The one and only Eddie Izzard is embarking on his latest global tour, which happens to include stops near LA.
More specifically, he’ll be at:
Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa on Thurs. Feb 22nd
Fred Kavil Theatre at Thousands Oaks Civic Arts Plaza in Thousand Oaks on Fri. Mar. 2nd
You best get your tickets now here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
While late night is certainly flooded with satirical commentary on the Trump Administration, very few individual comedians have yet spent a majority of their recordings, whether they be specials or albums, talking about Trump, his policies, and what life is like surrounding it all. You certainly can chalk that up to fatigue from the absurd, concussive, and non-stop nature of his presidency.
However, Nato Green, an always staunchly political comedian, doesn’t shy away from craftily joking about POTUS and several other hot button issues like race, gentrification, immigration, etc. Green, in his latest album The Whiteness Album, combines impeccable writing, a calm demeanor and delivery, and a personal take on all these seemingly overwhelming issues that offers up jokes that don’t feed into that aforementioned Trump fatigue.
Get The Whiteness Album on iTunes and Bandcamp now.
Fred Armisen is taking his many comedic skills in putting them all in one comedy special, Standup for Drummers. That includes impressions, drumming, a generally asymmetrical approach to humor, regional impressions, very niche impressions that have nothing to do with regions, and repetition for comedic effect.
See for yourself in the trailer.
Though once thought to be possibly far and gone, the legendary comedy variety extravaganza Tomorrow! Show with Ron Lynch is coming back and coming back soon!
The Steve Allen Theater is sadly no more, but Ron and company will be enjoying burning the midnight oil with chaotic glee at a new home in LA’s newest comedy venue The Hayworth Theater.
Unsurprisingly, the line-up is full of Tomorrow! favorites and ought to not be missed.
Tickets will be $10. Get more info here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Todd Glass’ full hour special released this week is the summation of the joyful anarchy that Todd has been dealing in over the last few years. Armed with a full house band (that also is cued in on his bits and commentary on bits and accompanying course corrections on bits), Glass takes you down the rabbit hole of his comedy, which is rambunctiously fun as well as subtly illuminating about the times we live in and how comedy dissects said times.
Last week’s @hottubshow sold out so fast! If you miss out on your chance to get tickets for next week’s show, you can always win tickets from us!
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We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again. Josh Gondelman is not only great stand-up comedian, but proof positive that you don’t have to be a brooding, tortured artist in order to become great at stand-up.
Gondelman’s set for last night’s Late Night with Seth Meyers is yet another wonderful example of this. Watch it here.
Netflix Announces Line-Up for “15 Minute Comedy Specials”
A 15 minute comedy special is definitely experimental in the sense that it’s longer than a late night set or even a set on one of Comedy Central’s stand-up showcase series, but it’s shorter than a half hour special. Since Netflix has been shelling out the big bucks for the big names as of the last couple years, we guess this is their way to stay connected to comedians still working their way to being a household name (and probably someone whom would have gotten an hour special from the Netflix of years past)
With that being said, we’re glad to see the line-up features plenty of folks that we’ve got to enjoy over the years and deserve the platform of Netflix to have their comedy be seen and heard including:
Aisling Bea
Michelle Buteau
Tim Dillon
JR De Guzman
Sabrina Jalees
Janelle James
Sam Jay
Josh Johnson
Ian Karmel
Jak Knight
Matteo Lane
Max Silvestri
Taylor Tomlinson
Phil Wang
Emma Willmann
Kate Willett
Tapings have yet to happen and the series isn’t named, but keep a close on eye on @netflixisajoke to see when both of those things are announced.
Quietly over the last five years, Geoff Tate has been building a catalog of comedy albums that we very much enjoy.
Tate has always had a great knack for coloring the vignettes of his life with subtle details that really make his laidback sensibilities land comedically. For example, this particular round features an almost epic journey of trying to make new friends via shared appreciation of the Jack Reacher franchise. It might possibly the funniest bit involving Jack Reacher in the current canon of stand-up comedy.
So, with that in mind, pick up a copy of People Are What People Make ’Em to see how that whole story plays out and to also listen to another solid hour from Tate.
You’d be hard pressed to find a more charming patio to watch a comedy show in than the one where Wolf Den happens.
Also, the line-up, per usual, is pretty damn solid, so set plans for next Wednesday already.
