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The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 263: Shannon O’Neill & Molding Comedy Into a Potholder
July 9, 2025
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While many of you have to come, know, and love the fantastic Shannon O’Neill through improv and wherever you watch TV, she has discovered another marvelous facet of herself through her work in ceramics. In fact, she’s just about to close out her very first exhibition Beat One at The Empty Circle in Brooklyn and was very keen on infusing a comedic spirit into the whole experience of making, presenting, and interacting with her pieces. We have a truly wondrous conversation about art, improv, and the cross-pollination of the two on this week’s TCB Field Report.

Follow Shannon @spotastic and @sporamics on IG and make sure to make the closing party for Beat One and the Empty Circle in Brooklyn this Friday, July 11th at 6PM.

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

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 251: YALL Comedy Fest & Juggling Truth to Power & Safe Spaces in Comedy
March 26, 2025
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A comedy festival premised on the idea of punching up and calling it the absurdity of those in power and also providing space for representation for those that are in the margins is now, more so than in a long time, pretty crucial. Thank goodness to the Yes And… Laughter Lab Comedy Festival AKA the YALL Comedy Fest. This week’s TCB Field Report chats with the leadership team at YALL Comedy, Mik Moore, Erika Soto Lamb, and Chike Robinson on putting on this festival that fervently believes that comedy can make a difference and aims to make that notion a truth.

Follow Yes And… Laughter Lab @yallcomedy and get tickets to YALL Comedy Fest here.

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

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 248: Kristal Adams & Fields-of-Dreams-ing It in NYC
March 6, 2025
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The wonderful Kristal Adams packed up from LA a few years ago and journeyed to the America’s other comedy mecca, NYC. Adams had definitely established herself in the scene in LA, but opted for the wealth of stage time that New York. Over the last few years, Kristal has not only risen in that scene, but built up a wondrous independent show at multi-purpose bookstore, P&T Knitwear, Bookstore, Coffee, & Podcast Studio, with Alexis Bradby, another LA to NYC transplant. This week’s TCB Field Report has a beautiful in-depth chat about how and where Adams has put so much thought into building an indie comedy show in NYC in the 2020s.

Follow Kristal @thedarkkristal and Astigmatism Comedy @astigmatismcomedy on IG.

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

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 245: Meg Penney & What Goes Into Running a Cool Brooklyn Venue
January 16, 2025
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As strange as it is to say since so much insanity has happened from Jan. 1st onwards, Happy New Year to you all. We’re thankful to talk all things NYC comedy, specifically at the wondrous venue that is Littlefield in Brooklyn with Junior Booker Meg Penney. Meg walks us through all the little things that folks might take for granted to put on an unforgettable show at a super cool indie venue.

Follow Meg @megpenneywashere and Littlefield on @littlefieldnyc on IG

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

Last Podcast on the Left: JK Ultra Tour (in NYC)
December 6, 2024
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Last Podcast on the Left barrels headlong into all things horror — as hosts Marcus Parks and Henry Zebrowski cover dark subjects spanning Jeffrey Dahmer, werewolves, Jonestown, iconic hauntings, the history of war crimes, and more.

Whether it’s cults, killers, or cryptid encounters, Last Podcast on the Left laughs into the abyss that is the dark side of humanity.

Starts 8PM PT

Pick of the Day: Final Sounds Great (in NYC) 6/27
June 24, 2024
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When greeted with the centuries old maxim “All good things must come to an end,” it’s a pretty fun response to shoot back, “SOUNDS GREAT!”

Therein lies the perfect intersection of circumstances as Nora Jeffries and Paige Smith-Hogan’s Sounds Great stand-up comedy show at Our Wicked Lady in BK is coming to a conclusion this very week, specifically on Thursday, June 27th at 7:30PM. As it’s the swan song show, the line-up is stacked upon several stacks of beloved NYC comedic minds and will be likely one of those affairs that you’re going to want to pay your respects, stay the whole time, and have a damn great night saying goodbye to a long running NYC comedy show.

