comedy show

January 13, 2017

absurdist comedy, comedy show, ian abramson, lyric hyperion, mayor mccheese, parody, satire, silverlake

Next week will bring plenty of comedy that’s addresses a certain inauguration. Ian Abramson’s will actually have a show featuring the inauguration of one Mayor McCheese that, we’re guessing, is going to be way less innocent than the McCheese you know in McDonald’s ads. Get more details here.

That inauguration will take place this upcoming Tuesday at 7PM and tickets are only $5. Please get them here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

January 12, 2017

comedy show, eric jackowitz, ethan edenburg, hollywood, ian abramson, jacob jefferies, los angeles, musical comedy, the cooties, ucb sunset

One of our favorite musical comedy acts (they made our best 100 list), The Cooties, have their first show of 2017 lined-up for this Saturday, January 14th at UCB Sunset at 10:30PM. Their satirical power pop is to not be missed and they’ll have the great absurdist stylings of Ian Abramson joining them too.

Tickets are $7 and you can (and should) get them here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Comedy Crawl and Open Mic Run All Updated for Next Week

January 9, 2017

comedy show, improv jam, los angeles, open mic, orange county, santa monica, stand up, valley

Comedy Crawl and Open Mic Run All Updated for Next Week

Whether you need to laugh or are trying to keep to your New Year’s resolution to do/try/start comedy in LA, we’ve got you covered.

January 6, 2017

cheap show, comedy show, hot Tub, kristen schaal, kurt braunohler, los angeles, los feliz, silverlake, stand up, virgil, what to do

Hot Tub with Kurt [Braunohler] and Kristen [Schaal] is back for their first show of 2017. Per usual, they have a stacked line-up with Wil Anderson, Ramon Rivas II, Andy Peters, Kate Berlant, Andrew Michaan, and Jonathan Burns. Also, per usual, you shouldn’t miss it.

Tickets are $5 in advance and $8 at the door. Get your advance tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Poster by Nolan Fabricius

January 4, 2017

2017, 50 first jokes, adam conover, brody stevens, comedy show, emily heller, hollywood, hollywood blvd, kyle kinane, los angeles, matt mccarthy, new year's, roosevelt hotel, stand up

At the beginning of every year, 50 or so of LA comedy’s favorites gather to share their new favorite joke(s) that have been born in the new year at 50 First Jokes LA.

Kyle Kinane, Brent Weinbach, Brody Stevens, Adam Conover, Eliza Skinner, Emily Heller, Byron Bowers, Cameron Esposito, Caitlin Gill, Dave Ross, James Fritz, Matt McCarthy, Sam Jay, Solomon Georgio, and so many more will convene at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel this Saturday and show you what they’ve got so far in 2017.

Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at door and you can get them here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

December 31, 2016

baron vaughn, comedy show, experimental comedy, fake show, gareth reynolds, greg proops, hollywood, jon dore, los angeles, nerdmelt, reunion, reunited

We would very much like to watch a reunion panel of TV show starring Greg Proops, Jon Dore, Baron Vaughn, and Gareth Reynolds.

Josh Androsky and Bryan Cook’s Reunited offers up something possibly better with bringing that line-up together for a faux TV series that they starred in without any of them knowing ahead of time what that fake TV show was.

Pretty great, right? Well, you can (and should) get your tickets for the show’s latest edition happening this Friday, January 7th here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps at www.thecomedybureau.com.

December 30, 2016

aclu, anniversary, aparna nancherla, comedy show, dave ross, echo park, echoplex, john early, kate berland, kyle kinane, los angeles, moshe kasher, rory scovel, stand up

A two year celebration of one of the best weekly comedy shows in LA and a benefit for the ACLU make for a show that you absolutely shouldn’t miss.

Also, Kyle Kinane, Rory Scovel, Moshe Kasher, Aparna Nancherla, Kate Berlant & John Early, Curtis Cook, and hosts Dave Ross and Matt Ingebretson being on the bill make it even more of a show that you shouldn’t miss next Friday.

Get tickets here.

Poster by Jack Sjogren

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

December 27, 2016

brodie reed, comedy show, erin lampart, los angeles, new year's eve, richard bain, simon gibson, stand up

If you want to ring in 2017 at an indie comedy show, look no further than Backyard Bootlegs at Cafecito Organico in Silverlake. The likes of LA favorites like Brodie Reed, Erin Lampart, and Richard Bain will join hosts Simon Gibson and Devin Blake for a lovely night of stand-up.

