Please Enjoy Yet Another Great Mark Normand Late Night Set
Mark Normand and his style of comedy are almost tailor made for late night. That’s probably why he keeps getting to do it on a pretty regular basis.
Somehow, John-Michael Bond will magically mash the worlds of stand-up and D&D together this Sunday at Nerdmelt in Hollywood. Also, the presence of the likes of Jared Logan, Chris Estrada, Grant Gordon, and Kate Willett make for just a great show on its own.
Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 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.
That’s right. This show is stand-up comedy completely in complete darkness. If you’ve never experienced such a thing before, it’s pretty trippy, and, for this show, you’ll be in the hands of a great line-up.
Also, we should point out that this show, done in pitch black darkness, has a comedian named Steven King on it (sure, it’s spelled differently than the author, but it’s still a cool, novelty selling point anyway).
You can (and should) get your tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Next week, Chris Fairbanks, a undeniable favorite of ours, is taping a new hour special next week at one of our favorite venues in town to watch stand-up, Bar Lubitsch.
If you in or around LA next Tuesday, please make sure you $5 cash on you to go see these tapings of what we’re pretty sure will be a damn good time.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
We’ve got five ticket giveaways going right now via our friends at DoLA!
Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen @ The Virgil 6/5
Fresh Out LA @ UCB Sunset 6/8
A pop up kitchen comedy show (in Echo Park) 6/10
Sh*t Arcade: Comedians Play Bad Video Games @ Nerdmelt Showroom 6/15
Harmontown @ Starburns Castle 6/18
Click the links to get more details and enter to win free tickets!
Two Upcoming Netflix Comedy Specials We’re Excited for Are Called “Joe Mande’s Award-Winning Comedy Special” and “Rory Scovel Tries Stand-Up For the First Time”
Both Joe Mande and Rory Scovel are two great comedians of this current golden age of comedy that are deserving of their upcoming Netflix comedy specials that arrive this month and next.
Also, we just love the juxtaposition of the titles of their specials and how much of a goofy range it covers.
Oh, in case it wasn’t clear, mark these dates down as Joe and Rory’s new hour will definitely be worth watching.
Weekly show, Sauce Comedy, is using June to put on an entire all-female comedy festival that does indeed feature some of the best comedians (see for yourself in the flyer above) that LA has to offer.
Perfectly called Pizza Coven, there are five Fridays in June that will make up this festival held at Desano’s Pizza in Hollywood.
Get more details about Pizza Coven here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Sarah Silverman’s “A Speck of Dust” Now Streaming on Netflix
Following up We Are Miracles, the title to Sarah Silverman’s latest special seems to naturally progress some sort of greater, existential theme as it’s called A Speck of Dust.
That being said, Silverman has brought her signature blue cleverness to a more personal level on this special than she has in the past. A brush with almost dying adds some more gravitas throughout the hour and the closer, in an age where notable closing jokes in specials are becoming increasingly rare, is pretty spectacular.
A Speck of Dust is streaming now on Netflix.
Also, Sarah made this devilishly mischievous promo for it.
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.
Wolf Den is one of the more picturesque house shows in the LA scene. They’re a monthly show nestled in Silverlake, making it even more of a special occasion, that has a swell line-up for May.
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.
Please Get Kate Willett’s Delightful, Sex Positive, Feminist Album “Glass Gutter”
Kate Willett may work a bit “blue”, but she brings a certain intelligence, craftsmanship, and vulnerability in talking about sexuality on stage that evolve such a simplistic description based on how racy some people might find her material.
She’s sincere and completely willing to dissect her life, including all the peaks and valleys. In that regard, the title for her brand new album “Glass Gutter” is perfect because Kate is set on a mission to ensure equality between genders at all levels no matter if they’re high or low.
Here’s a bit off the album accompanied by a clever reenactment.
You can (and should) get Glass Gutter off of iTunes right now from Rooftop Comedy.
Seaton Smith’s Beautifully Navigates Race Relations and Police Brutality on Conan
Seaton Smith’s Beautifully Navigates Race Relations and Police Brutality on Conan
Being frank, honest, and vulnerable, Seaton Smith delivered an set that further illustrates the weirdness of the racial tension and the abuse of excessive force by certain police officers.
Also, he closes with one of the best jokes on the subject of police brutality that we’ve heard in a while.
Watch Seaton’s set here.
Looks Like Netflix Made Another Deal from Twitter by Getting Ellen DeGeneres on Board to Do a Stand Up Special
Netflix tweeted, “Looks like it’s been 15years since you did a stand-up special, @theellenshow. How about one for Netflix?”
Ellen responded, “Let me think about it. Ok I’m in.”
