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Pick of the Day: Summer School: Entertainment Community Fund Benefit (in LA) 6/1

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We’re almost at a month since this current WGA Strike began and all signs point towards it continuing for more weeks to come. As such, anything supporting the Entertainment Community Fund is crucial right now as many of those on the picket line are of humble means and are currently living off of reserves in their bank account.

There already have been a few comedy benefits supporting the ECF already in LA and NYC and there are sure more to come including the one, Summer School, happening this Thurs. Jun. 1st at 7PM at the Virgil that will double as a benefit for the ECF and People’s City Council Mutual Aid LA Fund.

The likes of such comedy stars (as well as a couple SNL folks) will be in attendance including: Andrew Dismukes, Adam Conover, Mike O’Brien, Jenny Yang, Katrina Davis, and Sophie Delaney along with hosts Aly Dixon, Elizabeth Schantz, and Jess Uhler.

Tickets are only $15 and admission is free for WGA members. Go get tickets and support the ECF/PCC Mutual Aid/WGA Strike here.

January 9, 2019

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After a far too long hiatus in town, Baron Vaughn and Open Mike Eagle’s The New Negroes (hopefully their Comedy Central series of the same name will premiere soon this year as well) is back! More brilliant wordplay, rapping, stand-up, and more are thankfully on the horizon from Vaughn and Mike.

So, this first 2019 edition of New Negroes will happen at at The Virgil on Sun., Jan. 27th at 7:30PM (and happen every 4th Sunday of the month going forward). The line-up, of course, is pretty grand with:

Sasheer Zamata
Langston Kerman
Janelle James
Yusuf Ali
Katrina Davis
Troy Walker

So, go get your tickets in advance for $7 here (or you can chance paying $10 at the door-cash only)

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

October 5, 2018

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‘Tis the spooky season and that means that the annual comedians-donning-a-costume-of-another-comedian-for-a-giant-show is coming soon!

Schtick or Treat (presented by Mark Normand and Matt Ruby), now in its 11th year, is back at the Virgil on Sunday, Oct. 28th at 7PM with wonderful hosts Jason Saenz and Nick Turner. As we said, your favorite comedians around town (and around the country) will dress up and perform as famous comedians, dead or alive. It’s always a blast (even that one year where an entire back table dressed up as ghosts and kept saying “boo” the whole time).

Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 cash at door. Get them in advance here!

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

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Another edition of Blair Socci’s Dear Owen Wilson, the live reading show that has comedians write and share letters they wrote to celebrities. It’s an amazing show and has another doozy of a line-up as you can see above.

Tickets are $5 in advance and $8 at the door. Please go get them in advance here.

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

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It has been a minute (well, more than a few minutes actually) since The Super Serious Show graced us with their presence at The Virgil.

Thankfully, one of our favorite all-star comedy variety showcases is back in town from a jaunt across the pond with another wondrous line-up for June 20th.

Tickets are $7 in adv., $10 at door and you can and very much should get them here.

Poster by Barry Blankenship

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

August 25, 2017

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Harmontown and Hot Tub are two shows that you should never miss.

As that’s the case, we have another round of tickets to giveaway just in case you wanted to see these shows for free!

Enter to win here: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways

We got free tickets for you to win to…

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We got free tickets for you to win to…

...Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen, Andy Kindler’s Particular Show, Harmontown, The Best Friends Show, and The Super Serious Show 7 Anniversary.

It’s a round-up of some of the best shows in town and you can enter to win a pair of free tickets here.

Our friends at DoLA asked us what indie comedy shows in LA you can’t miss and we happily obliged with this list.

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Our friends at DoLA asked us what indie comedy shows in LA you can’t miss and we happily obliged with this list.

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Those shows sound pretty cool, right?

Well, if you wanna go, we have tickets to giveaway! Enter here.

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Like free tickets to some of LA’s best comedy shows? We got you covered (via DoLA).

