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February 1, 2019

chris gethard, tcgs, the chris gethard show

If you think about it, if The Chris Gethard Show was to be handed off to someone in its entirety, it would be unofficial, unauthorized, and keep the name even though someone not named Chris Gethard would be hosting, right?

Well, that’s what happening at the Lyric Hyperion on Fri., Feb. 8th at 8PM with the very, very funny Robby Hoffman (former writer and featured performer on TCGS).

Chris Gethard’s official statement on this whole happening is as follows:

“I am not involved in this and don’t really understand why it’s happening or what it is, but I love Robby, so go for broke. Again, this show in no way reflects, represents, or is The Chris Gethard Show.”

Whatever happens, we’re sure it’ll be some damn fun, controlled chaos (which is the true spirit of TCGS, isn’t it?). Go get tickets for the show for $8 here.

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

January 31, 2019

comedy show, los angeles, stand up, todd glass, valentine's day, what to do

When it comes to setting the mood in comedy, few pay as much attention to detail as Todd Glass (there’s a whole mini-doc about it).

Thus, he might be the perfect choice for a Valentine’s Day comedy show, which, thankfully for you, is happening at the world famous Hollywood Improv. In fact, whether you’re in a relationship or not, we’ll bet that Todd will make it a great night.

You can (and should) get tickets (there is a 2 item min.) here.

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

January 30, 2019

alec mapa, alex edelman, beth lapides, chris pierce, comedy show, denise fraser, jamie bridgers, julia sweeney, los angeles, los feliz, merrill markoe, mitch kaplan, stand up, storytelling

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.

January 29, 2019

experimental comedy, hollywood, lorelei ramirez, silverlake, solo show

NYC’s celebrated artist/comedian multi-hyphenate Lorelei Ramirez (Adult Swim, The Chris Gethard Show, VICE’s Creators Project), will be in LA next month along with their show ALIVE! (for now).

Ramirez has found a niche in bridging the worlds of art and comedy and pushing the boundaries of both to much acclaim. With that in mind, you ought to not miss the two dates that they have for this show over one weekend.

One will be at The Ruby LA on Sat., Feb 9th at 9PM for $5 and the other will be at Lyric Hyperion on Sun., Feb. 10th at 10PM for $10. Go get tickets now!

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

January 28, 2019

comedy show, comedy special, eddie pepitone, k town, live taping, los angeles, stand up, westlake

We sincerely hope that Eddie Pepitone goes down in comedy history as one of the greats. Pepitone is a truly electrifying performer that somehow makes every performance special and enthralling even if you know some of the material by heart.

Thus, you should definitely be in the room when his latest special is being taped next month at Dynasty Typewriter. There are two shows on Sat., Feb. 16th, 8PM & 10PM, that you can attend. Also, Dana Gould will be featuring and Caitlin Gill will be hosting, which might just be more brilliant comedy than we all deserve.

Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door and you can and very much should get them 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.

January 25, 2019

animation, hollywood, titmouse

Renowned (just look at those credits above) animation house Titmouse is having their annual let-the-animators-do-whatever-they-want night next month at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. It’s truly beyond your wildest imagination especially because of the short-form nature of all the ideas.

Tickets are $12 and you can (and very much 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.

January 24, 2019

andy daly, comedy show, hollywood, jerry minor, jess mckenna, los angeles, matt walsh, mo gaffney, rich fulcher, sasheer zamata, variety show, zach reino

Looks like the Inner Sanctum at UCB Sunset (which we’d like to note can feel more intimate than the main stage next door at times) is having more stacked shows these days.

Presented by UCB co-founder Matt Walsh, Dodo’s Retirement Party will be a variety show as well as a tribute to “Dolores (Dodo) Portencasso” as she retires from “Corn Products”. Oh yeah, the line-up just happens to be, as we mentioned before, pretty damn stacked (see flyer above).

Tickets for this show next week are $12 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.

January 23, 2019

comedy show, hannah gadsby, los angeles, stand up

Yep, the one and only Hannah Gadsby will be playing Dynasty Typewriter from Feb. 26th-Mar. 9th. Specifically, she’ll be playing Feb. 26th, 27th, and 28th and Mar. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, & 9th.

Tickets are $25 in adv. and $30 on day of (but they’ll probably sell out FYI). Go get them quick here.

Well, we don’t really need to say anymore here. Go on and get your tickets because, again, they’ll probably all sell out (maybe even today).

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

January 22, 2019

comedy show, jacqueline novak, john early, los angeles, silverlake, stand up

The marvelous Jacqueline Novak (just watch this late night set to see what we’re talking about) is in town and also doing a run of her hour at Lyric Hyperion all throughout next week.

Also, John Early apparently will be there to “praise” the hour after it’s performed.

Knowing all of that, we have a pretty strong feeling that this might sell out, so you best get your tickets here now.

