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June 27, 2019

comedy shows, lgbtq, los angeles, put your hands together, stand up comedy

Over 6.5 years, Put Your Hands Together has been a regularly sold out stand-up show, an award winning podcast, and one of the best inclusive spaces for stand-up in LA.

Hosts Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher along with the producing team of Ryan McMenamin and Hannah Settle continued to uphold the primetime Tues. night slot for stand-up at UCB Franklin. Before them, Comedy Bang! Bang! had their amazing run in that time slot, then faithfully passed the torch to PYHT.

Announced yesterday, Put Your Hands Together will be ending their wonderful run at the end of this July. Cameron will be hosting on July 9th & 16th (tickets on sale now) and Rhea will be hosting on the 23rd and 30th (follow @pyhtshow to see when they go on sale).

Do not miss your chance, truly, to see and end of an era.

June 26, 2019

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atwater village, comedy show, experimental comedy, los angeles

Underbelly, your favorite stand-ups-doing-anything-but-stand-up-comedy show is back.

For years, this show and hosts Chris Garcia and Ryan Singer have hopped from venue to venue bringing their comedic and mystical delights in the form of characters, songs, experiments, etc. all to bring the cutting edge in comedy with many of the city’s best.

So, this Saturday at Cahmadee Club (basement of Oeno Vino), another Underbelly will happen with:

Blair Socci
Maggie Maye
Anna Seregina
Greg Edwards
Alex Stone & Adam Dubowsky
plus Drennon Davis and Mike Nissen!!

Oh yeah, admission is FREE! Get more details, RSVP, etc. here.

Adult Swim Festival Announces 2019 Line-Up

June 25, 2019

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adult swim festival, banc of california stadium, comedy music festival, eric andre show, exposition park, los angeles, rick and morty season 4

On top of having cutting edge music, comedy, and art, this year’s Adult Swim Festival will be at the Banc of California Stadium at Exposition Park (near USC) (instead of an outdoor mall near Skid Row) on Fri. & Sat. Nov. 15th & 16th.

For our money, a live Eric Andre Show, exclusive Rick & Morty season 4 screening, Three Busy Debras, Jena Friedman, Joe Pera, Sarah Squirm, Wham City, and Conner O’Malley is a pretty great deal.

All the early bird tickets are sold out, so you can get a one day pass for $49 or two-day for $95. Or, if you want exclusive service, entry, all the free swag, open bar, and private bathrooms, you can drop a cool $900 on a Prestige Plus 2 Day Pass.

Go to http://adultswimfestival.com/ for more details.

“Other Show” Line-Ups for DCM 21

June 25, 2019

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dcm 21, del close marathon, hollywood, improv comedy, los angeles, other shows

A big part of the Del Close Marathon, set for this weekend, is the shows that happen in the late, late night, the early, early morning, and the normal morning. Dubbed the “Other Shows”, it features some more of the experimental forms in long form improv or just comedic experiments in general.

Some that you should watch out for in DCM 21 include:

Matt Besser’s Hootenany Sing-A-Long Improv Comedy Experiment
Carl Tart on a Hoverboard
Stop Matt Apodaca From Doing Comedy
Pass That Blunt Attempts a 15 Minute High Harold
Three Princes Presents: The Wildest Nastiest Pretty Fucking Flower
Jacob Wysocki Sells His Shit
New Zealand’s #1 Improv Troupe
Bad Guitar Solos
Anything Can Be A Black Mirror Episode

The full “Other Shows” schedule are below. To get the full DCM 21 schedule, go here, and to get tickets/passes here. By the way, passes for “Other Shows” are only $12 for one day and $20 for the weekend.

June 24, 2019

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andres du bouchet, comedy show, conan, dan cronin, jose arroyo, laurie kilmartin, levi macdougall, los angeles, stand up, team coco

Peacock has already been off-to-the-races in terms of putting on a great weekly Thursday stand-up show in the heart of Atwater Village.

This Thursday is very special as you can see that the writers of Conan are assembling on to one show WITH Conan sidekick and announcer, the one and only Andy Richter hosting. Did we mention that it’s only a $5 suggested donation to attend? OK, we mentioned it now. So, make a reminder on your phone for #TeamPeacock (or PeaCoco?) at Club Tee Gee this Thurs. 6/27.

June 20, 2019

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comedy show, dramedy, fiona landers, funeral boquet, los angeles, musical, silverlake, solo show

Damn.

We saw Fiona Landers’ Funeral Bouquet show not really knowing what to expect (outside of a loosely dark comedic solo show as the show’s title suggests).