On the bill thus far is:

Andy Ward
Anne Stesney
Ash Diggs
Ben Kim
Christian Mangual
Clara Olshanksy
Colby Smith
Justin Catchens
Karli Marulli
Kelso
Mariah Oxley
Matt Albino
Melody Kamali
Meredith Dietz
Noah Rocklin
Nolawee Mengist
Rayne McGowan
Schulyer Robinson
Sean Zorn
Tim Kov

and, of course, Paige Smith-Hogan and Nora Jefferies!

Per usual, it’s free and you might want to clear out your Thursday night.

Pick of the Day: Josh Sharp’s New Thing (in NYC)
June 21, 2024
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Leave it one of the stars and minds behind the groundbreaking Dicks: The Musical to try something so ridiculous ambitious as having hundreds and hundreds of slides accompany brand new stand-up material.

Come Thursday, July 25th, Josh Sharp will attempt to have a 1000 cues memorized as there will be at least that many slides in a presentation coinciding with his new hour of stand-up. May some grace smile on the tech person in tech booth that evening and that Sharp revel in this pretty absurd (albeit very funny) challenge.

Josh Sharp’s New Thing is set for 8PM that Thurs. 7/25 at littlefield. Tickets are $18.67 a pop and you can (and should) go get them here.

Pick of the Day: Dave Ross Tapes His First F*cking Special (in NYC) 6/22
June 5, 2024
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It’s no secret that The Gutter has quickly become a hot spot for stand-up in not only Brooklyn, but NYC as a whole and that a lot of quality specials are being produced under that CYSKNYC banner.

The latest such taping will be none other than the debut special of one Dave Ross, formerly beloved LA comedy stalwart now transplanted and really in his groove in the NYC scene. It has been years since Dave’s very first recorded hour, the wonderfully named, The Only Man Who Has Ever Had Sex, and we can’t wait to see Dave’s signature voice and effortless and hilarious shifts between sarcasm and sincerity in a full fledged comedy special.

For those in NYC, get tickets for one of the two tapings on Sat. Jun. 22nd at 8PM or 10:30PM (they’re only $10) and be part of what should be hell of a great night of stand-up comedy.

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 219: Dave Ross & Getting Back Into Doing Everything
June 5, 2024
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There was a time where Dave Ross was doing seemingly all the things you could be doing in comedy in LA and doing them so well. While that was years ago, Dave has since transplanted himself to NYC, taken some much needed rest, and then revved himself back up to putting on his own live shows, putting out a record out once a month, and prepping for his very first special taping (on 6/22 @ The Gutter in Brooklyn-Tix available here). We catch up with Dave while he’s on the road to talk all about thriving in NYC and diving back into everything he took a break from.

Follow Dave @davetotheross and keep up at davetotheross.com, buy his 7 inch records/merch here, and go to his first special taping last

Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and Jake Kroeger
Photo by @tommyallday

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 218: Noah Eberhart & How To Comedy Photography in 2024
May 29, 2024
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One of the best working comedy photographers out there, Noah Eberhart, returns to the The Comedy Bureau Field Report to not only update us on the NYC comedy scene, which he’s firmly rooted in these days, but have an in-depth discussion on the ins-and-outs of comedy photography and working with shows/venues and building your notoriety (as well as taking care of yourself both financially and mentally).

Follow Noah @enemypixels

Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and Jake Kroeger
Self-Portrait by Noah Eberhart

Pick of the Day: The Stepfathers 4 Years Later (in NYC) 5/27
May 13, 2024
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One of NYC’s most revered and celebrated improv groups, The Stepfathers, is finally returning to the stage after a long slumber because, well, something happened in 2020. Honestly, NYC improv hasn’t really been the same without them, so let’s hope this is the improv version of Punxsutawney Phil signaling the end of winter coming.

The comedy brilliance of Shannon O’Neill, Connor Ratliff, Alex Dickson & Sebastian Conelli will be assembling at Caveat on Monday, May 27th at 7PM and go above and beyond with “making sad things funny”. Tickets are only $24.41 and, somehow, there are still a few left for you to snag. Better go get them here while you can.

