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Oh Goodness, Please Witness Meg Stalter Do a Set for HBO Max’s Human By Orientation Series

June 24, 2021

When it comes to the element of presence on stage, Meg Stalter is whirling with it in such a marvelously chaotic way that you can’t help be charmed by it. Even if Meg takes it off the rails (which she almost literally does here), her command of the audience, even to the point of directing reactions, is just so damn fun and transfixing.

Everyone is on the Meg Stalter ride as soon she takes the stage and you won’t want to get off. Stalter put all of these notions on display for HBO Max’s Human By Orientation Series that celebrates queer artists during pride and we can only hope that this leads to a more full-length special of Meg very, very soon.

Watch Meg get wild on a rooftop on DTLA for this set here.

HBO Max to Release Specials from Meg Stalter and Ashley Ray as Part of Pride 2021

June 4, 2021

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Pride 2021 or not, (Happy Pride, by the way) both Meg Stalter and Ashley Ray both deserve their own comedy specials.

You very likely have seen Stalter play a gloriously oblivious assistant on Hacks, but she has been a delightful agent of chaos on comedy stages for years (and also on her fantastic podcast, Confronting Demons). Ray has had a sharp, whip smart voice when it comes to dissecting pop culture from a black, queer lens and has also been sharing her pinpoint observations on stages all across the country for quite some time.

Now, HBO Max will have their latest specials from Meg and Ashley as part of their nod, as a network, to Pride 2021. Again, no matter the month or what we’re celebrating, we’re very much looking forward to see what both Stalter and Ray have cooked up for their very first specials in the coming weeks.

Pick of the Day: Padma Puts On a Virtual Comedy Show 12/17

We told you that there would be plenty of big time comedy benefit shows for the Georgia Runoffs and, lordy lordy, there sure are. This latest one is being put up by the one and only Padma Lakshmi that’s very explicit in this regard by being called, “Padma Puts on a Virtual Comedy Show for the Georgia Runoff Elections: An Evening to Benefit FairFight”.

Stacey Abrams’ FairFight was instrumental in registering voters and contributing to Biden’s 2020 Election win and will undoubtedly be crucial in the upcoming special Georgia Senate Runoffs.

So, they tapped Padma for a live benefit show and she, in turn, got one hell of a line-up that includes:

Hasan Minhaj, Phoebe Robinson, Sarah Silverman, Chelsea Peretti, Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon, Benito Skinner, Mike Birbiglia, John Early, Roy Wood Jr., Julio Torres, Michelle Buteau, Patton Oswalt, Aparna Nancherla, Caleb Hearon, Wanda Sykes, Joel Kim Booster, Tituss Burgess, Meg Stalter, Patti Harrison, Nikki Glaser, Ayo Edebiri, Jo Firestone, Amber Ruffin, Dulce Sloan, Naomi Ekperigin, W. Kamau Bell, Mitra Jouhari, Sydnee Washington, Marie Faustin, and Andy Cohen.

There will also be music from King Princess, Perfume Genius, Waxahatchee, Brittany Howard, Local Natives, Aloe Blacc, and Cautious Clay.

Lastly, the evening’s virtual festivities will be hosted by none other than the Las Culturistas themselves, Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang.

Reads like a festival line-up, doesn’t it? Well, we still can’t do that in person right now, but you can enjoy this gigantic Padma Puts on a Virtual Comedy Show comedy live-stream on Thurs. Dec. 17th at 6PM PT/9PM ET at youtube.com/padmalakshmi and donate to FairFight here.

Pick of the Day: Safe Housing 4 Nori Reed 9/5

August 27, 2020

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Nori Reed is a great comedian that blessed LA with her presence in moving down from SF not too long ago. She is also a trans woman who, tragically, is in need of safe housing due to being forced out earlier this month by a bigot she was living with.

So, there is a big benefit live-stream comedy show next month that aims to raise enough money to help her live and thrive in a space that she deserves. Safe Housing 4 Nori Reed will take place on Sat. Sept. 5th at 8PM PT/11PM ET and feature a terrifically stacked line-up of Kate Berlant, Patti Harrison, Naomi Ekperigin, Meg Stalter, Spike Einbinder, Sarah Squirm, Joe Castle Baker, Jes Tom, Jessica Henderson, and more TBA.

You can get more details on the show and where to donate here and in the flyer below.

Pick of the Day: Cabernet Cabaret with Catherine Cohen 8/12

August 10, 2020

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At the outset of quarantine, one of the instant live-stream hits was Cabernet Cabaret with Catherine Cohen. Her transition of her subversively whimsical weekly comedy variety show to an IG Live show was successful with a weekly audience that dwarfed the actual live-in person crowd at Club Cumming.

Cohen took a hiatus for her show over the last several weeks as the current cultural uprising took hold across the world. Now, she’s back this week and has shifted Cabernet Cabaret to YouTube. She still has another stellar line-up of Meg Stalter, Chris Murphy, Sydnee Washington, and Blair Socci, with music from Palehound for any and all in virtual attendance this Wed., Aug. 12th 5PM PT/8PM ET.

Tickets for the return of Cabernet Cabaret are $5-$10 and profits will go to supporting the performers and the show as well as the Marsha P. Johnson Institute. Go get them here.