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June 6, 2019

burlesque, comedy show, free show, funny dance show, hell kross, hollywood, musical comedy, pack theater, packchilla

Packchilla, The Pack Theater’s big weekend celebrating the melding of comedy and music with The Pack’s favorite performers and amazing guests from the scene, is back for its 3rd year!

Whether you’re into metal, competitive funny dancing, a Bill Murray themed burlesque show, the loop pedal comedy music wizardry of Drennon Davis, or one of the best musical comedy groups around, The Cooties, we’re pretty damn sure Packchilla, thanks to the producing team of Gil Baron, Dave Ciaccio, Catherine Durickas, and Ben Kuerschner, that there will be something for you.

Oh yeah, admission to all these shows, as is Pack Theater policy, are Pay What You Can.

Get more details about Packchilla here and make a reminder for this for the last weekend of this month.

June 4, 2019

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comedy show, day clown cried, gritty reboot, hollywood, los angeles, pack theater, sketch comedy

One of the most infamous works in comedy is Jerry Lewis’ The Day the Clown Cried, a film about a, if you didn’t know already, a clown-Holocaust-dramedy that Lewis tried to keep hidden for decades.

Gritty Reboot, the amazing monthly Pack Theater show that does gritty takes on IPs that are usually family friendly (Yogi Bear, Full House, etc.) will take this month to do a special live table read of an abridged version The Day the Clown Cried’s screenplay. Since the full film has yet to be released, this is your next best shot at seeing what unholy mess the movie really is.

So, make this your Friday night (especially as, like all Pack shows, admission is Pay What You Can). Get more details here.

June 3, 2019

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comedy show, drew droege, lgbtq, parody, sam pancake, satire, silverlake

As you might have seen on Barry, acting classes and workshops can be, well, a bit much (especially when it comes to the egos crashing into each other around the room).

The wonderfully talented pairing of Drew Droege and Sam Pancake (The Golden Girlz) are taking that idea to the next level by putting on an “acting workshop” with Droege playing a taskmaster of head of said “acting workshop/mixer” and Pancake as a “intern/proctor/star student” that will show you “how to make it in the biz”.

In fact, they even go so far as to request, if in attendance, that you “Please bring a CURRENT headshot with resume CUT AND STAPLED on the back,” and, “Please wear audition-ready clothing and prepare to move.”

Also, this night is called We Are Special Bitches, which would hopefully seal the deal for you to head to the Cavern Club Celebrity Theatre at Casita Del Camo in Silverlake later this month.

Tickets are $20 and you best get them here before it sells out.

We Cordially Invite You to Our Latest Most Wanted List, Sunday June 30th at The Satellite

May 25, 2019

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billy wayne davis, carl tart, characters, cholo fit, comedy show, frankie quinones, improv, james austin johnson, los angeles, silverlake, sketch comedy, stand up, what to do, wild improv

It’s about time we put on another show.

So, we’re doing another gathering of our favorite comedy folks from every corner of comedy for another edition of our Most Wanted List on June 30th at Silverlake landmark, The Satellite.

As mentioned above, you’re cordially invited.

Scheduled to appear:
Frankie Quinones
Billy Wayne Davis
Wild Improv
Carl Tart
James Austin Johnson (host)
TCB’s own Jake Kroeger

Tickets are only $8 and you really ought to snag up quick here.

May 24, 2019

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clown, comedy play, comedy show, experimental comedy, fringe festival, hollywood fringe festival, los angeles, the living room

The Living Room is a wild, thoughtful, thought-provoking, and touching comedic journey through, of all things, grief and loss. Amrita Dhaliwal and Gemma Soldati who created and star in the show do a beautiful job of realizing and expressing the process of mourning through absurd vignettes and involving the audience in “the living room”. It has been transformative and hilarious every time we’ve seen it.

The Living Room is about to have a run at the upcoming Hollywood Fringe Festival at the Theatre of NOTE in Hollywood. Tickets are $15 and dates are below.