The Super Serious Show with Josh Fadem @ The Virgil Wed. Jun. 21st
Fresh Out LA @ UCB Sunset Thurs. Jun 22nd
Comedy Sucks @ Nerdmelt Showroom Fri. Jun 23rd
The Best Friends Show @ The Virgil Sat. Jun. 24*
Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net @ Nerdmelt Showroom Sat. Jun. 24*
LAID: A Solo Show by Natalie Palamides @ UCB Franklin Thurs. Jun. 29th*
Harmontown @ Starburns Castle Sat. Jul. 2nd

*just added

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Come celebrate 2 years of the best show for best friends telling stories on stage together.

Kim Seltzer and Aliya Kamalova will indeed by having the The Best Friends Show 2 Year Anniversary next week and tickets are only $5. Please get them here.

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

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NYC’s own wonderful indie late night show Running Late with Scott Rogowsky is back in LA this week and next. As you can see above, he’s got plenty of great guests including Paul F. Tompkins, Ben Schwartz, Eddie Pepitone, Lauren Lapkus, and more.

So far, Rogowsky has got three dates at The Virgil and you can tickets are now on sale for Friday, May 5th, Saturday, May 6th, and Sunday, May 7th. If you get the tickets in advance, it’ll cost $7. At the door, it’ll be $10. He also has a date locked down at the Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe on May 10th that you’ll want to keep a close eye on for tickets.

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

You Can Now Win Tickets to Some of Our Favorite Shows in Town Including Hot Tub, The Rabbit Hole, and Fresh Out LA

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After all, we are a bureaucratic agency for comedy and naturally have some connections to get you into some of the best LA comedy shows in town for FREE.

Right now, we’re running ticket giveaways for:
Hot Tub with Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schaal
The Rabbit Hole with Jay Larson and Rory Scovel
Fresh Out LA with Adam Conover and Emily Heller

These shows often sell out or at capacity. If you want to go and not have to worry about buying a ticket in time or at all, you can enter our free ticket giveaway via our friends DoLA and possibly win admission for you and a friend to any one of these stellar nights of comedy here in LA.

For a chance to win tickets to Hot Tub, enter here.

For a chance to win tickets to Rabbit Hole, enter here.

For a chance to win tickets to Fresh Out LA, enter here.

Keep a close eye on us on Twitter @thecomedybureau and Facebook for future giveaways!

The Best Friends Show is always pretty great.

This line-up though is pretty special, even by their standards as best friends and real life married couples Emily Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani and Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher are on the line-up for this Saturday.

Tickets are $5 online and $6 at door. You can (and should) get tickets in advance here.

February 23, 2017

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Here’s an opportunity to take a break from speaking out at actual town halls and enjoy a fake “American Town Hall” next week where all you need to do is laugh at “citizen speakers” from Newport, RI.

It’s $5 at the door and the ticket sales go to ACLU, so you’re still doing a good thing by going.

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

January 6, 2017

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Hot Tub with Kurt [Braunohler] and Kristen [Schaal] is back for their first show of 2017. Per usual, they have a stacked line-up with Wil Anderson, Ramon Rivas II, Andy Peters, Kate Berlant, Andrew Michaan, and Jonathan Burns. Also, per usual, you shouldn’t miss it.

Tickets are $5 in advance and $8 at the door. Get your advance tickets here.

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

Poster by Nolan Fabricius

In case you’ve never seen or heard of Picture This!, you get to watch stand-up magically animated in real time.

More details here.

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

For admission, there’s a suggested donation of $5 at the door. More details here.

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

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Get tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy events and open mics along with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Sam Simmons Doing Limited Run of Stand-Up Game Show “Sam Simmons Has Problems”

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Absurdly delightful Australia comedian Sam Simmons is doing a special limited run, for now, here in LA of an “interactive anarchic stand-up game show”, “Sam Simmons Has Problems”. Seeing all the fun has had up in JFL Montreal with just a loaf of bread, this is bound to be a fun run on Mondays through July 15th (except for July 1st) at The Virgil following Hot Tub with Kurt & Kristen.

RSVP for the first one w/Kumail Nanjiani and Matt Braunger here.