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June 12, 2019

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Don Fanelli’s acclaimed podcast, The Need to Fail, is coming up on its 100th episode and, to mark the occasion, will be taping a humdinger of a live ep. at Lyric Hyperion this Friday with two, count ‘em, two stellar guests, Casey Wilson and Bobby Moynihan.

Of course, the podcast follows closely to the title as Fanelli’s guests share the the low points in the career, their failures that preceded the plethora of success they currently have. Without a doubt, you’ll want to hear what Wilson and Moynihan went through to get where they are now.

Tickets are $10 and you can (and should) get them here.

April 16, 2019

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This particular month of The Best Friends Show, the wonderful storytelling show that has comedy folks and their best friends tell a story together, has a particularly stellar line-up for this month.

Just look at the flyer and you’ll know that it’s going to a night more magical than the already pretty magical Best Friends Show (also, you’ll probably get cake too).

Go get your tickets quick here before they sell out.

January 30, 2019

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The legendary storytelling/new material show Uncabaret (it has been running for a quarter of a century) is settling into its new home in Los Feliz at the swanky Rockwell Table & Stage.

That being said, it’s not a weekly affair anymore and thus, we’re keeping an eye out for you for the show’s upcoming dates including this one near the end of March with yet another stacked line-up (from several different generations of comedy by the way).

Anyways, tickets are going from $10-$30 (plus a 2-item min.) and you can get your tickets here.

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

Ryan Sickler Is Picking Up Right Where He Left Off with The HoneyDew

January 8, 2019

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While it’s sad to see one of the all-time best storytelling podcasts, The Crabfeast, come to an end, you have almost nothing to worry about as both hosts Ryan Sickler and Jay Larson will be doing their own storytelling-driven podcasts.

For starters, Ryan Sickler will be finding the stories of shortcomings, failures, hard times, etc. with hilarious guests and sharing them on his new podcast, The HoneyDew. Taking a listen to the first episode with Josh Adam Meyers, it’s clear Sickler won’t have lost a single step since the Crabfeast ended. It’s reveling in the “honeydew”, perfectly good fruit, that always seems to get passed up.

Take and listen and subscribe to The HoneyDew on iTunes or wherever you listen to podcasts. If you subscribed to the Crabfeast, the feed has changed over already.

January 7, 2019

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The legendary UnCabaret is finally returning this weekend. It’ll be at the fancy Rockwell Table & Stage this Sunday, Jan. 13th at 7:30PM.

For their first 2019 show (and their first show back in quite some time), they’ve got a pretty spectacular line-up of Laura Kightlinger, Liz Astrof, Justin Sayre, Jamie Bridgers, Frangela and musical guest Holly Palmer sharing new stories and new stand-up and, as always, host Beth Lapides, Musical Director Mitch Kaplan and Denise Fraser on drums.

Tickets are running between $10-$30 (plus 2-item min.). Get more details and tickets here.

January 3, 2019

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On a monthly basis, the one and only Jen Kirkman will be working on stories over at the intimate Improv Lab at the Hollywood Improv. If you can, do not miss out on any of these as Kirkman is one of the best storytellers out there.

The first edition is on Tues., Jan. 29th at 7:30PM. Tickets are $10 (plus a 1-item min.). Get them here before they sell out.

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

Mike Birbiglia Wasn’t Aware He Met Gerard Butler, Then Something Else Weirder Happened

December 19, 2018

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Somehow, Mike Birbiglia keeps having wonderfully odd things happen to him in his life and distilling it perfectly into a story.

This story told on this week’s Late Night with Seth Meyers is yet another example amongst many of this fact. Please enjoy.

Mike Birbiglia Wasn’t Aware He Met Gerard Butler, Then Something Else Weirder Happened

December 19, 2018

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Somehow, Mike Birbiglia keeps having wonderfully odd things happen to him in his life and distilling it perfectly into a story.