 

Pick of the Day: Abolish Everything: Tournament of Champions (in NYC) 6/1
May 8, 2024
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In such divisive times, some great comedy gold can be mined from leaning in even further to those divisions (well, when they’re kind of pretty absurd). Hence, Chandler Dean’s Abolish Everything is a rollicking ride of passionately pleaded cases to abolish, as the title suggests, anything and everything as decided by the finely curated line-up of comics on the bill.

It’s been such a hoot, that Dean is going to have an Abolish Everything Tournament of Champions featuring the comics that are the very best at talking up the ridiculous things that should be scorched from this world. On June 1st, at Caveat in LES, the following Abolish Everything heavy hitters will go toe-to-toe:

Henry Block
Augusta Chapman
Sarah Gruen
Amy Muller
Annie Rauwerda
Kathryn Margaret Rose
Cara Michelle Smith
Marielle Sarmiento
Jason Siegel
Felipe Torres Medina

Tickets are $20 right now, but $25 day of. You can also access a livestream for $10. Get more info and tix right here right now.

 

Pick of the Day: OK Stupid (in NYC) 5/3
May 1, 2024
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Reality TV purports to show strangers finding true love, but there is so much that goes into casting and producing such a thing that it’s hard to imagine it being truly genuine.

Thankfully, Caroline Doyle and Emily Kob are bringing you unfiltered truth when it comes to a comedy dating game show with their show, OK Stupid, by having actual blind date on stage with a beloved local comedian.

For this edition, fast rising NYC comedy up and comers Marley Gotterer, Julia Desmond, and Evan Lazarus will be joining Doyle and Kob through all the delightful blind date comedy chaos. This next edition of OK Stupid is set for this Friday, May 3rd at 10PM at Union Hall. Tickets are only $15.64 and we highly suggest getting them here.

 

Pick of the Day: A Tale of Two Titties: Stupid Cancer Fundraiser (in NYC) 5/7
April 29, 2024
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While there is a wave of solo shows that are coming around right now as Edinburgh Fringe and various other Fringe festivals are on the horizon, you might wonder which ones to put your money and time into and which one’s to, perhaps, skip.

Well, Julia Johns’ A Tale of Two Titties is certainly in the category of solo shows you’ve got to watch. Over the last few years, Johns, a cancer survivor, has made, possibly, the most delightful show that you could make about going through such an awful experience and a unique one at that since it’s illustrated personally by her. It’s ultimately a joyful, hopeful show that’s bristling with several refreshing brushes of silliness that might be the perfect blend of what one might need to see on stage right now.

For New Yorkers, the amazingly titled A Tale of Two Titties will be playing at Littlefield come Tues. May 7th at 8PM. Tickets are $15.08 and will be raising funds for Stupid Cancer, an org dedicated to “empowering adolescents and young adult cancer patients”.

Get get tix right here right now.

Pick of the Day: Fern Brady: I Gave You Milk to Drink (in NYC) 5/23
April 18, 2024
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While a good lot of Yanks might know the name Daniel Sloss, there are definitely way more Scottish comedians that you ought to know and enjoy. Fern Brady is a name of another Scot that you should commit to memory for all her wit and frankness (see and please enjoy Power & Chaos).

Brady is in NYC next month and will be playing for one night in Brooklyn’s own Bell House for two shows. One of them is already sold, but you can still get tix for the 10PM show on Thurs. May 23rd, which you really ought to do sooner rather than later. They’re $40.60 a pop and you can (and should) go get ’em here.

 

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 212: Kate Willett & Comedy Making a Difference: Question Mark
April 17, 2024
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activism, kate willett, nyc comedy

Kate Willett is not only coming out with a special that really stands out of the rest of the pack this year (and oh what a pack of dozens there is of YouTube specials uploaded every week), but is already working on her very next hour and a solo show as well as being as involved as possible in socialist communities and activism, which sometimes has its intersection in comedy. This week’s TCB Field Report talks to Kate about coming up with her keeping the tides of her comedy going as well as navigating her way between pursuits in comedy and trying to effect direct change.

