa Sharpe, Sonia Denis, Tom Thakkar, and host John F. O’Donnell.

Of course, as you can tell by the count of those names, there will be way more comedians shuffling onto the Bell House stage to get out their freshest bits (as we round the corner on nearly two years of this waking nightmare).

2022’s 50 First Jokes is set for Sat. Jan. 8th at 8PM ET. Tickets are $15 right now and you best get them here before they sell out.

Pick of the Day: Alison Leiby: Oh God, An Hour About Abortion 9/28

September 1, 2021

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Given the truly surreal rolling back of reproductive rights as of late, we’d like to highlight the very funny Alison Leiby‘s whole hour on abortion that is so wonderfully named, Alison Leiby: Oh God, An Hour About Abortion.

The unfortunate narratives that anti-abortion advocates push seem to deny the humanity of EVERYONE involved when it comes to a pregnancy (not to mention the agency that women inherently deserve over their own bodies). Leiby’s hour gives you a humor fringed window into what a real person goes through when it comes to considering abortion.

She has been doing one-off performances here and there around NYC and her very next date is set for Tues. Sept. 28th at Caveat at 9:30PM ET. Tickets are only $15 right now and we highly urge you to go get your tickets right now here.

Pick of the Day: Looking Forward to It with Josh Gondelman (in Support of Fair Fight) 5/10

May 6, 2021

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So, state by state, it seems as though new restrictive voting laws are being put in place and enacting how little the voting body of this country is and who gets to be part of it (Florida is the latest perpetrator, FYI). Don’t be mistaken; it’s turning back the clock of history and moving forward as a society.

With that in mind, one should always be in attendance and support the marvelous comedy show Looking Forward to It with Josh Gondelman as it is a show dedicated to both continuing the fight for voter engagement and representation in the very crucial years to come and give you a top shelf night of comedy. This month, one of the most effervescent comedians around, Josh Gondelman, will assemble the brilliance of David Wain, Sara Schaefer, Khalid Rahmaan, Alison Leiby, and Dan Fox and raising money for the amazing efforts of Stacey Abrams’ Fair Fight.

Get in on the fun and the fight with your tickets (starting at a $20 suggested donation) here. This edition of Looking Forward to It with Josh Gondelman goes live on Mon. May 10th at 5PM PT/8PM ET, presented by Nowhere Comedy Club on Zoom.

June 7, 2017

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That’s right. This show is stand-up comedy completely in complete darkness. If you’ve never experienced such a thing before, it’s pretty trippy, and, for this show, you’ll be in the hands of a great line-up.

Also, we should point out that this show, done in pitch black darkness, has a comedian named Steven King on it (sure, it’s spelled differently than the author, but it’s still a cool, novelty selling point anyway).

You can (and should) get your tickets here.

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SF Sketchfest 2023 Adds Fred Armisen Residency, James Adomian, Alison Leiby, and More

Pick of the Day: Uptown Showdown-Cats vs. Dogs (in NYC w/Livestream) 10/11

Pick of the Day: Looking Forward to It: Pro Choice Candidates (in NYC) 9/27

Pick of the Day: Alison Leiby: Oh God, A Show About Abortion (in NYC in August & LA 7/20)

Pick of the Day: Ilana Glazer Presents: Alison Leiby-Oh God, A Show About Abortion (in NYC, Off Broadway) 4/25-6/4

Pick of the Day: 15th Annual 50 First Jokes *RESCHEDULED* (in NYC) 2/18

Pick of the Day: 50 First Jokes (in NYC) 1/8

Pick of the Day: Alison Leiby: Oh God, An Hour About Abortion 9/28

Pick of the Day: Looking Forward to It with Josh Gondelman (in Support of Fair Fight) 5/10

Pick of the Day: 15th Annual 50 First Jokes RESCHEDULED (in NYC) 2/18