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

January 21, 2019

comedy show, comedy store, gareth reynolds, jay larson, josh wolf, kelsey cook, owen smith, pranks, storyelling, sunset strip, weho

Sure sounds like Jay Larson and company will share stories of their best, most outrageous, epic pranks with this special evening of comedy and storytelling at The Comedy Store’s Belly Room. We’d bet that you’ll both wonder how they got away with it to tell you the tale and be glad that you’re not part of the story.

Get your tickets (note: there is a 2 drink min.) for the 23rd here.

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

January 20, 2019

beverly grove, beverly hills, bob odenkirk, comedy show, david cross, largo, stand up, weho, with bob and david

Bob Odenkirk and David Cross are taking the stage together once again (remember Mr. Show and With Bob & David?) and doing so for three nights at Largo, Fri. Mar. 22nd-Sun. Mar. 24th at 8:30PM.

Per usual, their “FRIENDS FROM SHOWBIZ” will be guests on the show as well.

Tickets are $45 and you best get them here, here, and here respectively quick before they inevitably sell out.

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

January 18, 2019

dramedy, long form improv, some kinda monster

For years, we’ve enjoyed Some Kinda Monster’s improv extravaganza known as Dramedy. On one show, some of the best teams around town improvise based off carefully curated, out-of-context TV and film drama clips. Then, Some Kinda Monster themselves does a wonderful improvised episode of Law & Order.

They’re about to a last show at the venue where they started, The Clubhouse in Los Feliz, (they’re keeping their UCB slot FYI) and, as such, will be stacking the line-up with a whole bunch of our favorite teams as follows:

SOME KINDA MONSTER **performing Law and Order**
Jacquis Neal, Dan Prevette, Kara Luiz, Skot Phillips, Noah Holcomb, Christine Renaud, Ryan Coil, Emily Dahm

ROCOCO
Jake Sprague, Lilan Bowden, Ego Nwodim, Londale Theus Jr, Cody Kopp, Heather Woodward, Hillary Anne Matthews, Dhruv Uday Singh, Rose O’Shea

TOLEDO REP
Johnny Meeks, Joel Spence, Suzi Barrett, Tricia McAlpin, Eugene Cordero, Billy Merritt, Timm Sharp, Julia Meltzer, Talia Tabin

WHITE WOMEN
Carl Tart, Lamar Woods, Ishmel Sahid, Ify Nwadiwe, Ronnie Adrian

As always, admission for shows at The Clubhouse are donation based.

You best make sure you get there early as it will probably be standing room only. Get more details here.

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

January 17, 2019

comedy show, glendale, stand up

Don’t miss out on what should be the first wonderful house comedy show in LA for 2019 this weekend.

Not only are you getting to enjoy comedy in the intimacy of someone’s lovely home, but you’ll be enjoying the stand-up comedy stylings of:

Megan Gailey (Comedy Central)
Ahmed Bharoocha (Conan)
Ricarlo Flanagan (Shameless)
M.K. Paulsen (Inside Jokes)
Audrey Stewart (Laugh Factory)
Matt McClowry (SiriusXM)
&
Hosts Harry Moroz & Lynn Maleh

RSVP for FREE here.

ADA Notice: If you wish to attend this show and would like to use an assisted hearing device, please e-mail dirtpitloungecomedy@gmail.com with at least 24 hours notice, and they will happily arrange one for you.

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

January 16, 2019

best improv, comedy show, heather anne campbell, hebecky drysbell, hollywood, improv, long form improv, rebecca drysdale

Hebecky Drysbell, the all time champions of UCB’s Cagematch here in LA (78-0), are performing once more in a special one-night-only at the Pack Theater.

Truly, Heather Anne Campbell and Rebecca Drysdale together are one of the funniest comedy duos you’ll ever see, end of discussion.

This special engagement is happening this Saturday, January 19th at 10:30PM at The Pack Theater and, you’re in luck yet again, as admission is pay what you can. Get more details here.

January 15, 2019

ernie kovacs, retrospective, tv history, ucla, westwood

So much of the weird comedy that you know and love today could trace a pretty much direct line all the way back to Ernie Kovacs (go down a YouTube rabbit hole and you’ll see what we’re saying) and the UCLA Film and Television Archive is doing a two night retrospective of the TV comedy pioneer

At the Billy Wilder Theater, they’ll be “…presenting two evenings of Ernie programming entitled Kovacsland Forever: Ernie Kovacs Centennial to the Billy Wilder Theater in Westwood. On Friday, the archive will screen a variety of Kovacs clips and programs on the big screen. Some of his most iconic comedy and some very rare clips will be screened. The evening will also feature a panel discussion with Moderator Susan King and yours truly, who runs the Kovacs estate. On Saturday, the archive will screen one of Kovacs best known & best films Our Man in Havana.”

