There are still tickets available for Mike Birbiglia’s two nights at The Wilshire Ebell Theatre next week. Very few are left for Thursday, Oct. 26th and a few more are left for Wednesday, Oct. 25th.
Please get them ASAP while they’re still around here and here respectively.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
If you know anything about Austin’s Moontower Comedy Festival, it’s that they have plethoras of wondrous comedians.
Announcing Tiffany Haddish, Weird Al Yankovic, and Mike Birbiglia first on what is sure to be a massively stacked line-up ought to peak your interest.
If so, take advantage of Warrior and Satellite Badges early bird prices of $199 and $99 respectively.
Get more details, tickets, etc. here.
Mike Birbiglia’s latest stop in LA, for his “The New One” tour, will be in the gorgeous Wilshire Ebell Theatre on October 26th at 7PM. Tickets are going for $38-$48 and up for sale now.
Need we say more? Didn’t think so.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
The latest Mike Birbiglia special is now streaming on Netflix.
By now, you know the drill. Go watch, enjoy, and have a sense of calm come from an hour Mike’s finely crafted stories.
For those of you that don’t have access to Netflix, you can enjoy Mike’s tale of having dinner at Jimmy Kimmel’s house from last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Mike Birbiglia is set to serve up another hour of his masterful stand-up/storytelling on Netflix with his latest special, Thank God for Jokes.
Here’s a tiny morsel of the special that starts streaming next Tuesday, February 28th.
Mike Birbiglia is making a stop at the Irvine Improv for his Working It Out tour at the end of this month. He’s playing five shows from Thursday, February 23rd-25th. Mike’s trips to LA don’t happen that frequently, so make sure you snatch up your tickets quick here. They’re $25 with a 2 item minimum.
Actually, you could enter to win free tickets to the Friday late show here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
This is another example that shows that Mike Birbiglia has one of the best independent business models in comedy that integrates live touring, books, comedy specials, movie adaptations, etc.
Over the last few years, Birbiglia has very successfully performed, adapted, and released My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend, Sleepwalk with Me and Don’t Think Twice in various platforms and media.
Birbiglia is now on to his latest comedy special, almost like clockwork, that will cap off the nationwide tour of “Thank God for Jokes. The special will start streaming on Netflix sometime next year.
For now, if you’re in Brooklyn/NYC, you can get tickets for the taping that’s happening on November 4th & 5th at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Harvey Theater.
As part of the promotion of a movie, the talent is often now required to do some sort of online content that needs to go viral.
Such a dilemma befell Don’t Think Twice’s Mike Birbiglia, Keegan-Michael Key, Gillian Jacobs, Chris Gethard, Kate Micucci, and Tami Sagher.
So, they did this.
Is it a viral video? Is it a short film? Is it a sketch? Is it all three as a commentary of the debilitating allure of having content go viral? Is that in of itself a viral video?
We’ll let you decide for yourself (though we’re betting on the last two FYI).
Mike Birbiglia’s extended interview on this week’s Daily Show not only shows some fascinating aspects surrounding his new movie, Don’t Think Twice, including making up a joke about Trump running for president before Trump announced he was running (The Simpsons did awhile ago, but the fact that Trump ran after anyone on TV and in movies joked about it is still pretty crazy) and the comparison of violent PG-13 movies versus the inexplicable R-rating that his movie got, but shows why you should follow anything Birbiglia is doing.
Don’t Think Twice is, as it should be, expanding its theatrical release nationwide far beyond LA and NYC reaching over 60 cities across the country starting today.
The latest film from Mike Birbiglia is another showing of how great a storyteller Birbiglia really is, no matter the form. In Don’t Think Twice, deftly explores the inner workings, the lofty highs, and the heartbreaking lows of being in an improv troupe and how comedy (and, ostensibly, life) doesn’t always work out no matter how much hope you have. The cast comprised of real life comedy all stars (Birbiglia, Keegan-Michael Key, Gillian Jacobs, Chris Gethard, Kate Micucci, and Tami Sagher) delivers as you’d expect them to and their performance really tow the film swinging from hysterical to unflinching without seeming forced at all.
So, go watch it as soon you can especially since there are so many more chances to do so now.
Mike Birbiglia is great for a lot of reasons.
Watch his latest movie Don’t Think Twice playing in limited release now and you can see plenty of those reasons.
Another reason is this great corollary that Mike adds to a Jimmy Fallon story that Jimmy tells on The Tonight Show.
Many of you might be aware of the back and off stage drama that happens behind improv troupes. In fact, it would almost seem unbelievable that improv teams that seem so joyous and on-the-same-wavelength on stage would be bickering, jealous, etc. Yet, it happens and happens often.
