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Pick of the Day 5/5/25: The Frogtown Show 9th Anniversary 5/10
May 5, 2025
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Nothing quite like an anniversary for a wondrous monthly show to remind you of the illusory passage of time, right?

The Frogtown Show has been going strong for 9 years as monthly comedy institution, which means surviving the pandemic and the aftermath of it as well as those historic fires in January. Emily Maya Mills, Erin Lennox, and Jared Goldstein are still at the helm of this fixture at one of LA’s treasured watering holes/gastropubs/bike shops/coffee shops, the pretty much magical gem that is Spoke Bicycle Cafe.

To mark the occasion, The Frogtown Show’s 9 Year Anniversary show will have a truly marvelous line-up of LA comedy stalwarts across many generations including Andy Kindler, Rachel Kaly, Curtis Cook, Brooks Wheelan, and Lorena Russi.

All they ask for is a $10 suggested donation! Have a lovely Saturday night by the beautiful part of the LA River and catch the 9th Anniversary of The Frogtown Show (and keep coming back every 2nd Saturday).

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 231: Joel Mandelkorn & The Centers of a Comedy Scene
September 4, 2024
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Longtime LA comedy stalwart/producer extraordinaire Joel Mandelkorn returns to the TCB Field Report as one of the marquee show he produces, Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen, is coming to a close. We talk with Joel at length at what makes the center of a comedy scene, what that has been in the past, and what to look for going forward in trying to find that hub of comedy connective tissue going forward.

Follow Joel @cleftclips and @hottub_show on IG.

Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and Jake Kroeger

Pick of the Day: Don’t Tell Tapings (in LA) 8/23 & 8/24
August 21, 2024
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Despite the nature of the name of Don’t Tell Comedy, it’s no secret that they have shaken things up in being a force to be reckoned with in the live comedy game. In fact, that’s so much the case, that not only is Don’t Tell a credit that many comedians boast as a credit, but is a goal for many a comedian coming up to attain as does put you on a comedy map right now.

With that in mind, you might want to catch the very next batch of Don’t Tell anointed comedians (and no, we don’t know who it is), doing exclusive sets to be taped in LA for Don’t Tell‘s very popular YouTube Channel.

These latest tapings, are set for this Friday, 8/23, in West LA and Saturday, 8/24, in Manhattan Beach area with both nights having 7PM & 9:15PM shows (shout out to westsiders who often feel left out of what’s going on in Silverlake and Highland Park).

Tickets are $30 and you can (and should) go snag ’em here.

Pick of the Day: Ester Steinberg LIVE RECORDING (near LA) 3/23
February 29, 2024
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Many attempts were made at making comedy specials when we were in the thick of pandemic times and, we’d say, very few were successful (especially the ones that were done outside and socially distanced). It takes a special grade of comedian to pull off doing stand-up like that and Ester Steinberg is one such rare talent to pull off doing a special to folks in their cars parked outside of The Rose Bowl in Pasadena.

With that in mind, you shouldn’t pass up what she can do in appropriate comedy environment, i.e. a comedy club, which is exactly happening for her next special. Ester will be taping her latest special next month on Sat. Mar. 23rd at 7PM & 9PM at Santa Monica’s Crow Comedy Club (LA’s only comedy club with FREE parking). Tickets are only $20 and you shouldn’t miss out on Ester doing stand-up since you won’t have to stay in your car to watch her. Go get ’em here.

 

Pick of the Day: Ian Farley: Oil & Water (in LA) 2/18
February 14, 2024
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While clowning is still a burgeoning scene here in LA, it very clearly has its stars (you’ve probably seen Natalie Palamides in something at this point).

As with any artistic scene, there are those next in line, those who have been upping and coming for quite some time and are, frankly, due for their time in the limelight.

Ian Farley is one such figure who is so devilishly good at clowning and, in particular, brilliant at wringing every single iota of a laugh out a bit. As such, you really ought to not miss when he puts on his solo show, a collection of painstakingly crafted characters, wonderfully called Oil & Water at The Lyric Hyperion this Sun. Feb. 18th at 9:30PM.

Tickets are only $12 and, honestly, it’s worth so much more than that. Go get ’em here.