What we saw was a wallop of an autobiographical musical that exquisitely leaves it all, and we mean all, on the stage. It exceeded our expectations being more enthralling, darker, and funnier than we had kind of anticipated. Truly, Fiona’s stories accompanied by deftly constructed songs that touch on cancer, death, and rape cover the range of being so damn funny to being so damn heartbreaking (all in the best way possible). In so many ways, Funeral Bouquet shows how amazing and unforgettable a solo show can potentially be.

The next performance of Funeral Bouquet will be Mon., July 15th at 10PM at Lyric Hyperion. Tickets are $10. Please go get them here.

June 19, 2019

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all black female, black herstory, comedy show, dj zuri, felicia folkes, janelle james, jil chrissie, katrina davis, kristal adams, los angeles, stand up comedy

It may be redundant to say as this show is being presented by D.O.P.E., but if you want to see a dope all black female showcase, look no further than next week’s Black Herstory at the Virgil.

With a line-up that hails from across the country (with some of our personal favorites), this evening, hosted by Charla Lauriston, will be an unforgettable night of black girl magic comedy that should be the thing you’re doing next Saturday night.

Go get your tickets right here right now.

Here’s the Del Close Marathon 21 Schedule

June 12, 2019

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comedy festival, dcm21, del close marathon, improv comedy, long form improv, los angeles, ucb, upright citizens brigade

Del Close Marathon, the long running 55 hour long form improv marathon has its schedule up and running, though, as you can see, this seems to be just the sort-of primetime slots (DCM goes non-stop the entire weekend in case you didn’t know).

There are plenty of the mainstay and big time shows (ASSSSCAT, Hebecky Drysbell, UCBTNY All Stars) from here in LA and some from NYC (as well other teams from elsewhere in the country) and then something called “Other Show”, which, we’re assuming will be a whirlwind of dozens upon dozens of teams performing in the wee hours of the morning and the actual morning.

We currently don’t have the details and line-ups for those time slots, but we’ll let you know as soon as we do. You can count on those 1AM-1PM slots being a fast, furious blur of improv from teams big, small, weird, weirder, and otherwise.

Get more details, tickets/passes, and more about DCM 21, tickets/passes here.

June 12, 2019

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comedy show, forever dog, live podcast, los angeles, podcast, silverlake, storytelling

Don Fanelli’s acclaimed podcast, The Need to Fail, is coming up on its 100th episode and, to mark the occasion, will be taping a humdinger of a live ep. at Lyric Hyperion this Friday with two, count ‘em, two stellar guests, Casey Wilson and Bobby Moynihan.

Of course, the podcast follows closely to the title as Fanelli’s guests share the the low points in the career, their failures that preceded the plethora of success they currently have. Without a doubt, you’ll want to hear what Wilson and Moynihan went through to get where they are now.

Tickets are $10 and you can (and should) get them here.

June 11, 2019

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character comedy, comedy show, ed larson, free comedy, henry zebrowski, hollywood, los angeles, murderfist, stand up comedy

Legendary cult sketch group Murderfist (please get acquainted with them if you’re not already) now have a classy, very classy monthly show at the Pack Theater!

Every 2nd Wednesday of the month, Murderfist’s very own Henry Zebrowski and Ed Larson will be dressed to the nines doing their own very “classy” bits along with a secret line-up of their favorite stand-ups. It’s a damn good, damn classy time (and maybe dress up if you go).

Whether you’re a fan of Last Podcast on the Left, The Brighter Side, etc., you really need to clear out your your calendar for this.

The next Murderfist Presents: Classy Night Out is this Wednesday, again, at The Pack Theater at 9:30PM. Admission, like all Pack Theater shows, is Pay What You Can. Pretty nice, right?

Get more details here.

June 5, 2019

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alice wetterlund, aparna nancherla, atsuko okatsuka, beth stelling, blair socci, caitlin peluffo, charla lauriston, eliza skinner, hollywood fringe festival, jamie lee, jc coccoli, los angeles, marcella arguello, natalie palamides, stand up comedy, women in comedy

It’s pretty clear as far as we can see: many of the best comedians in town will gather for an all female June every Friday at Sauce @ DeSano Pizza for the cleverly coined Pizza Coven.

Just like at that exquisite line-up that includes many of our personal favorites, folks who have been killing it on TV for years, legitimate nationally touring headliners, and more over the next four weeks and you’ll know that your Fridays should be spent at one of the best pizza joints in LA.

So, reserve your tickets here for a Pizza Coven already.

June 4, 2019

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comedy show, day clown cried, gritty reboot, hollywood, los angeles, pack theater, sketch comedy

One of the most infamous works in comedy is Jerry Lewis’ The Day the Clown Cried, a film about a, if you didn’t know already, a clown-Holocaust-dramedy that Lewis tried to keep hidden for decades.