Sun. Jun. 9th 5PM
Thu. Jun. 13th 8PM
Wed. Jun. 19th 10PM
Fri. Jun. 21st 9PM
Sun. Jun. 23rd 3PM
Thu. Jun. 27th 9PM

Go snag your tickets here.

May 22, 2019

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butt, clark jones, comedy show, danny palumbo, debate show, debra digiovanni, experimental comedy, jamie loftus, kyle ayers, lindsay adams, los angeles, lyric hyperion, megan gailey, mekki leeper, sam wiles, silverlake

This comedy debate show, Straw Men, really pushes the envelope with how hilariously childish you can get in a debate and it’s all the more brilliant for it. The catharsis you’ll get from seeing adults resort to name calling in debates over the weirdest topics is just so damn fun.

So, don’t miss this latest edition of Straw Men, which has a killer line-up as well. Go get your tickets here.

May 21, 2019

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book club, brad evans, brendan scannell, cait raft, carl tart, comedy show, cook blub, drew spears, experimental comedy, hayley hepworth, jamie loftus, los angeles, los feliz

If you both desire the superiority that comes with being a member of a book club AND also don’t want to really put in the work to actually be in a book club AND want to see a great comedy show with LA comedy’s best and brightest doing the work of a book club for you, then Drew Spears’ Cook Blub might just be for you.

For this debut at Blue Rooster Art Supplies, fantastic line-up will be breaking down Chris Kattan’s SNL memoir “Baby Don’t Hurt Me: Stories and Scars from Saturday Night Live” (you’re free to read the book or not by the way).

Also, you’ll get to be part of a book club that meets in the back of an art supplies store, so you definitely will feel intellectually superior after attending.

Go get your tickets here.

May 17, 2019

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character comedy, comedy show, los angeles, sam taggart, silverlake, stand up comedy

Hailing from Brooklyn, Sam Taggart will be gracing us once again with his clever/silly wit, verve, characters, songs (he did, after all, do a whole wonderful show about being a comic for a dance club, i.e. a “club comic”) for his new show All 4 U. Joining him will be the wondrous Joel Kim Booster and Charles Gould.

All 4 U is coming to the Lyric Hyperion on May 20th at 10PM. Tickets are $8 and you can (and should) get them here.

May 15, 2019

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album taping, atsuko okatsuka, comedy show, los angeles, macarthur park, stand up comedy, westlake

Atsuko Okatsuka (whose name we hope you’ve gotten acquainted with via Vulture’s Comedians You Should and Will Know list, her killing it on stages around town, and her recently announced development of her “woke Japanese game show” Let’s Go Atsuko) is recording a comedy album in town at Dynasty Typewriter at the end of the month.

Atsuko is definitely one of the comedians we’ve enjoyed see rise through the scene here over the years with her sharp observations, unique perspective, infectious charm.

So, please go to her album taping. Tickets are only $5 right now ($10 on day of) and you can get 7PM tickets here and 9PM tickets here.

May 14, 2019

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brendan scannell, comedy show, dave mizzoni, game show, gayme show, los angeles, matt rogers, patti harrison, silverlake

GAYME SHOW!, your favorite trivia show that challenges straights on queer culture is back in town from NYC. Dave Mizzoni and Matt Rogers will be at the helm again to see if two chosen straight male comedians can survive in various challenges designed by and for queer culture experts.

Also, guests Patti Harrison and Brendan Scannell will be aiding contestants in their quest to be Queen of the Straights.

This next GAYME SHOW! is happening on May 28th at the Satellite at 7:30PM. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at door. Go get them here.

May 13, 2019

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anthony atamanuik, comedy show, debate, highland park, james adomian, los angeles, parody, satire, trump vs bernie

Anthony Atamanuik and James Adomian, for our money, have the best Trump impression and Bernie Sanders impressions, respectively. The 2016 election cycle saw them bring their powers together to create the live show Trump vs. Bernie, which, went on a nationwide tour and got adapted for TV.

Leading up to the 2020 election, a real life match up between Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders might happen yet again, which is a great excuse to revive Trump vs. Bernie for a tour, which is exactly what’s happening.