This story told on this week’s Late Night with Seth Meyers is yet another example amongst many of this fact. Please enjoy.

Ryan Sickler’s Reaffirms His Mastery of Storytelling with “Get a Hold of Yourself”

November 21, 2018

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On stage as a stand-up, on The Crabfeast podcast, and even behind-the-scenes at the storytelling series This Is Not Happening, Ryan Sickler has made himself an undeniable presence when it comes to comedic storytelling.

So, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that his new album Get a Hold of Yourself is a finely aged bottled of stories tapped from Sickler’s personal reserves about his family, drugs, and the infamous roller coaster Tatsu. When hearing them, there’s a timeless feel to the way he weaves details together, his perfectly measured timing, the smooth, deep sound of his voice that make it so you can’t help but want to sit and listen and not really want to do anything else.

So, go get Ryan Sickler’s Get a Hold of Yourself available now from Blonde Medicine here.

November 21, 2018

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Public School Stories has been carrying the torch as one of the best live storytelling shows in LA thanks to stellar booking and their insistence on the stories only living at the show and not on a podcast or anywhere else. You have to be there to see it and it’s just a little extra special because of that.

So, join them in their final show on Wed., Dec. 5th, which also happens to be their annual charity Winter Formal that will be raising funds for RAICES, Immigration Law Firm.

They haven’t announced the line-up, but we’re sure that all-star hosts/producers Stephen Falk, Joey Slamon, James Urbaniak, Natasha Vargas-Cooper will not disappoint.

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

October 26, 2018

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Mark Normand and Joe List’s popular storytelling podcast, the aptly titled Tuesdays with Stories, is coming to LA for a special live episode this coming Tuesday on Oct. 30th at 8PM in the Main Room of the Hollywood Improv.

Stories from their line-up of Bert Kreischer, Henry Phillips, and Nick Vatterott are probably ones that you won’t want to miss. Tickets are $15 plus a 2-item min. Go get them here.

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

September 7, 2018

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Trish Nelson’s stupendous storytelling show The Secret Society of the Sisterhood is back at the Masonic Lodge at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery!

New members of the sisterhood sharing their truth will be:

Legendary drummer of HOLE and author of Hits So Hard PATTY SCHEMEL
Beloved comedian and former SNL cast member SASHEER ZAMATA
Renaissance woman and punk rock historian PLEASANT GEHMAN
Award-winning author of Real Artists Have Day Jobs SARA BENINCASA

With music from our first male ally inductee, music director of The Late Late Show with James Corden REGGIE WATTS

This next gathering will be on Monday, September 24th at 8PM. Tickets are going for $20-$25. Go get them here ASAP.

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

September 2, 2018

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We would hope by now that you have come to watch, enjoy, and love Lindsay Ames’ My Diary show as we have.

Lindsay is doing a very special edition of her show this month that ups the ante of performers sharing personal diaries entries by getting them “baked” before they take the stage. We can’t speak for the line-up reading their most personal secrets from the younger days while high, but this ought to be a great time for any and all in attendance.

Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Go get them here.

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

July 17, 2018

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Hasan Minhaj is set to go on a big ol’ North American tour starting this August. Called Before The Storm, Minhaj will actually be kicking off his tour in LA with three shows at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel in DTLA.

The three shows are as follows:
Saturday, August 11th 8PM & 10:30PM
and
Sunday, August 12th 8PM

Tickets are $30-$75 and you should get them sooner rather than later as we can imagine that these will sell out.

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

June 13, 2018

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So, Au Lac in DTLA, the current home of one of LA’s longest running comedy shows UnCabaret, will be soon going through some changes including discontinuing live shows.

So, there are only a couple of chances to catch UnCabaret in the gorgeous Bar Fedora room and you really ought to not miss the magic blend of storytelling, stand-up, music, and host Beth Lapides while you can.

Get tickets for this penultimate show here.

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

May 22, 2018

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The Best Friends Show, a quirky celebration of friendship, storytelling, and cake, is going to mark their third anniversary this Saturday at The Virgil.

