comedy show

August 14, 2019

comedy show, experimental comedy, feminism, femmes the rules, los angeles, stand up comedy

In the spirit of the times of trying to level the playing field between men and women, Femmes The Rules that cheekily has male comedians get interrupted and then have to sit and listen to female or non-binary comedians.

With or without that format, the line-up is definitely worth checking out:

Katrina Davis & Kevin Anderson
Pallavi Gunalan & Robert Schultz
Debra DiGiovanni & Paul Danke
&
hosts Mary Jane French and Sarah Mowrey

If you’re down for this playful comedy experiment (that no one on the Internet is sure to have a hardline opinion about even before going to actually see it and maybe having some fun), make your way to Skiptown Playhouse in East Hollywood on Mon. Aug. 19th at 7PM to check our Femmes the Rules (tickets are only $5). Get more info here.

amber nelson, andy beckerman, comedy show, couples therapy, jeffrey self, john milheiser, lauren ash, los angeles, naomi ekperigin, nico santos, sabrina jalees, sean white, storytelling, subhah agarwal, the virgil

Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman are back again with their very lovely, paired storytelling show/podcast, Couples Therapy.

Couples of all kinds, significant others, best friends, etc. share their stories together on stage for, what we’d like to think, is the often the best version of those stories. Also, Naomi and Andy, as hosts, always inspire “relationship goals” as they are a perfectly matched duo on stage.

This edition of Couples Therapy will include:

Nico Santos & Lauren Ash
Sabrina Jalees & Jeffery Self
Amber Nelson & John Milheiser
Sean White & Subhah Agarwal

Tickets are $8 in adv. at $10 at door. Go get ‘em in advance here.

blonde medicine, chris garcia, comedy show, crossword puzzle, dynasty typewriter, experimental comedy, irene tu, zach sherwin

Zach Sherwin is doing “it” yet again.

By “it”, we mean putting on a dazzling display of how linguistically masterful he is via having comedians solve a crossword puzzle live on stage that is superbly weaved into a theme with jokes, stories, etc. all throughout. It’s quite the spectacle to see especially if you’re wondering how solving a crossword can be a live show.

This edition, this Wed. Aug. 7th at Dynasty Typewriter at the Hayworth Theater, will feature Chris Garcia, Irene Tu, and a “special surprise solver”. Tickets are $10 right now and $15 on the day of. Please go get them here.

Also, if you can’t make it to this one, “it” (The Crossword Show with Zach Sherwin) will be happening monthly at Dynasty Typewriter for the rest of the year!

comedy show, largo, los angeles, musical comedy, rachel bloom, theater kid redemption night

As the title of show suggests, Rachel Bloom and co. will get to emotionally travel back in time to revive their fondest memories of doing theater in their younger days as well as take a mulligan on some not-so-fond moments.

Altogether, it should be a night of remembering that will be, in of itself, a night to remember as Bloom will be at the helm for Theater Kid Redemption Night.

Tickets for Theater Kid Redemption Night are on sale for $37 ($30 + $7 srv. charge). Go get ‘em here.

comedy show, dynasty typewriter, jo firestone, los angeles, stand up comedy

Jo Firestone is something special. Her daring to try some of the most ridiculous experiments while maintaining an unwavering air of vulnerability and sense of play make her a true joy to watch no matter if she’s doing a pun tournament, a mind bending game podcast, or her own stand-up.

So, you shouldn’t miss a chance to see her headline, which will be happening next month at Dynasty Typewriter. Tickets are $20 if you snag ‘em now! Do so here.

comedy show, experimental comedy, hollywood improv, rory scovel, stand up comedy, todd glass

Todd Glass and Rory Scovel are diving into the deep end once more with their anything-goes, plan-free show, What’s The Story with Todd and Rory? at the Hollywood Improv Lab.

Glass and Scovel are two of the best at being-in-the-moment with the entire audience and taking them for a wild ride (even though they’re not entirely sure where they’re headed).

