Tickets are $5 and you can (and should) get them here.
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The show is at 9PM this Thursday and tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door. You should really just go buy them now right here.
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If you’re not on board the Caitlin Gill train yet or, in this case, inside the gigantic barbed wire boxing glove costume, then you need to get on board/inside ASAP. Gill has been killing it on whatever stage she has been on since she moved down from San Francisco and Caitlin doing an hour, along with Bobcat Goldthwait, David Gborie, and Clare O’Kane opening, is a must-see.
Poster by Dave Kloc and Garett Ross
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Australia’s amazing Wil Anderson gives new show, Fire at Wil, its American debut at the Nerdmelt Showroom on Thursday, April 21st at 7PM.
It’s free to attend, so long as you RSVP.
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Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at door.
The rest of our listings for comedy events and open mics are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Spend a Tuesday evening with Late Night with Seth Meyers’ Michelle Wolf and special guests. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at door.
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Tickets are $39-$69 and almost gone. Get them while you still can here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows and open mics along with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Screening of one of Stanley Kubrick’s masterpieces will take place on Friday, March 25th at 7:30PM at American Cinematheque’s The Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.
Tickets are $11 and you can get them here.
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Scotland’s Katia Kvinge is doing a preview of her upcoming show, Squirrel, for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at iO West. Katia has an impressive arsenal of characters and such an irresistibly silly energy on stage that has gotten her to perform around the world and win plenty of awards.
Check out Squirrel for free at iO West’s Del Close Theater on Sun. Mar 20th & Mar. 27th at 9:30PM.
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The award winning hit podcast from Chicago, Arguments and Grievances, comes back to the Nerdmelt Showroom for another round of comedians debating such pressing issues as Hugs vs. Drugs.
Next Friday, March 25th at 8PM, the line-up of absurdist debating will be as follows:
Jared Logan vs Bryan Cook
Ryan Singer vs Chris Charpentier
(MegaChurches vs Megabuses)
Brandie Posey vs Barbara Gray
(Magic Mike vs Magic Kingdom)
Dulce Sloan vs Joe McAdam
(Gene Wilder vs Gene Hackman)
Arguments and Grievanaces’ Kevin Brody will be on hand to wrangle the evening’s proceedings.
Get your tickets in advance for $8 and at the door for $10.
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Long ago, before Rhys Darby was in a show about another musical sketch comedy duo, Rhys was part of his own musical comedy sketch duo with Grant Lobban called Rhysently Granted. Then, Darby rose to acclaim with his own comedy and playing a supporting role in that other musical sketch comedy duo’s show, Flight of The Conchords.
20 years later, Darby is teaming up with Lobban again to show us all what we’re missing. So far, they’re doing two shows in LA, one at the Nerdmelt Showroom on Tuesday, March 29th at 7PM and one at Westside Comedy Theater on Wednesday, Mar. 30th at 8PM, which will also include a solo stand-up performance from Rhys.
Tickets are $8 in advance/$10 at door and $15 respectively.
The rest of our listings for shows and mics as well as corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Bobcat Goldthwait and Caitlin Gill have just started this great, new weekly show at The Hollywood Improv Lab. Tickets are $8 and you can and should get them here.
Seeso’s upcoming Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ is having two special events coming up.
First, they’re screening two episodes along with a Q&A with Paul F. Tompkins, Tawny Newsome, Dan Ahdoot, Kulap Vilaysack, Scott Aukerman and more! a week before it starts streaming at UCB Sunset’s Inner Sanctum. The screening is on Tuesday, March 8th at 8PM and free w/RSVP to attend.
A week later, the cast of Paul F Tompkins, Drew Tarver, Ryan Gaul, Tim Baltz, Dan Ahdoot, Mandell Maughan, and Tawny Newsome will do a Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ improv show at UCB Sunset’s main stage. The show is on Tuesday, March 15th at 8:30PM with tickets for $5 going fast.
Ever Mainard, a name of one those great Chicago comedy transplants that should be acquainted with if you’re not already, headlines the Nerdmelt Showroom for a night along with Matt McCarthy, Beth Stelling, and Lindsay Adams.
Get your tickets here.
Poster by Dave Kloc and Garrett Ross.
The Montreal Just For Laughs Festival is holding its first round of showcases around LA looking for the next stand-up and character comedians to highlight as a “New Face” of comedy.
Here’s a list of when and where all of this first round is happening (*denotes character showcase instead of stand-up):
Mon. Feb. 29th
Westside Comedy Theater 6PM*, 8PM, 10PM $5
Tues. Mar. 1st
Westside Comedy Theater 6PM*, 8PM, 10PM $5
Wed. Mar. 2nd
UCB Franklin 5PM* $5
Hollywood Laugh Factory 8PM $17-$27/2 drink min.