Hosts and best friends Kim Seltzer and Aliya Kamalova will lead off an evening featuring stories from:
Blair Socci & Megan Gailey
Nick Mandernach & Anthony Gioe
Mary Sasson & Mano Agapion
and music from:
Open Mike Eagle

Tickets are $5 online and $6 at the door. Get advanced tickets here.

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

April 2, 2018

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Bassem Youssef, Egypt’s Jon Stewart, will be doing his solo show over at the Comedy Central Stage on Thursday, April 12th and Monday, April 16th. It’s something you shouldn’t miss as one of the Middle East’s top satirists gives their perspective on the insanity of these times.

Best of all, tickets are FREE w/RSVP here and here, respectively.

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

Chris Garcia Tells His Story of Trying Boxing to Win a Girl Back

March 28, 2018

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Normally, the stories featured on Comedy Central’s This Is Not Happening aren’t usually described as “sweet”, however Chris Garcia’s story of trying to win his girl back via boxing does definitely have all sorts of sweet throughout.

Don’t worry, there’s plenty of cursing and violence too (otherwise, it really wouldn’t be a TINH story, would it?)

Give it a watch and enjoy it here.

March 23, 2018

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The singular comedic talent Justin Sayre will be doing his sonata form/storytelling show The Boy Sonata for one night only at The Celebration Theatre on April 1st.

It’s not often that you get to Sayre perform solo here in LA and you shouldn’t miss a chance when you’d get to do so. Tickets are $20 and you can (and should) get them here.

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

Byron Bowers Tells One of the Darkest and Best Stories for This Is Not Happening

March 8, 2018

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The stories of comedian/actor Byron Bowers are something to be reckoned with in the best, most all-encompassing way possible.

His story featured on Comedy Central’s This Is Not Happening is proof positive of this as well as what we said in the headline.

Watch and revel in it here.

For over half a decade, comedians and animators have met in a comedy venue to tango and create some of the most spectacular, haunting, and hysterical images to be described in real time for Picture This!.

Let’s all celebrate that by going to their 6 Year Anniversary show next weekend! Get more details here.

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

February 15, 2018

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Join Trish Nelson and The Secret Society of the Sisterhood as well as red hooded capes to hear their own personal stories on the theme of "I thought I was going to die!“

It’s a line-up that features all sorts of wonderful women from all sorts of backgrounds (as you can see on the flyer above). We should also mention that the show takes place in a Masonic Lodge within a cemetery.

https://hollywoodforever.ticketfly.com/event/1640411-secret-society-sisterhood-los-angeles/

Tickets are $25-$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.

Louis Katz Tells the Story of Why He’s No Longer a Romantic Type of Guy

February 14, 2018

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We thought, as it is Valentine’s Day, that it would only be appropriate to share this fantastic story from Comedy Central’s This Is Not Happening of how love twisted Louiz Katz inside out and produced a more hardened, embittered soul after it spat him out.

In a way, this story just shows how powerful love is.

Please enjoy it here.

Krystyna Hutchinson Tells Her Story of Overcoming Jealousy of a Porn Star for True Love

February 14, 2018

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As Valentine’s Day looms in the coming hours, we thought it’d be kind of perfect to watch Krystyna Hutchinson’s fantastic story from this latest season of This Is Not Happening.

It’s a story of overcoming the odds to not only find true love, but come to peace with your own insecurities and anxities. Also, the co-creator of Guys We F****d’s tale is pretty NSFW.

Enjoy it here.

Whether it was pairs of these folks on stage together or not, the line-up for the upcoming Couples Therapy with Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman is beyond stuffed with comedy goodness.

The duos going up together include:
Henry Zebrowski and Jackie Zebrowski
Janine Brito and Paula Pell
Solomon Georgio and Casey Ley
Amber Nelson and Nick Vatterott

Pretty swell, right? So, go get your tickets here already.

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

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