Gritty Reboot, the amazing monthly Pack Theater show that does gritty takes on IPs that are usually family friendly (Yogi Bear, Full House, etc.) will take this month to do a special live table read of an abridged version The Day the Clown Cried’s screenplay. Since the full film has yet to be released, this is your next best shot at seeing what unholy mess the movie really is.

So, make this your Friday night (especially as, like all Pack shows, admission is Pay What You Can). Get more details here.

May 31, 2019

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atwater village, dynasty handbag, experimental comedy, frogtown, kate berlant, los angeles, performance art, silverlake, variety show, weirdo night, zebulon

At one of LA’s hippest venues Zebulon, performance artist/comedian Dynasty Handbag has been curating a hosting one of their, in our opinion, marquee nights with Weirdo Night! for two years (though it has been running a bit longer than that around town).

This transformative and hilarious evening collects all sorts of performers that are in or adjacent to comedy, bringing in a wonderfully bizarre collection of multi-disciplinary performers, magical musicians, and all other artists that defy categorization in a great way.

For their 2 Yr. Zebulon Anniversary this Sunday, they’ve got a line-up of Kate Berlant, Malik Gaines, Amelia Bande, Charles Galin, and, of course, Dynasty Handbag (Jibz Cameron).

Tickets are $15 and you can go get them right now right here.

May 29, 2019

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experimental comedy, los angeles, lyric hyperion, musical, musical comedy, silverlake, swingers

So, on one level, you have a musical adaptation of Swingers, which would be pretty fun with the right folks. Then, there’s this other level where said musical is done from memory and nothing else by Nick Thorburn and Jason Tippet. On the third level, there’s an amazing cast to do said memory-based-Swingers-musical with Steve Little, Josh Fadem, Jamie Loftus, Fat Tony, Carlen Altman, Donny Divanian, Anna Seregina, Kyle Mizono, Zora Bikangaga, Shane Carpenter, and Susan Berger.

You get all of this meta-nostalgia-musical in one package with Swingers From Memory, which is playing this Friday and Saturday at the Lyric Hyperion. You’ve probably already said it in your head about this, but, just in case you haven’t, this looks money.

Go get your tickets here.

We Cordially Invite You to Our Latest Most Wanted List, Sunday June 30th at The Satellite

May 25, 2019

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billy wayne davis, carl tart, characters, cholo fit, comedy show, frankie quinones, improv, james austin johnson, los angeles, silverlake, sketch comedy, stand up, what to do, wild improv

It’s about time we put on another show.

So, we’re doing another gathering of our favorite comedy folks from every corner of comedy for another edition of our Most Wanted List on June 30th at Silverlake landmark, The Satellite.

As mentioned above, you’re cordially invited.

Scheduled to appear:
Frankie Quinones
Billy Wayne Davis
Wild Improv
Carl Tart
James Austin Johnson (host)
TCB’s own Jake Kroeger

Tickets are only $8 and you really ought to snag up quick here.

May 24, 2019

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clown, comedy play, comedy show, experimental comedy, fringe festival, hollywood fringe festival, los angeles, the living room

The Living Room is a wild, thoughtful, thought-provoking, and touching comedic journey through, of all things, grief and loss. Amrita Dhaliwal and Gemma Soldati who created and star in the show do a beautiful job of realizing and expressing the process of mourning through absurd vignettes and involving the audience in “the living room”. It has been transformative and hilarious every time we’ve seen it.

The Living Room is about to have a run at the upcoming Hollywood Fringe Festival at the Theatre of NOTE in Hollywood. Tickets are $15 and dates are below.

Sun. Jun. 9th 5PM
Thu. Jun. 13th 8PM
Wed. Jun. 19th 10PM
Fri. Jun. 21st 9PM
Sun. Jun. 23rd 3PM
Thu. Jun. 27th 9PM

Go snag your tickets here.

May 23, 2019

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hollywood improv, los angeles, stand up comedy, todd glass, weho

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.

May 22, 2019

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butt, clark jones, comedy show, danny palumbo, debate show, debra digiovanni, experimental comedy, jamie loftus, kyle ayers, lindsay adams, los angeles, lyric hyperion, megan gailey, mekki leeper, sam wiles, silverlake

This comedy debate show, Straw Men, really pushes the envelope with how hilariously childish you can get in a debate and it’s all the more brilliant for it. The catharsis you’ll get from seeing adults resort to name calling in debates over the weirdest topics is just so damn fun.

So, don’t miss this latest edition of Straw Men, which has a killer line-up as well. Go get your tickets here.

