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Pick of the Day: Punkie & Pals (in LA) 4/25
April 13, 2023
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Technically, without the time warp that is the pandemic, it wasn’t too long ago that Punkie Johnson was a staple in the LA comedy scene. She went at stages of all shapes and sizes and wrought joyful havoc on the mic.

Punkie has now been a staple of Saturday Night Live for years now and it’s not too often that Angelenos are gifted to seeing her live. Thus, it behooves us to tell you when Punkie is in town, which, lucky for LA, is later this month on Tues. Apr. 25th at 9:30PM at The Hollywood Improv.

Tickets are only $10 (plus 2 item min.) and Johnson is bringing a handpicked line-up of her favorites including Cid Williams, Feng Chao, Dicey, Nick Kekeris, Bill Posley, Lucas Hirl, and Dave Helem. Go get your tickets fast before they sell out here (space is limited since the show will be in The Improv Lab).

 

Pick of the Day: Comedy Gives Back-Laughing for Good (in LA) 12/8
November 29, 2022
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For a more comedy focused part of this Giving Tuesday, you might want to go get your ticket for Comedy Gives Back’s Laughing for Good, a very stacked night of stand-up comedy at the Hollywood Improv next Thurs. Dec. 8th at 8PM. Comedy Gives Back have been a safety net for comedians, for several years now, when it comes to needs for physical and mental health as well offering tons of grant money to comedians that were out of work as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

This is a special night they’re putting on to raise money for their efforts that will be graced by the immeasurable comedy talents of Sarah Silverman, Gina Yashere, and Erin Jackson in conjunction with Comedy Central already pledging $10K as an official partner.

You won’t have to give $10K to go to the show. Tickets just start at $75 and go up to $250 if you’re feeling extra generous. More special guests will be announced that will very likely make it even more worth your while.

Go get them here or, if you can’t go to the show, you can donate directly to Comedy Gives Back here.

 

Pick of the Day: Ali Wong & Friends (in LA) 11/1-11/9
October 31, 2022
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The last time Ali Wong announced a run of shows, she sold out The Wiltern several weekends in a row. The bright, shining comedy star sells tickets out quicker than nearly most headliners in comedy and you really ought to not miss a chance to see Wong work out new material and have some of her favorite comedy folks join her in an incredibly intimate setting of The Hollywood Improv Lab.

Don’t make a mistake and hesitate, this run of shows starting tomorrow will sell out as well.

Thus far, Ali has these dates slotted:

11/1 @ 9:30PM

11/2 @ 7:30PM & 9:30PM

11/7 @ 7:30PM & 9:30PM

11/8 @ 7:30PM & 9:30PM

11/9 @ 7:30PM & 9:30PM

Tickets are $35 (plus 2 item min.) and you better go tickets RIGHT NOW.

 

Pick of the Day: Summer Girl Winter Boy: Greta Titelman and Matt Rogers (in LA) 8/5
July 21, 2022
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You’re well aware that it’s actually quite the rarity to see a legitimate hour set from a comedian while in LA or NYC. Stage time is such a scarce resource for an ever growing number of comedians that you should take the chance, if you can find it, to go watch someone do an hour rather than one of their handful of ten minute sets they’re doing around town.

For all the attitude, style, spunk, and wit that both Greta Titelman (Search Party) and Matt Rogers (I Love That For You, Fire Island) bring to the stage, you should really never miss a set of theirs. Lucky for LA, they’re co-headlining back to back at the one and only Hollywood Improv next month.

Mark down Fri. Aug. 5th at 8PM PT for having an evening on Melrose and watching Greta and Matt take over the Improv’s Main Room. Tickets are $25 (plus 2 item min.) and don’t be surprised if it sells out soon. Go get ’em here ASAP.

Pick of the Day: Tribute: An Evening of Barbara Streisand Songs Sung By Comedians (in LA) 11/12
October 28, 2021
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Though Barbara Streisand is probably known by many these days as a touchstone American singer, Streisand had many of her first breakthroughs in comedy films including the hysterical What’s Up, Doc?

So, perhaps, the idea of a tribute to the songs of Barbara Streisand by comedians isn’t so farfetched?

Tribute is going to dive in head first with that notion as Danny Jolles, Kira Soltanovich, Eric Hahn, Chase Bernstein, and Jamie Pierce will be singing the songs of Barbara Streisand (and, we’re pretty sure, have something to say both about Barbara and the idea of earnestly(?) singing Barbara songs at a comedy club). The show itself will be a monthly honoring, brought to you by Eric Hahn, of recording artist legends, FYI.

Maybe this will kick off a trend of Barbara songs being sung at karaoke across LA?

In any case, this Streisand edition of Tribute is set for Fri. Nov. 12th at 7:30PM PT at The Hollywood Improv Lab on Melrose. Tickets are $12 and you can (and should) go get them here.