However, Mike Birbiglia’s latest film Don’t Think Twice is bringing all of that light with a stellar cast of Keegan-Michael Key, Gillian Jacobs, Chris Gethard, Tami Sagher, Kate Micucci, and Birbiglia himself.
This trailer shows that Mike Birbiglia has a knack for this writing/directing thing.
Look for this to hit theaters on July 22nd.
The names on the flyer are only a fraction of the flocks upon flocks of teams and performers that will be performing in NYC for the literally non-stop Del Close Marathon from Fri. June 24th-Sun. June 26th (i.e. shows will be happening for 24 hours a day the whole weekend).
Take a gander at the whole routinely massive line-up and schedule right here.
Individual tickets are now on sale, but passes won’t be available until the actual DCM begins.
(via Deadline)
It’s got limited release set for July 22nd followed by nationwide run.
Birbiglia’s follow-up to Sleepwalk With Me that follows all the ins and outs of an improv troupe, on and off stage, will be hitting theaters this Summer, which should provide a nice alternative to whatever studio franchise tentpole flicks are taking up two to three screens at your local theater.
Mike Birbiglia is also doing one-off screenings of Don’t Think Twice on his Improv Across America bus tour as well.
(via Variety)
The follow-up to Sleepwalk With Me is going to tour America.
Mike Birbiglia’s latest, Don’t Think Twice, is a dramedy following the trials and tribulations of an improv troupe that includes the cast of Keegan-Michael Key, Gillian Jacobs, Chris Gethard, and Kate Micucci.
Through distributor Film Arcade, the film will get to tour across theater in the U.S. as opposed to a single limited release date. The tour might even include free improv classes wherever they stop by.
Let us be clear here. Mike Birbiglia is an expert on cats and mice and not the idiom of “cat and mouse” denoting an ongoing chase.
His story on this week’s Colbert should prove that to you.
Mike Birbiglia is a great late night guest in a time where that’s a dwindling commodity.
The two stories detailing slightly unsavory run-ins back up that claim.
(via Deadline)
Oh, you didn’t think all the indie comedy was just going to screen at just Sundance, did you?
SXSW is almost a month away and the line-up for the film portion of the film festival has just been announced. While you probably already know about Pee-wee’s Big Holiday, and Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some premiering down in Austin, TX, you might also want to take note of a new film from Mike Birbiglia “Don’t Think Twice”, the long awaited sequel to Henry Phillips’ Punching The Clown.
Here are some more of the comedy films and TV series that are screening down at SXSW. Check out the full line-up at Deadline.
Before The Sun Explodes
Director: Debra Eisenstadt, Screenwriters: Debra Eisenstadt, Zeke Farrow
After his wife kicks him out, an anxious comedian is lured in by an intriguing woman with a stalker.
Cast: Bill Dawes, Sarah Butler, Christine Woods, Michael Rivkin, Amir Arison, Kerri Safran, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Gene Serritella, Kristin Slaysman, Eric Fillipkowski (World Premiere)Don’t Think Twice
Director/Screenwriter: Mike Birbiglia
An improv group loses the lease on their home theater at the same time that one of their cast members gets chosen for the biggest sketch comedy show on TV.
Cast: Keegan-Michael Key, Gillian Jacobs, Mike Birbiglia, Kate Micucci, Tami Sagher, Chris Gethard (World Premiere)Everybody Wants Some
Director/Screenwriter: Richard Linklater
In Richard Linklater’s anticipated “spiritual sequel” to Dazed and Confused, a group of college friends navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of the wild final weekend of the summer of 1980.
Cast: Will Brittain, Zoey Deutch, Ryan Guzman, Tyler Hoechlin, Blake Jenner, J. Quinton Johnson, Glen Powell, Wyatt Russell (World Premiere)
* SXsports screeningPee-wee’s Big Holiday
Director: John Lee, Screenwriters: Paul Reubens, Paul Rust
In Pee-wee’s Big Holiday, a fateful meeting with a mysterious stranger inspires Pee-wee Herman to take his first-ever holiday in this epic story of friendship and destiny.
Cast: Paul Reubens, Joe Manganiello, Jessica Pohly, Alia Shawkat, Stephanie Beatriz (World Premiere)Black Mountain Poets (UK)
Director/Screenwriter: Jamie Adams
Two professional con artist sisters go on the run and assume the identities of The Wilding Sisters, guest stars of the a poetry retreat in the depths of the Black Mountains. A romantic comedy drama about love, crime, spirituality and soul.