Pick of the Day: Clean Eats (in LA) 12/29
December 27, 2023
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If you’ve bore witness to clowning in LA over the last several years, you might have seen some of the most hysterical absurd performances that hinged on a celebrating the human experience (often via embracing failure in the face of the impossible). Also, if you’ve seen that, you’ve probably seen your fair share of nudity, things being stuck in several different holes, and other not so G, PG, or PG-13 rated things.

So, for one night, we are (yes, our very own Jake Kroeger is involved in devising this) challenging some of these oft-raunchy LA clowns to be innocent and not resort to ditching clothing or their “normal” and very funny graphic acts (and still funny for adults like Pixar does). Thanks to the clowning expertise of Natasha Mercado, she’ll live direct and make sure everything is family friendly, but not in the cheesy, corny, stereotypical “family friendly” way.

This Friday isn’t a school night, so take the whole family out (or see if they’ll be able to not go blue) for a clowning journey unlike any other aat 9:30PM at Lyric Hyperion, especially since it’ll be G-rated as all H-E-Double-Hockeysticks. Tickets are $15 right now and you best go get them here.

Pick of the Day: Billy Wayne Davis (in LA) 11/28
November 9, 2023
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While the Southern drawl might be thick, the comedy of Billy Wayne Davis is one of finesse, nuance, and some of the sharpest wit and writing out in comedy today. Only a voice like Davis can draw multiple applause breaks out of a phrase like “snake church” and, for that amidst many other golden facets of his comedy, he should be seen at every available opportunity.

Lucky for Angelenos that he’s doing an entire hour at the beautiful intimate space that is the Lyric Hyperion on Tues. Nov. 28th at 9:30PM. It’s the rare opportunity to see someone in LA do a full hour as well as see someone of the caliber of Billy Wayne Davis (one of a literal handful of comedians to ever record at Jack White’s prestigious Third Man Records) headline in town.

Tickets are only $15 and you can (and should) go get tickets here.

Pick of the Day: The Give Back-Ular Spectacular (in LA) 10/25
October 12, 2023
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You ought to know that only the WGA Strike is over and the resolve of SAG-AFTRA remains strong as they near 100 days of their very own strike, which very well may happen as negotiations fell apart this week.

With that in mind, it’s crucial to keep in mind that so many essential workers to the industry are still affected since Tinseltown isn’t really quite back yet. That’s numerous folks and their families that are still hanging on by a thread since the AMPTP likes playing the attrition card (even though they ended up giving the WGA everything they wanted).

So, the gigantic star-studded variety show benefits will also continue marching on, the latest being one The Give Back-Ular Spectacular at the Orpheum on Wed. Oct. 25th at 6PM. The Union Solidarity Coalition is organizing what is an extremely stacked evening of stand-up, sketch, music, and a whole hell of a lot more.

On the bill thus far are:
Jason Alexander
Michael McKean
Jack Black
Kumail Nanjiani
Patton Oswalt
Rachel Bloom
Levar Burton
June Diane Raphael
Nicole Byer
Andrea Savage
Bryan Cranston
Paul Scheer
Lil Dicky
Dax Shepard
Lindsay Dougherty
Lily Tomlin
Julian Velard
Simon Helberg
Janelle James
Jeremy Allen White

Don’t be surprised if that’s the tip of the iceberg of the line-up.

The show will be live-streamed as well if you can’t/won’t go to DTLA that night. If you can’t make it at all, but would still like to support an Emergency Fund, you can do so here.

If you’d like to get in on this massive benefit show with tickets starting at only $37, go get them right here right now.

 

Pick of the Day: Robin Tran (in LA) 6/16
June 13, 2023
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If you’re in and around LA or NYC comedy, you ought to know that one of the trade-offs to seeing your favorite comedians perform night in and night out, often at no cost to you, is that you don’t get to seem them do longer, extended, or even headlining sets.

Suffice it to say, that you should get to see more of Robin Tran than just morsels of 10-15 minutes at a time. Tran’s brilliant satirical humor about trans and Asian-American identity as well as the general absurdity she’s surrounded by everyday has made her stand out in the LA comedy scene for years now, deserving of a stage that will give her the canvas of an hour to deliver her jokes.