Get Your First Look at SXSW Online 2021’s Cross Country Comedy Club Showcase
March 15, 2021
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We had previously told you that SXSW was going virtual for the entirety of their program this year as a result of the pandemic and that, for comedy, they had collected exclusive performances from some of the most well known and respected comedy clubs across the country. That includes The Stand, Acme Comedy Co., Dynasty Typewriter, Hollywood Improv, Zanies Chicago, and more.

Well, SXSW Online 2021 is happening this week, Mar. 16th-Mar. 20th, and you can take a gander at what that all looks like (including Joel Kim Booster performing in front of marionettes) as this sneak peek was just posted on Twitter. It’s nice to see that it’s not just a bunch of Zoom shows and a reminder of how much we can’t wait to get back to watching live comedy in person.

Get more info on the full line-ups of venues and performers participating in SXSW Comedy this year here.

For #SXSW Online 2021, we invited some of the most lauded comedy venues from around the country to present live shows from their home stages.

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SXSW Online 2021 Announces a Comedy Line-Up Featuring the Some of America’s Most Renowned Comedy Clubs
March 9, 2021
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It is not too far from this time last year that the devastating news that SXSW was going to be cancelled was going to be delivered. Along with its cancellation came the nixing of a wide-ranging program of live comedy that had become one of Texas’ biggest annual comedy events.

As we are still in the thick of the COVID-19 pandemic, SXSW is going entirely virtual for 2021. They did not want to be deterred from not only highlighting the best in comedy wherever the festival could find it, but note how truly special it is and help it survive through its various “homes” and “family members”.

Thusly, SXSW Comedy is opting to have exclusive performances (done with strict COVID-19 safety protocols) from the some of the most hallowed comedy clubs in the country including Acme Comedy Co in Minneapolis, Dynasty Typewriter and the Hollywood Improv in Los Angeles, Gotham Comedy Club in NYC, and Zanies Comedy Club in Chicago with the celebrated comedy stylings of Beth Stelling, Reggie Watts, Erin Jackson, Monroe Martin III, Clayton English, Chris Porter, Emma Willmann, Dan Soder, Joel Kim Booster, and Matty Ryan. Doug Loves Movies, Matt Besser’s improv4humans, selections from The Creek & The Cave’s Bring Back Laughs will also be part of this marvelous cross-country virtual SXSW comedy round-up.

This should be a momentous occasion coming on a year of lockdown in America and how we have all endured and comedy is still going (and will hopefully keep surviving) despite being challenged like it has never been challenged before.

This year’s online edition of SXSW is set for Mar. 16th-20th and you can get more info on their comedy offerings as well as buy/register for a pass here.
December 20, 2019
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A monthly Jen Kirkman live talk show at the Hollywood Improv Lab where Jen gets to talk as candidly and unfiltered as she so pleases? 

Yes, that’s what’s happening and we can’t wait for it to start. The first Real Talk with Jen Kirkman is set for Thurs. Jan. 9th at 8PM with special guest Ione Skye (from Say Anything of course).

Tickets for Real Talk with Jen Kirkman are $10 and you can (and should) go get them here.
December 12, 2019
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In the aftermath of Christmas, when you might have just had enough of the mandatory holiday cheer, a great alternative to that yuletide haze might be a dark Christmas musical from LA comedy scene staples Jeffrey Baldinger and Jessica Michelle Singleton.

I’ll Be Broken Home for Christmas is just such a new musical from Baldinger and Singleton that will be sure to send off the holidays properly with a whole lot comically sinister takes on those classic songs that play non-stop around this time of year.

I’ll Be Broken Home for Christmas is going up at the Hollywood Improv on Thurs. Dec. 26th at 9:30PM. Tickets are $10 and you can (and should) get them here.
November 29, 2019
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Though we staunchly do not enjoy the holidays, even our cold bureaucratic hearts truly enjoy the annual Jen Kirkman’s Dysfunctional Christmas Show that happens in the middle of every December at the Hollywood Improv.

Stories, songs, stand-up, gifts, surprises, and so much more all abound in the more Jen’s celebration of the holiday season in spite of how the family or the world makes you feel around this time of year. Here’s a small taste of the sort of thing that happens at the Dysfunctional Christmas Show.

Jen Kirkman’s 7th Annual Dysfunctional Christmas Show is set for Fri. Dec. 13th at 8PM at the Hollywood Improv. Tickets are $20 and you best go get them here before they sell out.
August 13, 2019
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Usually, stand-up comedy done in the round is done so in gigantic spaces, a stadium, auditorium, etc. and requires a larger than life personality.

This very special evening, simply called Surrounded, at the Hollywood Improv Comedy Lab will transform an already intimate venue into an even more intimate one by putting the stage smack dab in the center of the room and having the audience sit all the way around. Also, you’ll get to see the rising stars with a line-up of Mike Falzone, Lara Beitz, Jordan Perry, and Rick Glassman as well as some newly minted JFL New Faces (Hannah Einbinder and Shapel Lacey).