Cast: Alice Lowe, Dolly Wells, Tom Cullen, Rosa Robson, Richard Elis, Laura Patch, Roger Evans, Hannah Daniel, Ben McGregor, Claire Cage (North American Premiere)My Blind Brother
Director/Screenwriter: Sophie Goodhart
Love for the same woman causes conflict between an over-achieving blind athlete and the brother who made him that way.
Cast: Adam Scott, Nick Kroll, Jenny Slate, Zoe Kazan, Charlie Hewson, Maryann Nagel, Greg Violand (World Premiere)
* SXsports screeningRainbow Time
Director/Screenwriter: Linas Phillips
A developmentally delayed 40-year-old man named Shonzi is sent to live with his brother Todd. But when Shonzi developes a crush on Todd’s new girlfriend Lindsay, he threatens to reveal past secrets that could ultimately tear the couple apart.
Cast: Melanie Lynskey, Linas Phillips, Timm Sharp, Tobin Bell, Lauren Weedman, Artemis Pebdani, Jay Duplass, Reagan Yates, Austin Fryberger (World Premiere)Slash
Director/Screenwriter: Clay Liford
Neil is a questioning teen who secretly writes erotic fan fiction about popular sci-fi characters. When his classmate Julia discovers his writing, she leads him down a rabbit hole deep into the world of ‘slash’ fiction. Cast: Michael Johnston, Hannah Marks, Michael Ian Black, Missi Pyle, Jessie Ennis, Peter Vack, Sarah Ramos, Robert Longstreet, Tishuan Scott, Lucas Neff (World Premiere)War On Everyone (UK)
Director/Screenwriter: John Michael McDonagh
Two corrupt cops in New Mexico set out to blackmail and frame every criminal unfortunate enough to cross their path in this volatile jet-black action comedy.
Cast: Michael Peña, Alexander Skarsgård, Theo James, Tessa Thompson (North American Premiere)Thank You Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
Director: Todd Bieber
Fifteen years after Del Close’s death, thousands of comedians (both famous and unknown) gather to celebrate modern comedy’s most important person that no one knows. (World Premiere)Jules and Dolores (Brazil)
Director: Caito Ortiz, Screenwriters: Lusa Silvestre, Caito Ortiz
Jules and Dolores is a pop comedy about the theft of the World Cup Trophy that occurred in Brazil in 1983. Curiously enough, nobody truly knows the details surrounding this unbelievable event, until now.
Cast: Paulo Tiefenthaler, Taís Araujo, Danilo Grangheia, Milhem Cortaz, Fabio Marcoff, Pedro Wagner, Álvaro Diniz, Thelmo Fernandes, Otto Jr. (World Premiere)
* SXsports screeningKaraoke Crazies (Republic of Korea)
Director: Kim Sang Chan
Welcome to ADDICTION KARAOKE and let’s sing till the end! (World Premiere)Operator
Director: Logan Kibens, Screenwriters: Sharon Greene, Logan Kibens
JOE, a programmer and obsessive self-quantifier, and EMILY, a budding comedy performer, are happily married until they decide to use one another in their work. Operator is a dark comedy about love, technology, and what can’t be programmed.
Cast: Martin Starr, Mae Whitman, Nat Faxon, Cameron Esposito, Retta, Christine Lahti, Kate Cobb, Kristopher Lofton, Tim Hopper, Trevor Dawkins (World Premiere)SERIES
Search Party
Directors/Screenwriters: Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers
Search Party is a dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous mystery when a former college acquaintance suddenly disappears.
Cast: Alia Shawkat, John Early, John Reynolds, Meredith Hagner (World Premiere)Vice Principals
Directors: Jody Hill, David Gordon Green, Screenwriters: Danny McBride, Jody Hill
A dark comedy series that tells the story of a high school and the two people who almost run it, the vice principals, who are engaged in an epic power struggle for the top spot.
Cast: Danny McBride, Walton Goggins, Kimberly Hébert Gregory, Georgia King, Busy Philipps, Shea Whigham, Sheaun McKinney (World Premiere)You Me Her
Screenwriter/Showrunner: John Scott Shepherd
An impulsive “date” between suburbanite Jack and escort Izzy spins into a three-way affair including Jack’s wife Emma, posing the question: What if your truest, happiest life looked nothing like you imagined? Would you be brave enough to live it?
