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The summation of her art critic background, penchant for the sublimely absurd in clowning, and her whimsical, class-struggle-informed stand-up is just a bit of why we love and, consequently, write so much about the absolutely splendid Christina Catherine Martinez here at TCB (and elsewhere).

We just got a sneak preview of her upcoming special How To Bake a Cake in the Digital Age and, yet again, was astounded at how cleverly she was defying the form of a comedy special, but still very much getting the jokes out. That’s all to say that is truly something special to see Christina take the stage in any form, no matter what she’s doing/has up her very fashionable sleeves.

So, you should probably go to every one of her residency dates at The Elysian coming next month in March. Christina will be workshopping new performances every Tuesday at the-new-place-to-be in LA comedy at 9PM PT. Tickets are only $12, meaning it would only be $48 for all four shows. Go get tickets to all of them right now right here.

Pick of the Day: Zach Zucker Residency-Work in Progress (in LA) 10/24-10/29

October 22, 2021

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We sincerely hope that in the last several months, whether in LA or NYC (or even London) that you’ve got to catch the insanely fun comedy/clowning/character/music variety extravaganza that is Stamptown. If so, you’ve gotten to take in the masterful comedic verve of Zach Zucker (as the character Jack Tucker) and be taken on one hell of a ride.

Zucker also is so damn, amazingly funny as himself doing his own non-Jack Tucker bits and characters (as evidenced by touring the globe and winning awards at festivals everywhere and pretty much anyone who has seen him go up live). So, it stands to reason that you shouldn’t miss his next solo show, which, thankfully, has a residency here in LA at the Yard Theater in East Hollywood.

Zach will be doing a work-in-progress show over six nights starting this Sun. Oct 24th, going through Fri. Oct. 29th at tickets are only $5.

Here’s Zach’s specific date and times:

Sunday Oct 24th: 7pm
Monday Oct 25th: 9pm
Tuesday Oct 26th: 10pm
Wednesday Oct 27th: 10:30pm
Thursday Oct 28th: 10pm
Friday Oct 29th: 9pm

Again, you can get tickets for any of these dates here. Also, just saying, he’s playing our Double Anniversary show on 10/25 at 8PM too if you wanna catch him there.

Pick of the Day: Maria Bamford @ Dynasty Typewriter (Residency)

June 4, 2021

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As we get back to more and more live shows, one of the best people to usher us all into the world of live comedy is the one and only, gracious and hilarious Maria Bamford. Maria had been doing so many virtual comedy shows and helped so many get through so much of quarantine with her life-affirming humor (and, of course, Maria was legitimately great on Zoom too).

Now, with the Dynasty Typewriter open once again (for fully vaccinated audiences), LA audiences can see Maria, live and in-person, once more. In fact, they’ll have several chances to do so with her residency that’ll be at 11:30AM PT (Dynasty Typewriter will have coffee on hand) every Sunday in June and July.

Also, she’ll has lined-up a wondrous showcase of openers for each Sunday that will include Virginia Jones, Laurie Kilmartin, Brandie Posey, Pallavi Gunalan, Laura Park, Pamela Walt, and Danielle Perez.

Tickets are only $10-$15 and you can (and should) go get them here before they sell out.

Win Tickets to A Cold Hour with Rory Scovel

August 30, 2017

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This September, the fantastic Rory Scovel will be doing a two week run of dates at the Lyric Hyperion where he will be doing a “cold hour”.

If that sounds pretty nice to you, we’ve got a pair of tickets that you could win for Friday 9/15 and 9/22.

You can (and should) enter to win here.

FYI, we’re also giving tickets away for this Saturday’s Harmontown @ Starburns Castle too.

August 15, 2017

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As far as we’re concerned, you should watch Eddie Pepitone, especially when he gets to do his own night, whenever and whenever you can.

So, with that in mind, Eddie will be doing a weekly residency on Wednesdays at 8PM through all of September at Starburns Castle.

Tickets are $10 and you should get them ASAP.

Tickets for Sept. 6th here.

Tickets for Sept. 13th here.

Tickets for Sept. 20th here.

Tickets for Sept. 27th here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Dave Chappelle Will Be Doing Another Residency at Radio City Music Hall Featuring The Roots, Chris Rock, Trevor Noah, Ali Wong, Erykah Badu, and Childish Gambino

June 13, 2017

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Dave Chappelle Will Be Doing Another Residency at Radio City Music Hall Featuring The Roots, Chris Rock, Trevor Noah, Ali Wong, Erykah Badu, and Childish Gambino

In 2014, Dave Chappelle did a whole run of shows at the legendary Radio City Music Hall featuring guests like The Roots.

That seemed to go pretty well.

So, Dave is doing it again this August with plenty of the aforementioned big name guests. Tickets for this residency will go on sale this Friday.