Tickets are $12 (plus 2 item min.). Please go get your tickets for this right now right here.

comedy show, johnny pemberton, lyric hyperion, stand up comedy

Johnny Pemberton, for as long as we’ve known him, has been one of the most dynamic, daring comedians around. We’re never quite sure what he’s going to do, but that’s kind of the thrill that Johnny brings with whatever he’s doing whether playing his vast array of characters, when he’s doing stand-up, etc.

So, suffice it to say that you should go to Johnny’s live taping next week at the Lyric Hyperion. It’s only $5 and there’s an early and late show. Get details and tickets here.

amy poehler, comedy show, dtla, experimental comedy, free taping, live taping, los angeles, natalie palamides, solo show

Natalie Palamides has really pushed herself to new thrilling and hysterical territory with her solo show, NATE. Audiences and critics around the world (including some of the most prestigious comedy and performance festivals) agree in being awestruck with Natalie’s work here where she satirizes masculinity in such a daring way.

Also, one Amy Poehler feels similarly and, as such, will be presenting NATE to the world as a live comedy special that will tape next month, Fri. Aug. 9th, at the Los Angeles Theatre Center in DTLA. There will be two tapings, 7PM and 9:30PM, and you can (and very, very much should) RSVP for FREE tickets here.

aerobics class, angel city brewery, arts district, comedy show, dtla, experimental comedy, los angeles, madeline wager, solo show

Tammercise is simultaneously an actual aerobics class that you can join and solo comedy performance that follows a woman trying to, well, you know, just keep it together. Truly, it’s a wonderful and weird time (shout out to Madeline Wager)

You can also just watch as other colorful-spandex-laden Tammercisers become part of the experience. If you do choose to join in the workout (we’ve even seen people attempt doing so with a full beer in the their hand), you will work up a legitimate sweat.

Get more details for the next Tammercise at DTLA’s Angel City Brewery next weekend here.

al jackson, can i kick it, comedy show, hip hop, hollywood, joe derosa, tone bell

Can I Kick It? first came around in the glorious days of Nerdmelt @ Meltdown (RIP). It was a comedy show the hysterically dissected hip-hop by riffing on music videos, revisiting “out there” deep cuts, and even live rap battles.

Hosts, all great comedians and hip-hop aficionados, Tone Bell, Al Jackson, and Joe DeRosa will be bringing all of this and more to Hollywood American Legion Post 43 (2035 N Highland Ave.) this Sat., Jul. 20th at 8:30PM.

Tickets are only $10 and you can (and should) pick them up here.

characters, comedy show, frankie quinones, k town, los angeles, stand up comedy, wiltern

The rise of Frankie Quinones is something we’ve been really relishing for years now. Whether it be his characters like Creeper or Dress Up Gang or his own stand-up, Frankie’s comedy has always charmed us with equal parts heart and silliness.

This September, Frankie will be doing his own evening, presumably with his entire comedy arsenal, at the Wiltern. We’re pretty sure this will be the first big theater he’ll be playing in town and we’re damned sure you shouldn’t miss it.

Tickets start at $25 and you need to go them here.

comedy show, drew droege, dynasty typewriter, happy birthday doug, los angeles, solo show

This brilliant play/solo show Happy Birthday Doug has Drew Droege as the titular character Doug, who is desperately trying to celebrate his 41st birthday amongst some “friends”. In fact, Drew plays Doug as well as all the other characters in a series of interconnected monologues that hilariously play off each other so well.

When we caught this, it was packed at Dynasty Typewriter, so you best get your tickets here for this latest performance, also at Dynasty Typewriter, on Tues. July 23rd at 8PM before they sell out again. Tickets are $20 now and $25 on the day of.

allie goertz, angel city brewery, arts district, comedy show, doughboys, dtla, jordan jesse go, live podcast, maximum fun, mike mitchell, nick wiger, summer boys of summer

The Jordan, Jesse, Go! podcast, one of the most enduring comedy podcasts around, will be finishing off their Summer Boys of Summer Tour with a jam packed evening. The hosts of the Doughboys podcast, Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger and Allie Goertz from Everything Is Coming Up Simpsons will be guests and there will be a mini version of the Story Break podcast right at the top of the show.

You’ll get to enjoy this very stacked evening all at the Arts District’s hip Angel City Brewery too.

