Next week, the opening night of LA’s newest comedy venue The Ruby LA will be a 12 hour feminist and inclusive comedy and arts festival featuring wondrous stand-up, sketch, improv, and music from some of LA’s best.
Admission is free until 7PM, after which tickets are $10. You can buy said tickets and get more details here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
While Meltdown Comics and the Nerdmelt Showroom are indeed closing, the space that was known as Nerdist School at 7518 W. Sunset Blvd. (right next door to Meltdown Comics) will be reopened as The Ruby LA, a comedy venue focused on inclusivity, specifically intersectional feminism. They’ll be “…bringing in women, people of color, and queer voices to round out leadership and faculty positions, while also creating and producing shows by underrepresented voices,” as stated in their press release this morning.
Led by Nerdist School’s heads Jen Curran, Lindsay Barrow, and Randy Thompson, The Ruby LA will have a launch event that will go from noon to midnight on April 7th with comedians of all sorts from all over LA.
The dust has been settling from all the LA comedy closures, but we can now thankfully chalk one point on the side of comedy venues opening.
Follow The Ruby LA on Twitter @the_ruby_la.
Baby Wants Candy’s Hamilton-style improvised musical is back yet again and something you shouldn’t miss, kind of like the actual Hamilton musical.
The latest edition is this Sunday, April 1st at 9PM at UCB Sunset and tickets are $7. Go get them real quick here (they will sell out).
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Dan Gill, David Venhuizen, and Colin McCormick have been putting together real slick line-ups for 3 years now at The Clubhouse for their show Idiots. It may be a theater housed in a storefront next to a Jons, but making it three years as a monthly show as a rambunctious comedy trio deserves respect.
So, come Wednesday, April 4th at 8PM, head to The Clubhouse (1607 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA) for FREE (they do accept donations) for the 3 Year Anniversary of Idiots and also catch the likes of Nicole Byer, Howard Kremer, Nick Rutherford, Jenny Yang, and more!
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One just dropped an album on Comedy Central Records and did Corden, another is the co-creator of Corporate, another is a writer for the award winning Marvelous Ms. Maisel, and yet another still is a lovely visitor for Canada!
Those are only a handful of reasons that you should try to win some tickets to next week’s Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen. Enter via DoLA here: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways
The singular comedic talent Justin Sayre will be doing his sonata form/storytelling show The Boy Sonata for one night only at The Celebration Theatre on April 1st.
It’s not often that you get to Sayre perform solo here in LA and you shouldn’t miss a chance when you’d get to do so. Tickets are $20 and you can (and 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.
It isn’t out of the realm of possibility that Nicholas Cage would do live commentary of one his movies.
However, that doesn’t seem to be on the horizon quiet yet and, in the mean time, we have something pretty damn close with Kenny Stevenson as Nic Cage doing said live commentary of Nic Cage movies.
This Sunday at UCB Sunset’s Inner Sanctum, he’ll be doing just that with The Rock along with guests (that may or may not also be in character) Josh Covitt, Marshall Givens and Jessica Jean Jardine.
Admission is FREE. Get more details for Nic Cagentary here.
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Perhaps, you didn’t even know that you wanted a variety comedy show featuring high energy dance, innovative music (ex. Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody on sitar), storytelling, comedy all in the form of an Indian wedding event known as a Sangeet night, but Amritha Dhaliwal and Sunanda Sachatrakul have created exactly that with Indian Wedding to show you that is a thing you need in your life.
They really do make you feel like you’re both at an amazing wedding reception comedy show even though your relation to the bridal party might be a little vague.
The next Indian Wedding is at Three Clubs next week on Thursday, Mar. 15th with doors at 7:30PM and the show at 8PM. Tickets are $10 and you should absolutely 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.
Though few pull it off, when comedy and dance are melded together, it’s a hilarious and beautiful thing.
That’s why you should always catch Cocoon Central Dance Team whenever and wherever they’re performing.
Lucky for you, they’ve got a show coming up at UCB Franklin on Thurs., Mar. 8th at 9:30PM. Tickets are $7 and you can and absolutely should get your tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Toasty, the beautiful, ethereal blend between a character based comedy show and an actual, classy cocktail party, is returning once more!
It truly is one of our favorite things to go be witness to and, per usual, they have a stellar line-up.
Tickets are $17 , which includes free booze & snacks. The show is for ages 21+.
Please get tickets here.
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Not only should you buy a ticket to this show to raise money in the fight to end gun violence here in America, but the line-up, as you can see, is star-studded and the show will probably sell out very quickly.
Get tickets here.
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Just a friendly neighborhood reminder that our latest Most Wanted List is this Thursday at Comedy Central Stage at 8PM. See the comedians that you really ought to be seeing as we have handpicked each and every one of them for much they have killed us when they take the stage.
Admission is FREE just as long as you RSVP here.