Join Ataamnuik and Adomian at the Lodge Room in Highland Park on July 17th at 7:30PM to see Trump vs. Bernie rise yet again. Tickets are $30 and you can (and very much should) get them here.

May 10, 2019

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comedy show, naomi ekperigin, stand up comedy, westlake

Truly, it’s a pure joy to see Naomi Ekperigin take any stage as she owns the room immediately (watch her late night sets and half hour special for proof). Her poise and shrewd takes on the world make the room pop with applause and laughter the whole way through.

So, you should go see her headline over at Dynasty Typewriter next week as it’ll be something to behold (FYI, the amazing Debra DiGiovanni is opening FYI). Go get your tickets here. Seriously, go get them right now.

May 9, 2019

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comedy show, desus and mero, desus nice, dtla, kid mero, los angeles, showtime

Desus and Mero are definitely on the come up in the late night world (and we would hope you’re on board at this point). Moving from Viceland to Showtime, getting bumped up to two nights for the summer, and bringing a refreshing edge to late night has gotten them much deserved praise.

They’re based out of NYC, but come August, you’ll get a chance to see the duo live at The Theatre at Ace Hotel and see what the phenoms are all about in person. Tickets just went on sale and you can (and very much should) go get them here.

May 8, 2019

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comedy musical, comedy show, experimental comedy, hollywood, les miserables, les miz and friends, los angeles, parody, satire

Lez Miz and Friends is so damn ambitious as a meta musical that viciously deconstructs the beloved, eternally running musical Les Miserables as well as work in puppets versus humans paradigm into the whole thing. It’s a tall order, but writers Nathan Makaryk and Geneviève Flati and the marvelous cast pull it off with precise abandon.

It’s such a rollicking dashing of convention that we’d wager you’d enjoy even if puppets, musicals, and Les Miserables weren’t really your thing.

Les Miz and Friends has running at the Hudson Theatre in Hollywood for the last several weeks and will be finishing their run this weekend (Fri. 8PM/Sat. 3PM & 8PM). Don’t miss your chance to catch before it leaves. Go get your tickets (they’re $32 a piece) here right now.

May 7, 2019

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altadena, arcadia, comedy show, comedy special, los angeles, pasadena, stand up comedy, taping, tv taping

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Billy Wayne Davis is one of our favorite comedians working today with his sly comic sensibilities masked by his welcoming voice (as well as being one of the rare comedians to record an album at Jack White’s Third Man Records).

He’ll be taping his brand new special this Wednesday at an old chapel at Mountain View Mortuary & Cemetery in Altadena, CA.

That’s right, you’ll get to see Billy tape his hour at a funeral home’s chapel.

There are two tapings, 7:30PM and 10:30PM, and they aiming to start on time. Admission is free so long as you RSVP at BookingBWD@gmail.com. We’re going to say that this will be worth the trek to Altadena if you’re not close.

May 6, 2019

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beverly hills, comedy show, experimental comedy, largo, los angeles, paul scheer, rob huebel, stand up, weho

Once upon a time, Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer used to take the stage together at UCB to do something called Crash Test. It was a live show where Paul and Rob got to do whatever the hell they wanted (i.e. an aggro-version of musical chairs, accidentally talking to celebrity assistants in the crowd, going over Vin Diesel’s real FB page, etc.) in between great stand-ups. Eventually, that led to an entire comedy special that they did on a glass bus.

It has been more than couple of a years since Huebel and Scheer have dove into this wondrous chaos, but that’s all changing as they will be reprising Crash Test again at Largo Thurs. May 30th at 8:30PM. Go get your tickets now as we have no doubt that this will be something special.

May 1, 2019

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brendon walsh, comedy show, echo park, karl hess, lizzy cooperman, los angeles, stand up comedy, tess barker

It has been a minute (well, it has been quite a few figurative minutes) since legendary garage comedy trio of Paul Danke, Cornell Reid, and Sean Green as The Comedy Garage (there’s a whole doc about it) have assembled to put on around great round of underground comedy.