October 1, 2016

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Natalie Palamides workshopping is probably more mindbending-ly hysterical than most solo shows that have worked their way on to a festival line-up.

So, don’t miss out on Natalie honing her show throughout all of this month. More details here.

The rest of our listings for shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

September 19, 2016

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Alex Hanpeter and Jude Tedmori have a residency at The Virgil that follows Hot Tub starting next week. We’re sure it’ll be equal parts silly, daring, edgy, and out right absurd.

Best of all, it’s free to attend. More details here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics/maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Maria Bamford Doing a Residency at a Bookstore For Next 3 Months

April 6, 2015

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This Tuesday! $5 show, 90 minutes of comedy, I workshop 45 min w 2 new openers every Tues 7:30 pm @thepophop! 50th&york! For next 3 months!

Maria Bamford is simply one of the best around and you’d be seriously remiss if you missed one or many of these nights.

Yes, Los Angeles, specifically Highland Park, you’re going to have the magical opportunity to watch the wondrous Maria Bamford workshop and perform a new 45 min. every Tuesday for the next three months in the intimate settings of Pop Hop Books and Print with two hand picked openers.

So mark down 7:30PM every Tuesday for April, May, and June, make sure you have $5 on you, and start hanging near Highland Park more often because, again, you’re not going to want to miss this.

Starting in April, Reggie Watts and The Band He Leads on “The Late Late Show” Will Be Playing El Cid Every Tuesday

March 20, 2015

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So, you’re going to want make sure Tuesday nights are free.

The Late Late Show with James Corden premieres next Monday and with it, bandleader Reggie Watts has transplanted himself to Los Angeles after globetrotting anywhere and everywhere that people wanted to witness the comedic spells he casts.

We discovered last night while watching Reggie and the band for The Late Late Show that part of being transplanted and leading a band will be playing every Tuesday night starting in April (that would be Apr. 7th) at El Cid in Silverlake.

For over an hour, Reggie and his fantastic band jam and get silly, funky, and spread all sorts of other good vibes. Basically, like we said, you’re probably going to want to go to this a lot.

You can get a taste of that tonight as Reggie and the band are playing El Cid tonight 10PM.

Jay Larson Doing Residency at Bar Covell “Behind The Bookcase”

November 19, 2014

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As far as weird places where comedy shows are done in LA, in a secret room behind a bookcase is a new one. The great Jay Larson, who we hope you would know from his stand-up, The Crabfeast, and/or Best Bars in America, is putting together a limited engagement run where he and some of his funniest friends will perform in a speakeasy style side room at Bar Covell in Los Feliz.

So, there will be four shows at 8:30PM from 11/24 through 12/15 with $5 cover at the door after you give a password, which Larson will share on the Friday before.

We can only imagine how many Interstellar jokes will be made during the show.

Amtrak Planning to Offer Free/Low-Cost Writing Residencies

February 24, 2014

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Amtrak Planning to Offer Free/Low-Cost Writing Residencies

If you haven’t taken a train beyond the subway, then it’s probably been quite some time since you’ve heard the company name Amtrak in any context. Well, that just changed as the long standing train service is forming a writer’s residencies program where they’d hope to offer select writers a free round trip to write whatever they’re working on.

Their parameters for writers aren’t strict either, so it can be more than just novelists (i.e. something comedy related). There are no places to apply yet, but we’ll keep you updated.

Maria Bamford to Have Residency at Comedy Palace LA

January 16, 2014

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Maria Bamford to Have Residency at Comedy Palace LA

The Comedy Palace at The Palace Restaurant in Los Feliz here in LA has become a great late night destination to see comedy on Thursdays for free and now has one more reason to make sure you stop by and watch.

The wonderful Maria Bamford is going to start doing a residency starting tonight, doing 20 min. every week around 9:15PM, before the usual start of the show.

Trust us, the show is already great, especially tonight, but you’re going to definitely want to catch the magic of Bamford in residency.

Pick of the Day: Christina Catherine Martinez in Residence (in LA) Tuesdays in March

Pick of the Day: Zach Zucker Residency-Work in Progress (in LA) 10/24-10/29

Pick of the Day: Maria Bamford @ Dynasty Typewriter (Residency)

Win Tickets to A Cold Hour with Rory Scovel

Dave Chappelle Will Be Doing Another Residency at Radio City Music Hall Featuring The Roots, Chris Rock, Trevor Noah, Ali Wong, Erykah Badu, and Childish Gambino

Maria Bamford Doing a Residency at a Bookstore For Next 3 Months

Starting in April, Reggie Watts and The Band He Leads on “The Late Late Show” Will Be Playing El Cid Every Tuesday

Jay Larson Doing Residency at Bar Covell “Behind The Bookcase”

Amtrak Planning to Offer Free/Low-Cost Writing Residencies

Maria Bamford to Have Residency at Comedy Palace LA