Fortunately, for us all, Robin will be headlining Dynasty Typewriter this Fri. at 10:30PM and it’s something you truly shouldn’t miss. Tickets are $20 and you better get them here before they sell out.

 

Pick of the Day: Bob Baker Day (in LA) 4/30
April 10, 2023
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If you’re in LA, you can clearly see we’re to our regularly scheduled programming of sunshine. So, with that in mind, you ought to look forward to one of the few family friendly things that we shout out here at TCB, the legendary Bob Baker Theater‘s Bob Baker Day, done annually at the gorgeous LA State Historic Park.

Every year, it’s an outdoor carnival filled with games, music, and, of course, puppets/marionettes. There’s always a very special line-up of very special guests and you’ll be thrilled to know that is still very much free to attend. Bob Baker Day runs from 10AM-5PM and is slated for Sun. Apr. 30th at, again, LA State Historic Park (located right next to Chinatown, just North of DTLA).

Get more details and updates at bobbakerday.com.

Pick of the Day: Comedy Central Stand-Up Featuring Taping (in LA) 4/24
April 7, 2023
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Comedy Central is doing another round of what makes up the majority of their stand-up these days, “Comedy Central Stand-Up Featuring” (Premium Blend for Gen-Xers) and handpicking from the LA scene the folks that they like to highlight for about 10 minutes or so on YouTube.

Of course, by the very nature of this post, you can get the special in on seeing these sets of who Comedy Central thinks is next and see it in person. This latest edition of Comedy Central Stand-Up Featuring is slated for Mon. Apr. 24th at Club Los Globos in Silverlake with an early and late show.

The choice line-ups are as follows:

7PM PT: Meredith Casey, Craig Conant, Sean Jordan, Laura Peek, Brodie Reed, Henry Sir, & Saul Trujillo

9:30PM PT: Dylan Adler, Carmen Morales, Jason Cheny, Alex Hooper, Abe Farrelly, Greg Santos, Kylie Vincent, & Chloé Hillard

In addition to the show being free (so long as you RSVP), CC is picking up two drinks for you (so long as it’s well/beer/wine).

Monday doesn’t get much better than that. RSVP before it sells out here.

 

Pick of the Day: April Fools: A Benefit (in LA) 4/1
March 27, 2023
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Though April Fools’ Day has largely been tarnished by corporations trying to live up to their legal status as “people”, not all is lost for what should be comedy’s day of the year.

Kurt Braunohler, along with The Elysian Theater, is throwing a very special, very stacked evening of stand-up in support of Glenfeliz Elementary School. There won’t be any pranks (and telling you that there would be here would ruin it, no?), but you’ll get a night of LA comedy’s best including Sabrina Jalees, Rory Scovel, Beth Stelling, Chris Estrada, and Cristela Alonzo.

This April Fools benefit show for Glenfeliz Elementary is set for April Fools Day at 7:30PM PT with tickets going for $25 a pop. Please go get your tickets here.

Pick of the Day: Why Won’t You Date Me? Live w/ Nicole Byer (in LA) 4/5
March 2, 2023
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One of the best podcasts about dating, comedy or otherwise, is Nicole Byer’s Why Won’t You Date Me? Sparked from Byer hunting down the truth of why past hook-ups wouldn’t date her, the podcast has evolved over the years into an expansive and candid look into the entire spectrum of dating, inclusive of all genders and sexual/relationship identities. Oh yeah, Byer also just happens to be one of the funniest people around today, which is why this one of an entire empire of podcasts that Byer hosts.

Nicole will be doing a very special live edition of Why Won’t You Date Me? at The Elysian come Wed. Apr. 5th at 7:30PM. Tickets are $35, but they ought to be worth more. Go get them before they sell out here.

 

Pick of the Day: The Adventures of Sleepyhead (A Kid-Friendly Play) (in LA) 3/17-3/19
February 24, 2023
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It’s not often that we recommend transparently family friendly shows here, because, well, ones of true quality are quite rare. That’s not to say that don’t happen and The Bob Baker Marionette Theater is proof positive of that.