Best of all, the show starts at 8PM this Saturday, so you won’t have to worry about the show being interrupted by the LA New Year’s countdown and/or you can make it to another party before 2017 arrives. More details here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

December 24, 2016

2017, comedy show, eddie pepitone, los angeles, martha kelly, new year's, new year's eve, nye, ron lynch, steve allen theater, tomorrow show, what to do

If you don’t already have plans for New Year’s Eve, go to the show that knows how to do shows about today turning into tomorrow, Ron Lynch’s Tomorrow!

Eddie Pepitone, Martha Kelly, Jay London, Ember Knight, champagne, live music, dancing, and, of course, host Ron Lynch are all in store for Tomorrow! Auld Lang Show.

Tickets are $20 and you can get more details here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

December 23, 2016

comedy show, los angeles, melissa villaseñor, michael rayner, neil hamburger, stand up, the satellite

With the holiday season upon us, we’re getting a special gift of Neil Hamburger doing his residency show at The Satellite on a weeknight.

Joining Neil next Thursday will be a stacked line-up of Melissa Villasenor, Jon Daly, Ian Abramson, Michael Rayner, and Minori Hinds.

As always, tickets are $8 and you can (and should) get them here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

December 22, 2016

beverly grove, beverly hills, comedy show, coronet theatre, improv, largo, los angeles, paul f tompkins, spontaneantion, weho, west hollywood, west la

The 100th episode and last live Largo taping of his completely improvised Spontaneanation with Paul F. Tompkins podcast will take place on Saturday, January 7th at 8:30PM.

Don’t miss out on this special performance and get your tickets as soon as you can. They’re $30 and you can get them here.

Art by Nathan Diffee

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

December 18, 2016

allan mcleod, comedy show, director's commentary live, hollywood, los angeles, movie riffing, rudolph the red nosed reindeer, tim kalpakis, ucb, ucb sunset

UCB stalwarts like Allan McLeod, Tim Kalpakis, and Neil Campbell watch and riff on a movie as if they’re the ones who made it and are giving a commentary on the film at UCB Sunset.

This round of Director’s Commentary Live, happening this upcoming Wednesday, will take apart the holiday classic stop motion animation special Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.

Tickets are $5 and you can (and should) get them here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

December 16, 2016

bryan cook, championships, comedy show, competitive erotic fan fiction, eliza skinner, hollywood, live reading, los angeles, los feliz, silverlake, storytelling, the virgil, virgil village, zach sherwin

The best of the best comedian slash fiction writers in LA, including Eliza Skinner, Zach Sherwin, Alison Leiby, Phoebe Bottoms, and Keith Carey, will assemble to see who will be the Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction champ.

Join in with host/CEFF ringleader Bryan Cook and see who emerges as the best lurid pop culture parodist this Sunday, December 18th at The Virgil with doors opening at 7:30PM. The show itself is free leaving little excuse to not catch it if you’re in town.

More details here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

December 14, 2016

comedy show, fairfax, henry phillips, hollywood, improvised stand up, jay mohr, kira soltanovich, los angeles, melrose, set list, stand up, weho, wil anderson

See stand-up comedy created before your very eyes with the world renowned improvised stand-up show Set List. It’s having its latest round at the Hollywood Improv this Sunday, December 18th with a great line-up of Wil Anderson, Kira Soltanovich, Jay Mohr, and music from Henry Phillips.

You can (and should) get your tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

December 13, 2016

brian kiley, comedy show, debate, debate team, drunk debates, laurie kilmartin, los angeles, santa monica, west la, westside comedy

A prep academy debate team will go up against drunk comedians in Drunk Debates next Wednesday at The Westside Comedy Theater.

Conan staffers Laurie Kilmartin and Brian Kiley will be on the ‘drunk comics’ along with Billy Bonnell and going against All State Debate Team of Vanderlick Prep Academy.

If you like what might be a way cooler, grown-up version of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, you can get your tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

December 12, 2016

art sandwich confidential, art show, blue humor, calise hawkins, comedy show, curtis cook, la brea, los angeles, megan gailey, puterbaugh sisters, ramon rivas, ryan dalton, stand up

#OnTheHorizon

Art Sandwich Confidential is a comedy show at The Loft at Liz’s, an art gallery, where comedians will do their act then transition into stories inspired by the art on display. This time around, the art exhibition is entitled BLUE, so blue humor is the order for the evening.

With Ramon Rivas, Megan Gailey, Calise Hawkins, The Puterbaugh Sisters, Ryan Dalton, and Curtis Cook getting blue in the name of art, we think you shouldn’t miss out on this. In fact, admission is free (though there’s a $10 suggested donation to support the comics.

Art Sandwich Confidential Vol. 2-an evening of BLUE Humor is happening this Friday, Dec. 16th at 7PM at The Loft at Liz’s, 453 S. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA.