Follow @kate.willett on IG and please watch and enjoy Loopholes on Apple TV+ and Amazon Prime on 4/23.

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

Pick of the Day: UCB NY Previews Starting 4/23
April 17, 2024
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It feels like so long ago that the Upright Citizens Brigade had a presence/space in NYC and, well, that’s because it has been. As the COVID-19 pandemic caused a wave of venues shuddering in 2020, UCB was certainly not immune and had to close up shop indefinitely both in LA and NYC.

Thankfully, here in 2024, UCB Franklin has been more than alive and kicking again and finally, at last, the very new UCB NY at 242 East 14th Street in Manhattan (right between Gramercy Park and Ukrainian Village) will open with previews of their staple shows (Harold, Maude, Spank, etc.) starting Tues. Apr. 23rd.

Tickets are all very much on sale right now and you best snatch them up quick before they very likely will sell out. Do so right now right here.

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Pick of the Day: Newcomers (in NYC) 4/15
April 9, 2024
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It’s time for Newcomers, another round of The Bell House anointing another round of up-and-comers that have cut their teeth in the highly competitive, very crowded comedy scene to grace one of Brooklyn’s most venerable stages. 15 handpicked comedians will show off their tightest sets as if they were doing late night back in the time and place when that was much more commonplace.

On this edition of Newcomers, will be:

  • Salma Zaky
  • Anne Lim
  • Joey Hamburger
  • Sean Peecook
  • Sam Ike
  • Allie Lawrence
  • TaTa Sherise
  • Momo
  • Neel Ghosh
  • Grace Leishman
  • Jess Elgene
  • Tommy Bayer
  • Taylor Rogers
  • Grace Johnson
  • Eli Ruffer

Don’t miss their debut on Mon. Apr. 15th at 7:30PM. Tickets are $12.85 and you can (and should) go get them here.

Pick of the Day: PSYCH! A Diagnostic Stand-Up Therapy Comedy Show (in NYC) 4/27
April 4, 2024
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It’s not a hard requirement to have mental health issues when pursuing a career in comedy, but there certainly to seems to be a strong common thread between many stand-up comedians and their difficulties with anxiety, depression, and the like. It certainly comes through in many of their wonderfully crafted jokes/bits/stories.

Other times, you hear comedic material and you might ponder, from the audience, is the person on stage OK?

With that in mind, Aimee LeCours, both a comedian and LMHC (Licensed Mental Health Counselor) is going to talk to a rousing line-up of NYC comedians about what they talk about on stage and possibly see what exactly lies beneath what might seem, on the surface, just a pretty great joke for the upcoming live show, PSYCH!

Emily Flake, Kate Sisk, and Kenice Mobley will get put under the emotional microscope on Sat. Apr. 27th at 4PM at Caveat in NYC’s LES. Tickets are only $15 and you best go get them here.

Pick of the Day: RED BASTARD (in NYC) 3/31
March 28, 2024
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While there is certain a burgeoning of clown in the LA comedy scene for the last few years at this point, denizens of NYC comedy aren’t necessarily treated to the same sort of ready access to this facet of the comedic arts. For that reason, New Yorkers daring to see the boundaries of comedy and where they’re at these days outside of stand-up, sketch, and improv, might want to mark down this Sunday at 7PM on their calendar.

That’s the time and day when Red Bastard, acclaimed, award winning Edinburgh Fringe act is taking over the Brooklyn Comedy Collective to do his very special odyssey of a solo show (especially so for a select number of brave audience members). At the risk of revealing of what is up Red Bastard’s bulbous sleeves, we won’t say much more other than tickets are $16.88 and, if you get one, you’ll very likely have some sort of transformative experience on top of laughing your ass off.

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 209: Sydney Duncan & Being Enough in All the Comedy Spaces
March 27, 2024
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While it would seem that stand up and comedy clubs reign supreme in the NYC comedy scene, there are plenty of performers that defy that notion and not only go for alternative spaces and types of comedy, but find ways in between all of them. One such comedian is Sydney Duncan who constantly switches gears between performing in character, as herself, on stage solo, with other folks on teams, and so much more. It’s a delicate balance to strike to do try to fit in the pre-existing spaces in comedy and simultaneously make those perfectly suited to you, but Sydney has amazingly found her footing in doing so.