Also, there’s a new play coming from internationally acclaimed, brilliant clown Gemma Soldati that will be for kidd-oes and grown-ups alike called The Adventures of Sleepyhead next month. If there’s someone that can pull off that tricky balance of truly, deeply entertaining audiences inclusive of all ages, it would be the adept clowning instincts of Gemma. This play will dive into, with the audience very much being part of the experience, into where imagination comes from (almost sounds like it could be a Pixar movie?) and it will undoubtedly be a delight to see Soldati play with kids and their parents throughout the hour.

The Adventures of Sleepyhead is set to play at The Elysian on Fri. Mar. 17th at 7:30PM, then Sat. Mar. 18th & Sun. Mar. 19th at 2PM. Tickets are only $10 a pop and you ought to go get them here.

Pick of the Day: Amelie + Valentine’s Ball (in LA) 2/14
January 31, 2023
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Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and, for the most part, pretty unavoidable. If you’ve got someone in your life that you’d like to do something with that particular day and they happen to be a big cinephile, you might find that most screenings of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Amelie are sold out around town.

Luckily, Cinespia has you covered as they’re taking over the massive Los Angeles Theatre in DTLA to have a very special Valentine’s Day screening of the enduringly charming, whimsical, humorous modern classic that is Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Amelie from over 20 years ago. Not only will there be a exclusive Valentine’s screening of Amelie, but there will be a free photobooth, live music, and dance party.

All you got to do is snag tickets at $44 here and make sure you wear formal attire (or dress kind of like you’re in Amelie?)

Pick of the Day: The Ledge Theatre Grand Opening @ Impro Studio (in LA) 1/6
January 4, 2023
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Throughout 2022 in LA, you might have come across mention of The Ledge Theatre while perusing the calendars of Lyric Hyperion, Pack Theater, and Skiptown Playhouse. For the unfamiliar, The Ledge is a theatre collective wholly dedicated to diversity and inclusion, especially when it comes to sketch and improv comedy. They have hopped around to the three aforementioned venues.

Starting this Friday, The Ledge will have a new home in conjunction with The Impro Theatre, a long standing black box on the second floor of a Los Feliz strip mall that we’re thankful for surviving through the pandemic. To kick things off, they’re having a Grand Opening show on Fri. Jan. 6th at 7PM featuring performances from:

JUST LIKE WATER
Just Like Water does the monoscene! One location, no cuts, no edits, just improv. Just like Water. Featuring @michellethevoice , @karenbaughn , @itsmiaschauffler , @artouncartoon , @burncoryburn , @androssthegreat and @thedjrouse .

KoKo
KoKo is a 2 person improv troupe that includes @teruko_teru & @bilekoazizawissajr Teru and Bileko met in the improv circuit at Westside comedy and Teru noticed “hey your name has a ‘Ko’ just like my name” Hence that’s where the name comes from. The improv form that “Ko-Ko” does is an Armando style, based on original characters, objects, and just plan on fun! Ko-Ko plans on becoming a name in the improv community!

POWER SAUCE
Power Sauce (@gillikis , and @nativi_rad ) will regale you with a novel yet timeless tale by stirring up a serving of some good ol’ fashioned long-form improv. Just toss in a suggestion, sit back, and behold the Power of Sauce!

BREAD
BREAD is a Los Angeles based improv team made up of queer people of color. Laugh your gluteus (glutenous?) maximus off with BREAD! Featuring: @msadriansnow , @jesse_is_awesome , @mikiannmaddox , @thetonyrodrig , @ericchadho , @melizardpeng and @elisaxfilm .

Landry & Summers
Since 1986 @landrysummerscomedy (@shaunlandry1 and Hans Summers) have been Improvisational and Sketch Theatre. Shaun started The Ledge. Hans watches and helps shaun run The Ledge.

Tickets are only $15 and you can (and should) get them here.

The Ice House Is (Probably) Reopening in Early February
December 23, 2022
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(via Pasadena Now)

At this point, nearly every single comedy venue in LA and NYC that was going to reopen after lockdown from COVID-19 was lifted has returned to doing business in our “new normal”. In fact, The Ice House in Pasadena, LA’s oldest comedy club, is an intriguing case and exception as they closed to renovate in 2019, got caught by quarantine and COVID-19 lockdown, then had to go finish up their renovations (further prolonged by the fact that LA county does not make getting through building permits and construction easy or fast whatsoever).