Cast: Greg Poehler, Rachel Blanchard, Priscilla Faia, Jarod Joseph, Melanie Papaila (World Premiere)And Punching the Clown
Director: Gregori Viens, Screenwriters: Henry Phillips, Gregori Viens
Comedian Henry Phillips is lured to LA by a renowned TV producer who wants to bring his story of failure to the screen. But when a major network gets involved, Henry must decide whether he wants to make jokes for a living, or be the butt of them. Cast: Henry Phillips, Sarah Silverman, Tig Notaro, J.K. Simmons, Jim Jefferies, Ellen Ratner, Mike Judge, Mark Cohan, Clifton Collins (World Premiere)
(via The Wrap)
If that wasn’t enough of a hook for you, take into consideration that the cast of this film will be comprised of Keegan-Michael Key, Chris Gethard, Kate Micucci, Gillian Jacobs, Tami Sagher, and Mike Birbiglia himself.
Don’t Think Twice will follow all the off-stage drama, jealousy, bitterness, etc. that often exists within an improv group.
If we we’re placing bets, we’d put a lot of money on this being an indie darling/film festival hit even though it has just gone into production.
While on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Mike Birbiglia talked the ins-and-outs of being in Amy Schumer and Judd Apatow’s Trainwreck, which is, apparently, a little like getting a hotel bill after watching a bunch of porn in your room and then having an older sibling be better than you at whatever you’re best at.
Watch his interview on Late Night here.
Also, make sure to watch Trainwreck this weekend. You’ll laugh really hard at how Birbiglia is used in the movie.
In case you were wondering, Amy Schumer, Judd Apatow, Dave Attell, Colin Quinn, Vanessa Bayer and Mike Birbiglia are having plenty of fun on The Trainwreck Comedy Tour.
For instance, a fan left a copy of Judd Apatow’s new book Sick In The Head on stage with a message inside requesting that he graciously autograph the book. However, the book was discovered while Mike Birbiglia was on stage and Mike, for a funny moment, gave a surprising reaction. It was the sort of surprise that Apatow felt needed a revenge.
Watch the whole sequence of events transpire here, then watch more road footage of the Trainwreck tour here.
For one week from Jun. 14th-Jun. 21st, Boston, New York, Toronto, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Seattle will get to enjoy the likes of Amy Schumer, Judd Apatow, Dave Attell, Colin Quinn, Mike Birbiglia, and Vanessa Bayer as part of raising money for charity and promoting the upcoming R-rated summer comedy, Trainwreck.
Proceeds will go to benefit several organizations including The David Lynch Foundation, National Ms Society, 826 National, and more.
Details, tickets, and a chance to attend the Trainwreck premiere can all be found here.
Last year, Humble Bundle let you support charity and get a whole bushel full of great comedy albums and specials including Louis C.K. and Maria Bamford.
Their latest stand-up comedy bundle has just released and includes two Bill Hicks specials, Marc Maron’s Thinky Pain, Doug Stanhope’s Beer Hall Putsch, and way more.
For the price of pay-what-you-want, you can get:
Comedy Specials
Bill Hicks “One Night Stand”
Bill Hicks “Totally Bill Hicks”
Marc Maron “Thinky Pain”
Mike Birbiglia “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend”
Doug Stanhope “Beer Hall Putsch”
Iliza Shlesinger “War Paint”
Brian Posehn “The Fartist”
Comedy Albums
Bill Hicks “Arizona Bay”
Bill Hicks “Rant In E Minor”
Mike Birbiglia “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend”
Doug Stanhope “Beer Hall Putsch”
Iliza Shlesinger “War Paint”
Brian Posehn “The Fartist”
Dr. Katz “Live” (with BJ Novak, Eugene Mirman, and Andy Kindler)
Brooks Wheelan “This Is Cool, Right?
Proceeds go to supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which is fighting the good fight against patent trolls and such for digital rights and Watsi that provides direct funding for medical care to those in need.
Like Michael Scott would say, this is a “win-win-win”. Go get this bundle quickly because you have less than a week to snatch it up.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
For the third season of Netflix’s Orange Is The New Black, the comedian behind Sleepwalk With Me and My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend, Mike Birbiglia is coming for a recurring role. It’s not clear what he’ll be, but it wouldn’t be hard to imagine for it to not be a potentially scene-stealing role.
Our guess would be some of new, atypical prison chaplain.
Mike Birbiglia Set to Visit 32 Cities and Counting on Thank God For Jokes Tour
From July 17th to New Year’s Eve, Mike Birbiglia will be touring throughout this great land for his Thank God For Jokes Tour. Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles, Kalamazoo, Miami, Denver, Montreal, Jacksonville, Toronto, Cleveland, St. Louis, and so many more (and more to come) will get to see Birbiglia over the next several months.
Many tickets are now on sale, FYI.