You can get all of this for the nice price of $20. Do so before it sells out here.

comedy show, faded, los angeles, los feliz, stand up comedy

After breezy summer hiatus, Faded, one of LA’s premier backroom comedy shows, will be returning back to its weekly status this Friday with your lovely Faded crew of Mike Mulloy, Sean Jordan, David Gborie, Zak Toscani, Jamel Johnson, and Bri Pruett over at Blue Rooster Art Supplies.

As always, the line-up is secret (but it’s always good) and tickets are $10. Go get your tickets and get back into the groove of Faded here.

anniversary, comedy show, comedy variety, cooties, dana gould, greg barris, hannah einbinder, los angeles, los feliz, martha kelly, mimi cave, parker seaman, reggie watts, ryan sickler, silverlake, sklar brothers, super serious show

Truly, it only seems like a little while ago that a super cool variety show called The Super Serious Show started up in a super cool photo studio and provided a stellar variety showcase of stand-up, short film, characters, music, and more.

Yet, almost 9 years later, The Super Serious Show, now at the also super cool Virgil, continues to stand as that same stellar, very diverse, carefully handpicked comedy variety showcase we really love.

For their 9 year mark, they’re really bringing the goods as you can see in the 9 year anniversary line-up above. Don’t miss out on helping them celebrating 9 years and seeing a great, great comedy show.

You’re going to want to get your tickets ASAP ($7 in adv., $10 at door-cash only). Do so here.

charity benefit, comedy show, danielle perez, freedom for immigrants, highland park, jackie kashian, kira soltanovich, los angeles, maria bamford, stand up, vince caldera

Other than trying to watch Maria’s social media feeds to see if you can watch her workshop her new hour over coffee with her or during her runs at The Clubhouse, you can watch her along with a great line-up of stand-ups and support the Freedom for Immigrants charity on August. 27th at Highland Park’s Hi Hat (5043 York Blvd., Los Angeles, CA).

As far as we can see, you need to go to this if you can. Tickets are $40 (21+ only) and you can (and very much should) get them here. Don’t be surprised if they sell out.

atwater village, comedy show, experimental comedy, los angeles

Underbelly, your favorite stand-ups-doing-anything-but-stand-up-comedy show is back.

For years, this show and hosts Chris Garcia and Ryan Singer have hopped from venue to venue bringing their comedic and mystical delights in the form of characters, songs, experiments, etc. all to bring the cutting edge in comedy with many of the city’s best.

So, this Saturday at Cahmadee Club (basement of Oeno Vino), another Underbelly will happen with:

Blair Socci
Maggie Maye
Anna Seregina
Greg Edwards
Alex Stone & Adam Dubowsky
plus Drennon Davis and Mike Nissen!!

Oh yeah, admission is FREE! Get more details, RSVP, etc. here.

andres du bouchet, comedy show, conan, dan cronin, jose arroyo, laurie kilmartin, levi macdougall, los angeles, stand up, team coco

Peacock has already been off-to-the-races in terms of putting on a great weekly Thursday stand-up show in the heart of Atwater Village.

This Thursday is very special as you can see that the writers of Conan are assembling on to one show WITH Conan sidekick and announcer, the one and only Andy Richter hosting. Did we mention that it’s only a $5 suggested donation to attend? OK, we mentioned it now. So, make a reminder on your phone for #TeamPeacock (or PeaCoco?) at Club Tee Gee this Thurs. 6/27.

comedy show, dramedy, fiona landers, funeral boquet, los angeles, musical, silverlake, solo show

Damn.

We saw Fiona Landers’ Funeral Bouquet show not really knowing what to expect (outside of a loosely dark comedic solo show as the show’s title suggests).

What we saw was a wallop of an autobiographical musical that exquisitely leaves it all, and we mean all, on the stage. It exceeded our expectations being more enthralling, darker, and funnier than we had kind of anticipated. Truly, Fiona’s stories accompanied by deftly constructed songs that touch on cancer, death, and rape cover the range of being so damn funny to being so damn heartbreaking (all in the best way possible). In so many ways, Funeral Bouquet shows how amazing and unforgettable a solo show can potentially be.