That said, the wait looks to be over as claimed in a Pasadena Now interview with current Ice House owner Johnny Buss (yes, he’s the son of Dr. Jerry Buss). The legendary comedy club is still finishing up construction, but will likely be done in January and then take a few weeks to train up staff for a project Feb. 9th opening. When the doors swing back open, look for the bathrooms, the bar, and the patio to all be expanded, a fresh new look for both show rooms, and a much needed spot for open mics in Pasadena.

The reopening of The Ice House will be the final reopening of a comedy club in LA, which we’re thankful to hear that will put a cap on any sort of comedy venue in LA not surviving from 2019.

Pick of the Day: The 10 Year Anniversary of the 2012 Apocalypse (in LA) 12/21
December 12, 2022
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Pulling the curtain back here a bit, we’re not huge fans of the holiday seasons. The non-stop mandatory cheer and the slowing down of all things doesn’t sit with us well and makes December more of a month to get through.

Thus, something called “The 10 Year Anniversary of the 2012 Apocalypse” is much more our vibe and thankfully that’s both an actual thing that’s happening and it’s just a very jam packed variety show/party full of great LA indie comedy, music, puppets, last-kiss-of-your-life kissing booth, etc.

Joining in for all our send off will be:

Aubrielle Hvollboll
David Yo-yos
Matthew Goldin and Jay Weingarten
Reshma Meister
Jamie Loftus
Girl God
The Odd Advantage
X-Acto
Eli Farmer
Reshma Meister
Chad Damiani
Emily Browning
Nicole Neighbors

And what a fun early bird price for tickets, $6.66.

The 10 Year Anniversary of the 2012 Apocalypse is set to get going on Wed. Dec. 21st at 8PM at El Cid in Silverlake. Go get your tickets here and get ready for an end to all of this chaos (mostly just the holiday season and not really the world/planet/all life), finally.

Pick of the Day: Bad Play (in LA) 12/3 & 12/10
November 14, 2022
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It has always struck us as strange that theatrical comedy, comedy stage plays, etc. seem to be distinctly separated from the rest of live comedy (stand-up, improv, sketch, clowning, etc.). The whole goal is to make the audience laugh for a period of time and yet, very rarely does a full length comedic play find its way to the likes of a comedy theater.

Thankfully, that seems to be changing as many comedy folks are coming out of the pandemic wanting to try all sorts of different things in comedy. Enter in Bad Play, a very sarcastic “love letter” to American theater that’s every bit of sharp as sketch comedy, but being so for the entirety of a full play. The cast and writers Brad Beideman, Brian Fitzgerald, Lyndsey Kempf, Eli Lutsky do a brilliant job playing up tropes and themes of so many productions that carry their own Playbill and you don’t have to have a subscription to the Pantages to have gotten all of the jokes.

Perhaps, this will end up being the bridge between all these different disciplines in comedy that we’ve been quietly hoping for? Bad Play is certainly funny enough to take on the task.

It’s unabashedly absurd fun and you really ought to not miss such a rare gem playing its next two engagements at the Yard Theater next month, Saturday Dec. 3rd and Dec. 10th at 9PM. Tickets are $10 and we highly suggest you snag them right now right 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.

 

We’re Doing a Nice Lil’ Storytelling Show at the End of the Month
August 18, 2022
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There used to be a very healthy stable of comedy forward storytelling shows in LA and that has yet to come back to the sort of frequency that it had in 2019. So, we’re kinda manifesting that in a storytelling show we’re putting at the ultra-cool gift shop that is New Profanity in WeHo.

Called Other Day Stories, our very own Jake Kroeger will host and present tales from LA’s very best including Nori Reed, Ever Mainard, Will Hines, and Jackie Kashian.

This very first Other Day Stories will happen on Tues. Aug. 30th @ 7:30PM (Doors 7PM) at New Profanity. Tickets are $10 and you really ought to go get them here right now.

Pick of the Day: Good Heroin with Lindsay Adams and Rob Haze (in LA) 7/16
July 15, 2022
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Good Heroin is and has been one of the very best weekly stand-up shows in LA for a very long time. Saturdays at the back patio of Stories has been a destination for comedy fans far and wide as well as those Eastside denizens looking for a splendid evening without having to go too far.