May 21, 2019

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book club, brad evans, brendan scannell, cait raft, carl tart, comedy show, cook blub, drew spears, experimental comedy, hayley hepworth, jamie loftus, los angeles, los feliz

If you both desire the superiority that comes with being a member of a book club AND also don’t want to really put in the work to actually be in a book club AND want to see a great comedy show with LA comedy’s best and brightest doing the work of a book club for you, then Drew Spears’ Cook Blub might just be for you.

For this debut at Blue Rooster Art Supplies, fantastic line-up will be breaking down Chris Kattan’s SNL memoir “Baby Don’t Hurt Me: Stories and Scars from Saturday Night Live” (you’re free to read the book or not by the way).

Also, you’ll get to be part of a book club that meets in the back of an art supplies store, so you definitely will feel intellectually superior after attending.

Go get your tickets here.

May 17, 2019

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character comedy, comedy show, los angeles, sam taggart, silverlake, stand up comedy

Hailing from Brooklyn, Sam Taggart will be gracing us once again with his clever/silly wit, verve, characters, songs (he did, after all, do a whole wonderful show about being a comic for a dance club, i.e. a “club comic”) for his new show All 4 U. Joining him will be the wondrous Joel Kim Booster and Charles Gould.

All 4 U is coming to the Lyric Hyperion on May 20th at 10PM. Tickets are $8 and you can (and should) get them here.

May 15, 2019

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album taping, atsuko okatsuka, comedy show, los angeles, macarthur park, stand up comedy, westlake

Atsuko Okatsuka (whose name we hope you’ve gotten acquainted with via Vulture’s Comedians You Should and Will Know list, her killing it on stages around town, and her recently announced development of her “woke Japanese game show” Let’s Go Atsuko) is recording a comedy album in town at Dynasty Typewriter at the end of the month.

Atsuko is definitely one of the comedians we’ve enjoyed see rise through the scene here over the years with her sharp observations, unique perspective, infectious charm.

So, please go to her album taping. Tickets are only $5 right now ($10 on day of) and you can get 7PM tickets here and 9PM tickets here.

May 14, 2019

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brendan scannell, comedy show, dave mizzoni, game show, gayme show, los angeles, matt rogers, patti harrison, silverlake

GAYME SHOW!, your favorite trivia show that challenges straights on queer culture is back in town from NYC. Dave Mizzoni and Matt Rogers will be at the helm again to see if two chosen straight male comedians can survive in various challenges designed by and for queer culture experts.

Also, guests Patti Harrison and Brendan Scannell will be aiding contestants in their quest to be Queen of the Straights.

This next GAYME SHOW! is happening on May 28th at the Satellite at 7:30PM. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at door. Go get them here.

May 13, 2019

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anthony atamanuik, comedy show, debate, highland park, james adomian, los angeles, parody, satire, trump vs bernie

Anthony Atamanuik and James Adomian, for our money, have the best Trump impression and Bernie Sanders impressions, respectively. The 2016 election cycle saw them bring their powers together to create the live show Trump vs. Bernie, which, went on a nationwide tour and got adapted for TV.

Leading up to the 2020 election, a real life match up between Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders might happen yet again, which is a great excuse to revive Trump vs. Bernie for a tour, which is exactly what’s happening.

Join Ataamnuik and Adomian at the Lodge Room in Highland Park on July 17th at 7:30PM to see Trump vs. Bernie rise yet again. Tickets are $30 and you can (and very much should) get them here.

May 9, 2019

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comedy show, desus and mero, desus nice, dtla, kid mero, los angeles, showtime

Desus and Mero are definitely on the come up in the late night world (and we would hope you’re on board at this point). Moving from Viceland to Showtime, getting bumped up to two nights for the summer, and bringing a refreshing edge to late night has gotten them much deserved praise.

They’re based out of NYC, but come August, you’ll get a chance to see the duo live at The Theatre at Ace Hotel and see what the phenoms are all about in person. Tickets just went on sale and you can (and very much should) go get them here.

May 8, 2019

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comedy musical, comedy show, experimental comedy, hollywood, les miserables, les miz and friends, los angeles, parody, satire

Lez Miz and Friends is so damn ambitious as a meta musical that viciously deconstructs the beloved, eternally running musical Les Miserables as well as work in puppets versus humans paradigm into the whole thing. It’s a tall order, but writers Nathan Makaryk and Geneviève Flati and the marvelous cast pull it off with precise abandon.

It’s such a rollicking dashing of convention that we’d wager you’d enjoy even if puppets, musicals, and Les Miserables weren’t really your thing.

Les Miz and Friends has running at the Hudson Theatre in Hollywood for the last several weeks and will be finishing their run this weekend (Fri. 8PM/Sat. 3PM & 8PM). Don’t miss your chance to catch before it leaves. Go get your tickets (they’re $32 a piece) here right now.

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