The hosts of improv4humans, Off Book: The Improvised Musical, and Comedy Bang! Bang! plus Horatio Sanz are all coming together to have one wondrous night of sing-a-longs and improv.
Matt Besser’s Hootenany Sing-A-Long Improv Comedy Experiment is FREE and all you have to do is show up at UCB Sunset this Friday.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
iO West Will Be Closing Its Doors Next Saturday
“From Charna Halpern:
“Dear iOWEST It breaks my heart to announce that after almost 25 years, I have to close the doors to iOWest. Our last night will be Saturday, Feb 24th. iO Chicago is strong and this is still your home. Love to you all, Charna Halpern."”
While it’s unfortunate to see another LA comedy-dedicated venue/school go away, iO West still has two weeks worth of shows to check out. See our calendar for our picks or take a gander at their entire schedule here.
That’s right, we’ve managed to round up another bunch of comedians that you absolutely, unequivocally need to keep your eye on for another edition of The Comedy Bureau Most Wanted List.
It’s our personal picks of LA’s best stand-ups that deserve way more shine than they are currently getting and we sincerely hope that you come to see the brilliance that we see.
You can RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-comedy-bureaus-most-wanted-list-tickets-42658754483
You can also RSVP on the phone by calling (323) 960-5519.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Not only will this be a night of comedy starring the delightful Atsuko Okatsuka, it’ll also be done up like a “Japanese game show”.
Her guests include Rhea Butcher, Actress Ally Maki (TBS’s Wrecked), Kevin Yee (SF Sketchfest), Marlena Rodriguez (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), and Jibz Cameron (Hammer Museum, MOCA).
You’ve probably seen Japanese game shows as dubbed or remade by Americans. Now, you can see a real one as done by a Japanese-American comedian (that’s also woke).
So, with that in mind, you should get your tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
The magical musical Australian comedy troupe Aunty Donna is finally returning to LA with their brand new show “Big Boys”. They’re a high-energy absurdist romp that will make you wonder what they’re putting in the water down under.
They’ll be playing the Ricardo Montalban Theatre in Hollywood on Tuesday, Feb. 27th at 8PM. Tickets are $25 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.
Whether it was pairs of these folks on stage together or not, the line-up for the upcoming Couples Therapy with Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman is beyond stuffed with comedy goodness.
The duos going up together include:
Henry Zebrowski and Jackie Zebrowski
Janine Brito and Paula Pell
Solomon Georgio and Casey Ley
Amber Nelson and Nick Vatterott
Pretty swell, right? So, go get your tickets here already.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
One of our favorite comedy things from 2017 is having its first go around for 2018.
Dungeon, “a stand-up role playing game”, put comedians in the driver’s seat of a streamlined fantasy role play game, even if they’re not that well acquainted with something like D&D. This latest edition will have Janine Brito, Dave Helem, Ian Abramson, Lydia Popovich, and host/Dungeon Master John-Michael Bond.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
The latest My Diary with Lindsay Ames will be a very special edition featuring the cast members of legendary TV series Twin Peaks (both old and new).
Don’t miss out as tickets are only $5. Get them here now.
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Kyle Ayers has some of the more dynamic and original ideas for comedy shows that we have ever seen. As such, we’re always excited to see what he has up his sleeve.
Ayers’ Never Seen It has comedians rewrite parts of a famous movie that they have never seen and then takes that script and has it acted out in a full stage production.
This latest edition of Never Seen It is set for Thursday, Jan. 25th at 8PM at The Comedy Central Stage. Tickets are free with RSVP here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Whether you’ve seen Hamilton or not or even love musical theater or not, we’d wager that you’d still enjoy Shamilton (an improvised musical in the style of Hamilton, but based on a different famous person), the new project from musical improv troupe Baby Wants Candy.
After all, it was one of our favorite 100 comedy things from 2017.
The next Shamilton will be on Sun. Jan. 28th at 9PM at UCB Sunset. Tickets are $7 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.
Improv inspired by specifically, out-of-context clips of dramatic films and TV on top of an improvised episode of Law & Order from Some Kinda Monster is one of our favorite improv shows.
Come catch their first show of 2018 at UCB Sunset this week where Colton Dunn (NBC’s Superstore), Phil Jackson (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Key and Peele) will be joining them.
Get tickets here.
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On top of getting a funny, but sincere look into the world of being kinky with comedians and experts from Eli Olsberg and Alison Stevenson, you won’t even have to worry what will show up on your search history (that is, unless, you’re into being kinky or know how to you incognito pages).
Get tickets here.
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If there was a way for you to appreciate songs that are widely panned or hardly known for various reasons, it would be comedians telling their story of why they love said songs and then perform a live cover of it, complete with a live band.
Thus, we highly recommend to catch Guilty Treasure this week in Hollywood at Three Clubs. Please get tickets here.
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