For a good run of the show’s history as a LA comedy staple, it was dutifully hosted by Dave Ross and Matt Ingebretson. When Ingebretson got swept away in the wonderfully dark Corporate on Comedy Central, which he co-created and co-starred in, Dave took on hosting duties solely. In the past several months, Dave has been bi-coastal and sharing hosting duties and the mantle to Good Heroin with LA comedy’s favorite reformed mean girl, Lindsay Adams.

Since Dave has made an official move to NYC, he has officially handed off and kept the Good Heroin name alive with faith placed in its two new co-hosting duo, the aforementioned Lindsay Adams and LA transplant and one of comedy’s most clever minds, Rob Haze. This coming Saturday, Jul. 16th marks Lindsay and Rob’s first Good Heroin (where Rob wasn’t kept as a secret to be revealed) and a start to new era of one of LA’s comedy cornerstone shows.

So, if it being great, free stand-up (w/Jackie Kashian, Jenny Zigrino, Nori Reed, Morgan Jay, Michelle Biloon, Rob Smallwood for 7/16) on a Saturday night at 8 wasn’t enough for you to come down to 1716 Sunset Blvd., we hope this historical moment will be enough to convince you to go (and subsequently keep coming back) to Good Heroin.

Pick of the Day: Sabrina Jalees & Friends in Support of National Network of Abortion Funds (in LA) 7/19
June 30, 2022
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It’s quite simple. It’s a grand line-up of comedy here in LA featuring the likes of Mae Martin, Nori Reed, Naomi Ekperigin, Solomon Georgio, Joel Kim Booster, and host Sabrina Jalees and one of the bigger tickets that has its proceeds going to abortion access.

Specifically, Sabrina and company will be performing in support of the National Network of Abortion Funds that will provide whatever they can to women who will be losing access to legal and safe abortions in the way-too-near future. This crucial show is happening on Tues. Jul. 19th at 8:30PM PT and one of LA comedy’s crown jewels, Largo at the Coronet Theatre.

Tickets are $46 (and that’s plenty going to NNAF) and you really need to go get your tickets here.

The Elysian Is Throwing Its First Festival (and Is Now Taking Submissions)
June 3, 2022
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In under a year’s time, The Elysian has made waves in the LA comedy scene and has become a hub for so many weird and wonderful folks that were scattered to the many winds of comedy when 2020 reared its grotesque head.

Now, they’re making another big mark on the scene by throwing their very own festival that will specifically “serve as a springboard for underrepresented creators and unusual work.” The Elysian’s First Festival will happen over ten nights from Oct. 20th-30th and is really open to lots of wild ideas, even if they’re not strictly comedy.

If you get picked, you’ll get a very nice neat package to help you develop the sweet idea you had for the festival including:

– A night at the Elysian
– A $500 production stipend
– Creative development support through a mentor from the Elysian community
– Promotional support, including headshots, graphic design support, and a professional recording of your show
– Tech support, including a full three hour tech rehearsal
– Free admission to the other shows in the festival
– Some kinda Fest swag

The deadline is Mon. Jun. 20th at midnight PT and you can potentially be part of the Elysian’s First Festival by submitting here.

Pick of the Day: Performance Anxiety (in LA) 4/26
April 21, 2022
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LA has had a penchant for doing comedy shows in odd places for decades, long before any sort of pandemic reached the county line.

One of those spots was the famed adult toy store, The Pleasure Chest, that featured the bi-weekly delight known as Performance Anxiety, hosted by Eli Olsberg. The last Performance Anxiety that was on the books was on Mar. 10, 2020 and it has been so long since that time that we forgot to see if it might even come back or if there would ever be anything to happen live and in person back at The Pleasure Chest.

Thankfully, it’s another thing that is confidently coming back to this side of the pandemic on Tues. Apr. 26th at 8PM PT (with the same nice price that they had in 2020, $7) and the same sort of fantastic line-up of comics surrounded by a bunch of sex toys and accessories.

This very first post-lockdown Performance Anxiety will feature the likes of Adam Conover, Joe Mande, River Butcher, Blair Socci, Hampton Yount, Dana Donnelly, and Subhah Agarwal.

Go get your tickets right now right here for one of the kinkier comedy shows that you’ll ever go to.

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