Tickets for Surrounded are $12 (plus 2 item min.) and you can (and should) get them here.
July 24, 2019
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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.
June 13, 2019
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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.
May 23, 2019
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The one and only Todd Glass is doing another run of his Intimate Evening with Todd Glass at the Hollywood Improv Lab. Per usual, you can expect an even more dressed up Lab and Todd with his signature brand of high-flying riffing, bits, bits on bits, songs (probably with a band), and merriment. 

An Intimate Evening with Todd Glass is happening Fri., Jun. 7th 8PM/10:15PM & Sat. Jun. 8th 7PM/9:30PM. Tickets are only $12/1 item min. Please go get them right now right here.
March 7, 2019
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Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell are returning once again to the Hollywood Improv stage on Sun., Mar. 24th at 7PM to do another live episode of their cult comedy, chain restaurant podcast Doughboys. Of course, those in attendance will be witness to more (i.e. the eternal love-hate relationship of Nick and Mike as a result of this podcast) than just some thoughts on some long time LA food chain (maybe Zankou Chicken finally?)

Tickets are $25 (plus 2 item min.). Go get them here quick.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
November 29, 2018
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Every year Jen Kirkman puts on the sort of a holiday show that’s a swell time whether you love or hate this time of year. The Jen Kirkman Dysfunctional Xmas Show is one of the very few holiday traditions we can get behind as Jen and guests putting on a lovely comedy and music extravaganza despite what’s going on with the world/family/etc.

Oh, also, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the LA Food Bank and Barnes & Noble will be collecting children’s books for donation as well.

Tickets are $20 (plus 2 item min.). Go get your tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
July 28, 2018
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Any time you can catch the outside-the-box genius that is Brent Weinbach do any set, especially an extended set, you should always try and catch it just like you can do this Tuesday. 

Get tickets here (oh yeah, it’s at the Lab, so there is no item minimum, FYI).

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
July 20, 2018
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Hit comedy/fast food podcast Doughboys will be doing a special live episode over at the main at The Hollywood Improv at the end of this month.

In case you’re not familiar, hosts Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell make arguing over fast food/chain restaurants into an art form and you shouldn’t miss it if you can see it live.

The show is set for Sunday, July 29th at 10PM. Tickets are $25-$50 (plus 2-item minimum). Go get your tickets in advance here. 

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
June 30, 2018
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Sure, the Fourth of July is this week, but you’ve got tip your caps to Canada, which seems like they’re doing much better than us Americans right now.

So, for Canada Day, why not go see some of the funniest Canadians that thankfully are residing in LA (that includes Kids in the Hall’s Scott Thompson).

Tickets are $5 and you can (and should) go get them right now right her

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
June 10, 2018
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The adorably hilarious Tessa Coates is in town from across the pond (and across the country, if you think about geographically) to put on her wonderful solo show PRIMATES. Tessa blends her college major of anthropology and blends it quite nicely into her real life experiences for a heart warming hour of comedy that you should go see.

Her next show is this week on Tuesday, June 12th at 7:30PM at The Hollywood Improv Lab. Tickets are $10 and you can (and really 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.
May 5, 2018
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This week, Hulu picked up a sitcom based on the life of Ramy Youssef to series.

This coming Wednesday, you can still see him at The Hollywood Improv Comedy Lab headlining a show. Not sure how much longer you’ll get to see in such an intimate venue.

Tickets are $10 and you can (and really 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.
April 10, 2018
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While Nerdmelt has now been laid to rest, Women Crush Wednesdays with Marcella Arguello will live on over at the Hollywood Improv Comedy Lab on the same day (Wednesdays), at pretty much the same time (7:45PM), and at the same price ($10).

Also, it’s pretty much a 5 minute drive from Nerdmelt/Meltdown and will continue have stellar line-ups. Get your tickets for the first Improv Lab show here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
January 17, 2018
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Finally, the wonderful Caitlin Gill is back in LA. 

You should really take every chance you can to go see her live including her own show Caitlin Gill’s Lab Oratory coming at the end of the month at The Hollywood Improv Comedy Lab.

Tickets are $8 and you can (and should) get them here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
November 28, 2017
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Every year, Jen Kirkman takes over the Hollywood Improv for a her own special Dysfunctional Xmas Show! It’s one of our favorite LA comedy holiday traditions and whether you’re into the holidays or not, it’s always a good time.

Tickets are $20 (+2 item min.) and you can (and really should) get them here as soon as you can.

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

Win Tickets to An Intimate Evening with Todd Glass and Hot Tub Next Week
November 3, 2017
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Two of the best shows next week will be a special, intimate evening on 11/10 that the one and only Todd Glass has put together (complete with live band and special guests) at The Hollywood Improv Comedy Lab and, of course, Hot Tub at The Virgil on 11/6.

If you wanna go (and we’re pretty sure you do), you can win free tickets courtesy of us here: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways.

If you really want to go and don’t want to chance winning tickets, you can buy tickets for Todd Glass here and Hot Tub here.

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