So, there you have it. It would appear that Netflix just started to make a deal for stand-up special that’s probably worth millions of dollars through some tweets. This follows Netflix’s move to develop the buddy comedy starring Rihanna and Lupita Nyong’o that started as a fan’s dream vision.
It would appear that if you’re big enough of a deal, you could tweet at Netflix and Netflix will be listening.
The Big Fire Festival Returns and Announces 2017 Line-Up
Though the words ‘fire’ and ‘festival’ might conjure up the recent SNAFU that was the Fyre Festival.
That being said, The Big Fire Festival is nothing like that as it’s returning for its 3rd year, has nothing to do with Instagram celebrities trying to dupe you, and features plenty of comedy worth checking out in the desert under the stars as shown in the flyer above.
You can get more details here and tickets here.
Comedy Central’s will be taping their latest season of This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir very soon at Cheetah’s in Los Feliz. There are 14 tapings currently available to attend for free, so long as you RSVP, and, as usual, they’ve got a very, very stacked line-up.
Stories will be coming from the likes of Darrell Hammond, Scott Thompson, Anthony Atamanuik, Byron Bowers, Sandra Bernhard, Kyle Kinane, Sean Patton, Chris Garcia, Joel Kim Booster, and Tom Segura to name a few.
Get more details, the full line-up, and tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Both the Comedy Crawl and Open Mic Run are all updated for next week (i.e. other things than Twin Peaks returning are happening).
Check the listings on the calendars at www.thecomedybureau.com
The above photo is probably the most serious that you’ll ever see Gabe Liedman, Jenny Slate, and Max Silvestri be together. See them get much more silly at their wonderful show, Big Terrific this weekend.
Tickets are $30 and you can (and should) get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Letting Jon Daly and his consciousness, subconscious, and fearlessness run free is pretty fantastic.
You can get an hour of that this Saturday. Tickets are available here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Laugh Lines is supporting a great cause, Trans Lifeline, a suicide prevention hotline for Trans youth, and has a great LGBTQ line-up as well.
Get your tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Here are a bunch of great comedy ticket giveaways for this week from our pals at DoLA!
Hot Tub with Kurt and Kurt and Kristen @ The Virgil 5/15
Fresh Out LA @ UCB Sunset 5/18
Punchlines for Paws with Silverman/Kroll/Leggero @ Candela LA 5/20
The Big Sick seems poised to be a big comedy hit this summer and, as such, there’s an accompanying live comedy tour with cast Kumail Nanjiani, Ray Romano, Aidy Bryant, and Kurt Braunohler.
One of those stops is here in LA at The Belasco Theatre in DTLA and tickets are on sale now for $61.50. Get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Following Up a Whole Album About Death, Sean White Makes a Great Case for Anger and Loneliness with “Angry & Alone”
Exactly two years ago, we told you about Sean White’s bold debut album Dead & Gone that centered on death, both in his experiences with it and conceptually. Bold though it may be to essentially do a comedy album on death, Sean delivered and carved a really great hour.
This latest album, Angry & Alone, continues Sean focusing in on concepts through his own dark comedic lens. In a way, Sean delivers a hilarious new hour that makes a great case for the usefulness of anger and the value of being alone. His personal experience and carefully made observations make the pair of anger and isolation seem kind of fun and unique to himself as opposed to the many angry, lonely comedians that are out there these days.
Here’s a small morsel to show you what we’re talking about.
Get Angry & Alone now from AST Records as a CD or off of iTunes.
“Amy Schumer Presents Mark Normand: Don’t Be Yourself” Premieres Tonight
Mark Normand’s very first hour comedy special premieres tonight and is presented by none other than Amy Schumer.
In fact, you can see Amy give Mark a pep talk right before he taped the special and just how much she believes in him.
Catch “Amy Schumer Presents Mark Normand: Don’t Be Yourself” tonight at Midnight on Comedy Central.
Please Enjoy Dan Mintz’s Latest Set on Late Night with Seth Meyers
While many of you are probably very familiar with the voice of Tina Belcher on Bob’s Burgers, Dan Mintz is also one of the master practitioners of deadpan one-liner jokes these days.
See for yourself from his latest set from last night’s Late Night with Seth Meyers.
“Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King” Gets First Trailer as Netflix Stand-Up Special
2017 might just be Hasan Minhaj’s year. In addition to his stellar WHCD performance, he has an hour special coming out.
From solo show to The Moth to Off-Broadway to touring around the country, Hasan Minhaj’s Homecoming King has been not only a great hour of comedy, but an incredibly relevant story that he has gotten to share.
Now, Homecoming King will be presented as a comedy special on Netflix very soon, starting Tuesday May 23rd.
Watch the trailer here.