The Comedy Store Belly Room 10:30PM $5/2 item min.
Thurs. Mar. 3rd
The Ice House 8PM $10-$17/2 drink min.
Fri. Mar. 4th
iO West 5:30PM FREE
Hollywood Improv Comedy Lab 8PM $5
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The amazing Sean Patton headlines with Solomon Georgio and Jeffrey Baldinger opening.
Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at door.
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Steve Agee and Brendon Small lead off a great blend of a comedy and virtuoso rock along with a house band of Pete Griffin, Joe Travers & Matt Rohde. Jonah Ray, Henry Phillips, Johnny Pemberton & special guests will also be getting in the mix with their own stand-up and music.
Baked is on Sat. Feb. 27th at 10PM at The Hollywood Improv and tickets are $15 w/2 item min.
Eliot Glazer brings back his wonderful Haunting Renditions to LA, this time at UCB Sunset, and will be again “giving us all chills” as he sings songs that have been collectively agreed on as bad and giving them the classiest arrangement possible. Nicole Byer and Max Silvestri are set as special guests.
The rest of our comedy listings and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
On The Horizon: “Harold and Maude” Screenings 2/14 (Valentine’s Day)
What better way to observe Valentine’s Day than to watch Hal Ashby’s 1971 classic Harold and Maude in a theater?
It’s screening at both The Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood and the Sunnyside Cemetery in Long Beach at 7:30PM. Tickets are $11 and $12 in adv./$15 at door respectively.
For full LA comedy listings, check the calendars and maps at www.thecomedybureau.com
Steve Rannazzisi Shows Us Why The Rock N’ Roll Ralphs in Hollywood Is Rock N’ Roll
If you live in Hollywood, you learn almost instantly that it’s far removed from the glitz and glamour that’s depicted on stage and screen. One great example of that is the Ralphs on Sunset Blvd. that’s open 24/7, affectionately called the “Rock n’ Roll Ralphs”.
Steve Rannazzisi had an ordeal there that gives you an idea of why this Ralphs is “special” and has earned its “rock n’ roll” status in a story for This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir.
Dick Gregory Getting a Star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame
Exclusive: Comedian Dick Gregory to be honored with star on the Walk of Fame on Feb. 2. Via @WOFstargirl
— Variety (@Variety) January 27, 2015
If you’re perchance walking along Hollywood Blvd. gazing along the various names on The Hollywood Walk of Fame, wondering who is exactly who and why are they there, take note of the Walk of Fame’s newest member, comedian Dick Gregory.
In a time of racial tension and freedom of expression being questioned, Gregory, his comedy that bridged black and white audiences in the 60s, his activism in The Civil Rights Movement, and more deserve a moment of your time.
The ceremony with the star will take place on Feb. 2nd.
The Tonight Show to Tape in Phoenix After Super Bowl and Then in LA for a Week
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
The Tonight Show is going to take a week and come back to the West Coast next February. Jimmy Fallon, The Roots, and company will first tape an episode in Phoenix right after the Super Bowl on Feb. 1st and will then head to Universal Studios Hollywood from Feb. 2nd-5th for a week of shows here in LA.
Fun fact: While The Tonight Show hasn’t been in LA since Jimmy Fallon took over as the host earlier this year, The Tonight Show hasn’t been on the Universal Studios backlot since The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien.
Perhaps, there will be some fun crossover, rivalry bits between Conan and Fallon and Kimmel?
Laugh Factory Holding Funniest Person In The World Contest
The Laugh Factory has gathered submissions from around the world of comedians vying for the Laugh Factory’s distinction of Funniest Person in the World. Ranging from Israel to South Korea to South Africa, there’s stand-up to watch from all over the world featuring the amazing comedic talents of people like Canada’s Mark Forward or the Netherlands’ Stefan Pop.
Through a few rounds of voting, any one of these people could win $10,000 and be part of a tour. So, give an international act a chance here in the States.
So, UCB Is Going to Have a New Space Near Sunset Blvd. x Western Ave.
So, UCB Is Going to Have a New Space Near Sunset Blvd. x Western Ave.
There’s a building on the north side of Sunset Blvd., less than a block East of Western Ave. that has Upright Citizen Brigade posted on it in big bold letters. We’re guessing that’s it going to be a supplementary performance space for UCB, but no official announcement has been made.
However, new businesses can try to get in on being next to this new space, whatever it is.