Lucky for all of us, they’ll be coming back together again this Friday with a classic line-up and putting on a show that’s legitimately underground. Get more details here.

April 30, 2019

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action civics ca, benefit show, chelsea peretti, comedy show, dtla, joe mande, langston kerman, minnie driver, paul scheer, sarah silverman, tig notaro

Action Civics CA, an organization to educating the youth into being informed, responsible citizens of the world, is throwing another huge comedy benefit at DTLA’s Theatre at Ace Hotel that features many of your favorite comedy folks (really, just look at that line-up that will probably have more huge names added as they get closer to the day of).

It’s best to get your tickets for Let’s Save the Future now (they’re going for $40-$100) right now. Go get them here.

April 29, 2019

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bang bang luna, ben moss, comedy show, dynasty typewriter, john early, k town, los angeles, macarthur park, patti harrison, variety show, westlake

Normally dazzling the folks of NYC, Peter Smith and Sandy Honig (perhaps you’ve seen her as part of Three Busy Debras?) are bringing their comedy-striptease-music-variety extravaganza The Bongo Hour for a pop-in at Dynasty Typewriter along with Ben Moss and Bang Bang Luna.

See what we’ve been missing out on this coast (not to mention that you’ll get to enjoy the likes of John Early and Patti Harrison)

The Bongo Hour will be happening at 10PM on Fri., May 10th and tickets are $10 now and $15 on day of. Go get ‘em here (we hear they’re closing to selling out FYI).

April 26, 2019

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anna seregina, comedy show, solo show

As we’ve only gotten to be enthralled by the brilliant Anna Seregina 10-15 min. at a time for the past few years (we put her on our album from a couple of years ago), we can’t wait to see her very own solo show. Her combo of silliness, vulnerability, self-reflexivity, and command of the stage is something not to be missed.

That just so happens to be coming soon in the form of Woman Factory at the Lyric Hyperion next month and we love it being described as “an evening of romance and intrigue”.

So, please, without further adieu, get your tickets, $8 in advance and $10 at the door, here.

April 22, 2019

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comedy show, experimental comedy, laid, los angeles, lyric hyperion, natalie palamides, nate, silverlake, solo show

It’s no secret that we love Natalie Palamides here at The Comedy Bureau as she has made our 100 Best lists more than once.

Thus, we feel obligated to tell you that she is bringing her two critically acclaimed, award winning solo shows, LAID and NATE, back to the place where they were born, Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe. Whether you’ve never seen it or seen it multiple times, you shouldn’t miss out on Natalie doing these encore performances.

NATE will go up on May 24th & May 25th.

LAID will go up on May 31st and Jun. 1st.

Tickets are $20 for every show and well worth it.

April 19, 2019

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comedy podcast, comedy show, demi adejuyigbe, dtla, headgum, miel bredouw, punch up the jam

Demi Adejuyigbe and Miel Bredouw have made themselves into some of the best song parodists around via their hit podcast Punch Up The Jam. Just recently, their “punch-ups” of Enya’s Only Time, Lil’ Nas X’s Old Town Road, and Shania Twain’s That Don’t Impress Me Much show how sharp, quick, and oh-so-damn-fun they are when it comes to re-engineering pop songs inside out.

That means you should absolutely go to their live taping at the Regent in DTLA near the end of May. TIckets are $15 right now and $20 on the day of. Go get those advance tickets here (do so quickly before they sell out).

April 16, 2019

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aliya kamalova, brendan scannell, comedy show, emily v gordon, ethan edenburg, graham high, joel kim booster, jonah ra, kim seltzer, kumail nanjiani, los angeles, mekki leeper, shauna mcgarry, storytelling

This particular month of The Best Friends Show, the wonderful storytelling show that has comedy folks and their best friends tell a story together, has a particularly stellar line-up for this month.

Just look at the flyer and you’ll know that it’s going to a night more magical than the already pretty magical Best Friends Show (also, you’ll probably get cake too).

