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Pick of the Day: Edinburgh Fringe Preview Day (in LA) 7/22

June 30, 2023

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Summer is officially in session, which means that the Edinburgh Fringe Festival is just around the corner. While it’s always enticing to take up an opportunity to watch as many of hundreds upon hundreds of shows, most of us don’t have the money to fly to Scotland, find a place to crash for a month, and THEN pay to see shows. At least performers have a shot to make some money maybe (though, more realistically, hoping to break even).

That’s why The Elysian Theater’s annual tradition of putting a whole day of their favorite LA comedy folks that are bound for the Edinburgh Fringe and presenting their shows back-to-back-to-back-to-back.

This particular Edinburgh Fringe Preview Day at The Elysian will run through 8 shows from 12:20PM to 11PM on Sat. Jul. 22nd. We’ve actually seen most of these shows already and tell you that it would be worth your night to catch any of them.

On the slate are:

Sophie Santos… Is Codependent
Joy’s Bed & Breakfast w/ Jessy Morner-Ritt and Izzy Gerasole
Two Cats on a Date by Griffin Kelly
Claire Woolner: A Retrospection
Going Up w/Sara Schaefer
Greta Titelman’s Exquisite Lies
BONHEUR by Cam Gavinski

It’s so much great show without having to get airfare or room and board and it will only cost you $12-$20 per show or $60 for a day pass to watch all 8 and make it a whole day at The Elysian. Get tickets/details/more here. Do it now!

Pick of the Day: The Comedy Bureau’s Most Wanted List (in LA) 6/20

June 14, 2023

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Our Director/Founder here at TCB, Jake Kroeger, watches comedy closely like no one else. Usually perched in the back of the room at multitudes of shows a night, every night of the week, he has a preternatural sense of comedy, especially when it comes to discovering who is deserving of the label “the next big thing”.

With all that in mind, Jake is going to assemble his very favorite comedians that deserve so much shine that they should be chased by everyone (i.e. “most wanted”) for a very special curated evening of comedy at Lyric Hyperion on Tues. Jun. 20th at 7:30PM of names you should be reading in Deadline for how damn funny they all are.

This edition of The Comedy Bureau’s Most Wanted List the brilliant comedic wares of

Best Actress (most wanted for their precision in high difficulty absurdity)

Curtis Cook (most wanted for his uncanny ability to distill the intersection of difficult subject matter into hysterical human stories)

Roz Hernandez (most wanted for her indomitable style, both with delivering a sharply written bit and colorful style)

Jessy Morner-Ritt (most wanted for her comedic verve that balances joy and ridiculous abandon)

Milan Patel (most wanted for seeing the comedic minutia in some of the most outrageous events in human history)

MK Paulsen (most wanted for being able to deliver more punchlines and tags than a multi-cam sitcom and being having them all be much more clever and subversive than them too)

SEE FOR YOURSELF WHAT WE’RE SAYING BY BUYING TICKETS TO THE COMEDY BUREAU’S MOST WANTED LIST @ LYRIC HYPERION TUES. JUN. 20TH at 7:30PM RIGHT NOW (they’re only $15 right now).

Pick of the Day: Stand up and Clown (in LA) 2/7

January 28, 2022

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It is our firm belief that when the different disciplines of comedy get cross-pollinated that some of the best, most boundary pushing comedy gets made. We also believe that Chad Damiani “live directing” (or ruthlessly roasting) people attempting clown is some of the funniest things we’ve ever seen.

Stand Up and Clown will combine all of that comedy goodness into a crucible of glorious failure and celebratory stupidity. Basically, Damiani, a veteran of the clowning and improv world will do his “live directing” of great stand-up comedians trying their hand at clown.

This first edition has a bunch of wondrous LA comedians that we can’t wait to see under Chad’s gun including:

Babs Gray
Morgan Jay
Christina Catherine Martinez
Kyle Mizono
Jessy Morner-Ritt
Ify Nwadiwe
Anna Seregina
Ahamed Weinberg

This inaugural Stand Up and Clown will happen at The Elysian on Mon. Feb. 7th at 9:30PM PT. Tickets are $12 right now and you really ought to get your tickets ASAP here.

Pick of the Day: Ladies Who Ranch (in LA) 2/8 & 2/12

January 20, 2022

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The beloved all around NYC comedy troupe known as Ladies Who Ranch are finally making their way back to LA. That’s Sophie Zucker, Maya Sharma, Kelly Cooper, Caitlin Dullea, and Caroline Yost that do bits, sketches, improv, and more and are bringing their wonderfully rambunctious comedic talents to The Elysian for two special nights in February.

Specifically, they’ll being doing a “bit” show on Tues. Feb. 8th at 8:30PM PT (w/Jessy Morner-Ritt and Mitra Jouhari opening) and a full on proper sketch show on Sat. Feb. 12th at 9:30PM PT (w/Robby Hoffman opening). Both nights ought to be an extra special evening of sublime ridiculousness and you really ought to not miss it. Tickets for either show are $16 and you can (and very much should) get them at elysiantheater.com.