The next performance of Funeral Bouquet will be Mon., July 15th at 10PM at Lyric Hyperion. Tickets are $10. Please go get them here.

all black female, black herstory, comedy show, dj zuri, felicia folkes, janelle james, jil chrissie, katrina davis, kristal adams, los angeles, stand up comedy

It may be redundant to say as this show is being presented by D.O.P.E., but if you want to see a dope all black female showcase, look no further than next week’s Black Herstory at the Virgil.

With a line-up that hails from across the country (with some of our personal favorites), this evening, hosted by Charla Lauriston, will be an unforgettable night of black girl magic comedy that should be the thing you’re doing next Saturday night.

Go get your tickets right here right now.

benefit show, comedy show, ladyhammer, reproductive rights, silverlake, stand up comedy, yellowhammer

These are precarious times, especially when it comes to reproductive rights and the unfortunate movement towards losing them. So, a number of comedy shows are now raising money for the Yellowhammer Fund, to support much need assistance in Alabama, a state that only has three abortion clinics.

This particular Ladyhammer benefit show will feature a very stacked line-up of stand-ups including Sabrina Jalees, Danielle Perez, Punkie Johnson, Irene Tu, Sara Schaefer, Jenny Zigrino, Janelle James, Zainab Johnson, and Madison Shepard!

It’s a great cause and a really stellar night of comedy. So, go get your tickets here already.

comedy show, having funlessness, hollywood, hollywood improv, jen kirkman, live podcast, stand up comedy, weho

For our money, getting to catch, one of our all-time favorites, Jen Kirkman share her beautiful, unapologetic, hysterical truth in her stories/experiences live for an hour is a must see.

In LA, you’ll have two chances to do so with a recording Having Funlessness with Jen Kirkman on June 25th and then Jen performing an hour of stand-up on July 26th all at the Hollywood Improv.

Go get your tickets/RSVP for all of this right now right here.

Everything’s Great with Another Everything’s Great Ticket Giveaway

addie weyrich, comedy show, demi adejuyigbe, everything's great, free tickets, kyle mooney, nick kocher, sabrina jalees, sandy honig, ticket giveaway

Yep, you can win another pair of tickets on us for Addie Weyrich, Demi Adejuyigbe, and Nick Kocher’s Everything’s Great at Dynasty Typewriter featuring very special guests Kyle Mooney (SNL), Sabrina Jalees (Transparent), and Sandy Honig (Three Busy Debras).

Pretty, as suggested, great, right? Well, enter for your chance to win by signing-up for our mailing list at thecomedybureau@gmail.com

comedy show, forever dog, live podcast, los angeles, podcast, silverlake, storytelling

Don Fanelli’s acclaimed podcast, The Need to Fail, is coming up on its 100th episode and, to mark the occasion, will be taping a humdinger of a live ep. at Lyric Hyperion this Friday with two, count ‘em, two stellar guests, Casey Wilson and Bobby Moynihan.

Of course, the podcast follows closely to the title as Fanelli’s guests share the the low points in the career, their failures that preceded the plethora of success they currently have. Without a doubt, you’ll want to hear what Wilson and Moynihan went through to get where they are now.

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

character comedy, comedy show, ed larson, free comedy, henry zebrowski, hollywood, los angeles, murderfist, stand up comedy

Legendary cult sketch group Murderfist (please get acquainted with them if you’re not already) now have a classy, very classy monthly show at the Pack Theater!

Every 2nd Wednesday of the month, Murderfist’s very own Henry Zebrowski and Ed Larson will be dressed to the nines doing their own very “classy” bits along with a secret line-up of their favorite stand-ups. It’s a damn good, damn classy time (and maybe dress up if you go).

Whether you’re a fan of Last Podcast on the Left, The Brighter Side, etc., you really need to clear out your your calendar for this.

The next Murderfist Presents: Classy Night Out is this Wednesday, again, at The Pack Theater at 9:30PM. Admission, like all Pack Theater shows, is Pay What You Can. Pretty nice, right?

Get more details here.