Go get your tickets quick here before they sell out.

April 11, 2019

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avengers, comedy show, endgame, hollywood, improv comedy, joey clift, los angeles, mark david christenson, parody

The end of this generation’s Marvel Cinematic Universe saga is coming soon as the release of Avengers: Endgame is set for the end of this month. It should stand to reason that a massive movie franchise bookend deserves a massive themed-improv comedy show to accompany it, no?

Well, that’s what’s going to happen come next Friday as they will have 77 major Marvel characters that would be featured in Endgame all in one show, doing an improvised monoscene. They did this last year with Infinity War and 76 of the Marvel characters (Captain Marvel had not be introduced yet) and it should be a rollicking, mad, hysterical midnight good time (probably even if you don’t know or care about Marvel).

So go get your tickets here before they sell out.

By the way, this is their line-up right now:
Hosted by Walt Disney (Joey Clift) and Kevin Feige (Mark David Christenson)
Featuring:
Joan Ford
Haley Mancini
Leroy Patterson
Lesley Tsina
Daniel Weiss
Ryan Hitchcock
Annabel Seymour
Joey Clift
Marian Yesufu
Samantha Jane
Eileen Mary O’Connell
Miles Roberts
Trevor Reece
Katelyn Hempstead
Eve Esquire
Eric Chad Ho
Gabe Fabricant
Rob Gentile
Royce Shockley
Katy Dolle
Casey Lawrence
Max Singer
Lawrence Marshalian
July Diaz
Bobby Ramos
Matt Harbert
Matt Mazany
Frankie Griffen
Mark David Christenson
Erik Wargo
Sara Clarke-Chan
Ezra Parter
Robert Vestal
Sheldon Price
Patrick Fisackerly
Tyler Davidson
Leigh Lahav
J. Elijah Cho
Satya Vanii
Coop Foster
Mike Hughes
Seth Finkelstein
Adam Winney
Rachael Doverspike
Tim McGorry
Sonny Dominguez
Jessica Rogers
Emily Champlin
Benny Wayne Sully
Barton A. Lewis
Ryan Cohen
Jesse Arlen Klein
Raina Deerwater
Elizabeth Mcirvin
Robin Lynn
Scott Anderson
Erin Smith
Alex Blomme
Eric Laney
Benjamin Crutcher
Maggie Clancy
Zach Olsen
Ben Kaplan
Ali Kinkade
Jeanne Lau
Jennifer Dezell
Ian Zandi
Brian Rubinow
Catherine Durickas
Blake Wilding
Matt Manser
Elisa N. Ellis
Charlie Fay
Winston Carter
Alexa Wise
Keith Saltojanes
Joseph Porter
Ashleigh Shapiro
Travis Reaves
Sean Smith
Joseph Sette
Nick Gligor
Lauren Scharf
Rosa Pasquarella
Jules Forde
Brian Palatucci
Danny Amaral
Nicholas Coluzzi

April 10, 2019

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comedy show, hal rudnick, hollywood, late night talk show

The Pack Theater is home to many crazy, wonderful comedy happenings, one of which is an ever-changing monthly late night talk show, Your Late Night Show Tonight, featuring a different host every month. Per the host’s whims, they kind of do whatever they want whether that be hosting a hippie version of a late night talk show or fictionalizing a world where they’re hosting from a bunker after the apocalypse.

This month, they have the amazing Hal Rudnick, who we hope you would know from The Midnight Show and Screen Junkies, as host and given Rudnick’s track record of going above and beyond with his wild bits and characters, we can’t wait to see what he and his staff (including writers Cheyenne Perez, Vanessa Gritton, Connie Shin, Dempson Juvenal, and Tim McGovern and producers Gil Baron, Ben Kuerschner, and Erik Wargo) come up with.

Oh yeah, off-the-beaten-path sports expert Sal Masekela and the brilliant DeMorge Brown (probably as his one of his amazing character creations) will be featured as guests.

As always at The Pack Theater, the show is Pay what you can, but you can reserve tickets and get more info here.

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