We talk to Sydney on this week’s TCB Field Report all about that, this, and the other things in her lanes of NYC comedy.

Follow Sydney @sydneyduncanonem

Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and Jake Kroeger
Photo by @enemypixels

Pick of the Day: Mad Ethnic Mondays: April Residency (in NYC)
March 25, 2024
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It’s undeniable that Petey DeAbreu is a stalwart of the NYC comedy scene. DeAbreu might be one of the most brightly shining examples of what the grit and grind of the NYC stand-up circuit can produce. Clever, provincial, yet worldly, all with a tinge of surreal silliness, one should absolutely catch DeAbreu wherever he’s playing whenever he’s going up.

Thankfully, that’s going to be pretty easy next month considering that he’ll get to reprise his Monday night residency, Mad Ethnic Mondays, at the Bushwick institutional watering hole, Bunton’s World Famous, all April long..

For just $12.51, you’ll be seeing Petey presiding over the comedic stylings of:

Chanel Ali
Kerry Coddett
Reggie Conquest
Nore Davis
Napoleon Emill
Eva Evans
Ashima Franklin
Derek Gaines
Simeon Goodson
Kareem Greene
Kevin Iso
Sam Jay
JJ Mattise
Mila Myles
Dee Nasty
Leonard Ouzts
Sydnee Washington

+ Surprise Guests!

It’ll be one hell of a Monday night complete with after party with Run P.

Better go get your tix for all the dates right now right here.

Pick of the Day: Jena Friedman (in NYC) 4/4
March 22, 2024
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The brilliant Jena Friedman has been meticulously crafting her new hour pretty much exclusively in LA, but, thankfully, is starting to branch out the Los Angeles city limits to bring her oh-so-cleverly rendered and timely dark humor to rest of the U.S.

She has a whole handful of tour dates ahead of her, but she very specifically playing Brooklyn’s Union Hall in April. Specifically, she’ll be working on her new hour on Thurs. Apr. 4th at 7:30PM (and probably have a wondrous opener TBA). It has been pretty much a whole year since Jena was in NYC last, so don’t miss out on catching her this time around at $24.63 a pop.

Get tix here.

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 208: Kurt Braunohler & 20 Years of a Weekly Comedy Show
March 20, 2024
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2005 seems both so recent and yet so distant, but that marks the time at which a happenstance pairing of Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schaal backstage at the Peoples Improv Theater in NYC eventually led to run of the longest running, most beloved weekly live comedy shows in comedy history, Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen.

Coming up on its 20th anniversary (and subsequent swan song), Hot Tub has been a treasure in LA, NYC, and wherever its toured (notably, for us, in Portland & Edinburgh). Kurt joins us this week to give an oral history of what is and will always be one of the landmark comedy shows of the this part of the 21st century.

Follow Kurt @kurtbraunohler across socials and at kurtcomedy.com. Find all things Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen @hottub_show across socials.

Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and Jake Kroeger
Photo by @nickgast

Pick of the Day: Drunk Bollywood (in NYC) 4/26
March 19, 2024
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Sure, you’ve seen Drunk History and multiple iterations of things being recounted or reread or re-enacted while inebriated, but it’s pretty new territory to give that treatment to the multiplex cinema of India, better known as Bollywood.

Drunk Bollywood Live aims to do just that with a live staged reading of a celebrated Bollywood production, but done with, as one might have guessed, a drunk cast. For this latest edition of Drunk Bollywood Live, they’re tackling big budget action hit Main Hoon Na! starring one of Bollywood’s biggest action stars Shah Rukh Khan.

Even if you’re not well versed in India cinema, we have a hard time imagining this wouldn’t be one hell of a good time. This next Drunk Bollywood Live is set for Fri. Apr. 26th at 7:30PM. Tickets are $31 and you best go get them here.

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