Get more info on this latest edition of Wolf Den here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Five years ago, the times weren’t so dark. If you’d like to associate that with the beginning of Big Money at The Virgil, we wholeheartedly encourage you to do so.
While doing that, come and enjoy the 5th Anniversary (not many comedy shows ever make it this far FYI) of this weekly comedy show lead by Bryan Cook on Thursday, Jan. 25th at 8PM. Admission is FREE. Cook and Andy Wood’s band The Guilty Treasures will also be playing to celebrate the occasion.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Jamie Lee has been, in our opinion, prime to release an album quite for some time. So, with that in mind, you’re getting a great collection of Jamie’s best over the last several years, which are seamlessly stitched together on “I Mean…”.
Jamie has a great eye and ear for detail in her life for her comedy and also has a deft talent for wordplay and metaphor that are quite enjoyable. Also, Jamie will occasionally flaunt a sort-of syncopated timing on some of our favorite jokes from her that highlight how great Jamie is at crafting her brand of humor.
You can hear all of that on her very first album “I Mean…” fresh off the presses from AST Records. Get it on Apple Music here.
Mo Welch not only has a charming set for her late night debut, but she also devised a great way to remember all the teams that comprise the WNBA (and really make sure you’re up to date on required feminist knowledge).
Watch and enjoy here.
Finally, the wonderful Caitlin Gill is back in LA.
You should really take every chance you can to go see her live including her own show Caitlin Gill’s Lab Oratory coming at the end of the month at The Hollywood Improv Comedy Lab.
Tickets are $8 and you can (and should) get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
The Emmy Award winning W. Kamau Bell is going to tape his latest comedy special in NYC on Feb. 1st. (you can get tickets for that here).
In preparation, he’ll be running his hour at Largo at the Coronet Theatre a week from now and tickets are still available. They’re $30 and you can (and should) get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
The world getting to see Todd Glass perform an hour with a live band is long overdue.
Finally, that will be happening with Todd Glass: Act Happy coming to Netflix near the end of this month on January 23rd.
Get a taste of what it’s like here.
Want to hear some of LA’s best and brightest do their first jokes of 2018?
If yes, 50 First Jokes is always the show for you.
Get your advance tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
There is so much good stuff to be had here:
-Celebrate one of the best weekly comedy shows in LA hitting the three year mark.
-See a great line-up.
-Support the Downtown Women’s Center.
-Get to see an episode of Comedy Central’s new series Corporate before it premieres.
So, get your tickets already!
Poster by Jack Sjogren
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Not only is the great live animated stand-up show, Picture This! back for their first show of 2018, but they are, for the first time, having improv that will be also animated live from some of the best in town (Wild Horses-Lauren Lapkus, Mary Holland, Stephanie Allynne & Erin Whitehead).
You’re not going to want to miss this. In fact, you might want to show up before the door time if you want to get a seat.
Get more details here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Finally, there will be weekly stand-up comedy back at Nerdmelt at Meltdown Comics on Wednesdays. The revered slot once held by Meltdown with Jonah & Kumail, then briefly held by Rabbit Hole with Jay Larson and Rory Scovel, will now be taken over by Woman Crush Wednesdays with Marcella Arguello.
Hence the title, a variety of the funniest women around will be featured on Wednesdays with Marcella leading the charge.
Get your tickets to the inaugural edition of Women Crush Wednesdays for this Wednesday here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com
Dark: Stand Up Comedy in Pitch Black is finally back next weekend.
Truly, it’s comedy done in complete darkness and, as always, features a great line-up. This time it’s Chris Garcia, Barbara Gray, Michael Glazer, Chris Riggins, Jono Zalay, and Caitlin Gill that you’ll be hearing while having wearing a sleeping mask.
If you get your tickets now (which you should), it’s $5, then it’s $10 at the door.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
The first late night stand-up set is in the books with a charming performance from Gary Vider on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
If you’re a fan of Dan Mintz’s stand-up and not yet a fan of Gary, you might just be a fan of both after watching this set.
Arguably, Tom Segura was one of the first comedians to really get catapulted into success (and rightfully so we might add) because of Netflix.
Even though Netflix has been chasing down the biggest names in comedy over the last couple of years, it is nice to see that they’re sticking by Tom as you can see in the trailer for this latest special, Disgraceful.
Clare O’Kane is returning from NYC to record her debut album for AST Records and it’s definitely something you should back Bar Lubitsch’s back room wall to wall for.
Also, it’s FREE.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