More details here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com

December 11, 2016

comedy show, east hollywood, hollywood, kristen studard, kurt braunohler, laura house, lauren cook, los angeles, los feliz, max silvestri, radio picture show, shauna mcgarry, silverlake, storytelling, the virgil, virgil village

Radio Picture Show, one of the best storytelling shows in LA, is back for its final round of the 2016 and they’ll be doing it to benefit Planned Parenthood.

Max Silvestri, Laura House, Kristen Studard, and Kurt Braunohler will be joining hosts Lauren Cook and Shauna McGarry this Wednesday at The Virgil.

Get your tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

December 10, 2016

comedy show, gabe liedman, hollywood, joe mande, los angeles, meltdown, nerdmelt, stand up

Joe Mande (The Good Place, Master of None, Parks and Recreation, Kroll Show, Delocated, Conan, his own comedy mixtape) is doing a full hour at Meltdown this upcoming Thursday with special guest Gabe Liedman.

Tickets are $10 and you can (and should) get them here.

December 9, 2016

comedy show, holiday show, john 3 reillys, kate micucci, los angeles, los feliz, steve allen theater, trepany house

An a capella trio of (and band of mischievous comedians) Randy Liedtke, Davey Johnson, and Curt Neill AKA The John 3 Reillys are putting on a holiday show that will probably be unlike any other. Seeing whether this has anything to do with John C. Reilly should peak your curiosity at the very least

The John 3 Reillys Christmas Special, presented by Trepany House, is set for next Friday at the Steve Allen Theater and will also feature such wonderful guests as Kate Micucci, Derek Hughes, Karen Kilgariff, and Katie Crown.

Tickets are $10 and you can (and should) get them here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

December 7, 2016

bob baker marionette theater, charlyne yi, chris fairbanks, comedy show, dana gould, eddie pepitone, janet varney, john ennis, los angeles, maria bamford, puppets, stand up, variety show

Wonderful puppetry at The Bob Baker Marionette Theater, music, and other holiday trappings in addition to a line-up of Maria Bamford, Laraine Newman, Charlyne Yi, Eddie Pepitone, Dana Gould, Janet Varney, John Ennis, and Chris Fairbanks is what you got in store for next week’s Cavalcade of Christmas.

Sound good?

Tickets are $40 and you’ll want to get them here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

December 6, 2016

andre hyland, characters, comedy show, fairfax, hollywood, hollywood improv, jesse miller, johnny pemberton, kate berlant, los angeles, melrose, parody, son of zorn, talk show

In our opinion, one of the best and craziest iterations of the late night talk show format is The Jesse Miller Talk Show.

Imagine some wild dreamer from Cincinnati who seems to be aspiring to be Kenny Powers, but also has a boundless amount of pop culture knowledge and ability to make wordplay hosting a talk show and you’ll get some idea of the fun chaos that is going on with Jesse Miller (Andre Hyland).

In addition to his crew of his one man shredding house band Darryl and his girl Tanya, guests for this round include Johnny Pemberton and Kate Berlant.

Please get your tickets for The Jesse Miller Talk Show this Friday, Dec. 9th at 10PM at The Hollywood Improv here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com

December 5, 2016

comedy bowl, comedy show, eastside, emily heller, highland park, highland park bowl, los angeles, marcella arguello, megan gailey, stand up

Highland Park’s fancy new bowling alley, Highland Park Bowl, gets a fancy new weekly comedy show from the folks that had a great, far too short run at The York.

Join Megan Gailey, JF Harris, and Goodrich Gevaart as well as their inaugural guests Emily Heller, Marcella Arguello, Zach Peterson, and Ahamed Weinberg for the first Comedy Bowl tomorrow night.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

December 4, 2016

comedy bang bang, comedy show, james adomian, los angeles, meltdown comics, nerdmelt, stand up, trump vs bernie

The one and only James Adomian (Trump vs. Bernie, Comedy Bang! Bang!, @midnight) gets a night all to himself at Nerdmelt this week.

Do yourself a favor and get your tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

December 3, 2016

blind barber, comedy show, culver city, dave chappelle, los angeles, stand up

Watch Dave Chappelle in probably the most intimate venue that you’ll ever see him in.

He’s playing The Blind Barber in Culver City on Monday and Tuesday next week. Tickets are $75 and you can get them here and here, respectively. Limit two tickets per person.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

December 2, 2016

aparna nancherla, benefit show, comedy show, ian edwards, insecure, johnny pemberton, lgbtq, los angeles, margaret cho, pleasure chest, son of zorn, stand up, trevor project, west hollywood

Yes, this means you can go watch a great comedy show with the likes of Margaret Cho, Ian Edwards, Johnny Pemberton, Aparna Nancherla, Yvonne Orji, James Austin Johnson, and Eli Olsberg in an adult entertainment store AND support The Trevor Project.

Get your tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.