Tickets for either night, 7:30PM both at Fri., Jan. 18th & Sat., Jan. 19th, are $10 each and you can (and really 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.

January 14, 2019

max silvestri, rory scovel, super serious show, variety show

OK, you’ve got the first Super Serious Show (as we’ve said many times, one of our favorite shows in town) of 2019 with a line-up that includes Max Silvestri, Chris Garcia, Open Mike Eagle, Sara Schaefer, Demetri Martin AND a whole other separate show of Rory Scovel doing an hour.

That’s all for the price of one ticket folks ($7 in adv., $10 cash at door). If you’d want anymore out of this, it’s quite possible that you might just be a bit greedy.

Anyways, this undoubtedly will be an amazing night and you should go get your tickets here now.

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

January 13, 2019

6 year anniversary, andres dubouchet, ben roy, big money, comedy show, east hollywood, guilty treasure, lizzy cooperman, los angeles, silverlake, stand up, todd glass

Stalwart weekly stand-up show Big Money is coming up on its sixth year of this week, this Thursday in fact, and host Bryan Cook is pulling out all the stops for this one. Just look at that gorgeous line-up of LA comedy’s favorites.

Also, Bryan and Andy Wood will be playing with their Guilty Treasure Band after the show to mark the occasion. Don’t miss out this Thursday at 7:30PM at The Virgil. As always, admission is FREE.

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

January 11, 2019

beverly grove, beverly hills, largo, talk show, tell me everything, tig notaro, weho

So, for 2019, Tig Notaro is turning her monthly Largo show into a talk show with one special guest. It seems like one of the few things that Tig hasn’t conquered in comedy and we’re very intrigued as to what that might be.

Get your tickets for this first show happening w/special guest Olivia Munn on Sat. Jan. 20th at 7:30PM for $35 here.

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

January 10, 2019

earwolf, franklin village, hollywood, john levenstein, live podcast, ucb

Whether you’ve jump on board for the podcast John Levenstein’s Retirement Party over at Earwolf already or not (and perhaps you should if you want to hear great, insider stories from the Arrested Development/Kroll Show/Silicon Valley/Portlandia writer/actor/producer along with co-host Mary Kobayashi), they’ll be doing what seems to be a pretty grand live ep. at UCB Franklin near the end of the month featuring the likes of Jon Daly, Tim Heidecker, Sara Watkins, Lauren Lapkus, Jon Gabrus and former HBO President Sue Naegle as guests.

In fact, Gabrus and Lapkus will also be reading a scene from the 90s made-for-TV movie Bunk Bed Brothers.

This live edition of John Leveinstein’s Retirement Party is set for Thurs., Jan. 24th at 8PM. Get your tickets for $7 here.

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

January 9, 2019

baron vaughn, comedy show, new negroes, open mike eagle, variety, virgil

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.

January 8, 2019

barry rothbart, byron bowers, candice thompson, joe derosa, kara klenk, megan gailey, okay fine, ryan sickler, sabrina jalees, sara schaefer

We’ve got a good feeling that this show, The Professionals*, will be kind of like Tough Crowd with a modern twist (a thing we’ve been wishing would happen for awhile). Whether the comedians on the panel end up pulling off sounding like professionals outside of their areas of expertise or not, it’s an amazing line-up worthy of going to see do pretty much anything (we mean, just look at it).

Tickets are $5 in advance and $8 at the door. Go get them quick here.

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

January 7, 2019

comedy show, los angeles, los feliz, storytelling, uncabaret

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 4, 2019

aparna nancherla, charity benefit, chris charpentier, comedy central, corporate, dave ross, dtla, good heroin, jason saenz, matt ingebretson, nicole byer, punkie johnson, regent theater, todd glass

Plain and simple, the always fantastic Good Heroin is turning four years old, they have a beyond incredibly line-up, they’ll be screening a sneak peek of Corporate and they will be giving all the money they raise to benefit Jason Saenz’s Recovery Fund.

So, go get your tickets right now right here. FYI, they’re $15 if you wait to buy them at the door (if they are still any left)

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

January 3, 2019

fairfax, jen kirkman, melrose, storytelling, weho

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.

January 2, 2019

annie savage, craig cackowski, dynasty typewriter, janet varney, k to rb, long form improv, macarthur park, marc evan jackson, mark gagliardi, paul f tompkins, westlake

It’s only Jan. 2nd and 2019 already have a pretty great thing in store fo us all: The WorkJuice Players (if you aren’t familiar with the group by name or Thrilling Adventure Hour, you surely know one, if not many, of the names on this fantastic team) are saddling up again ever last Wednesday of the month to play Dynasty Typewriter.

You best get your tickets quick for their very first 2019 show.

It’s $15 in advance (and $20 at the door). Get your tickets (and save a few bucks) here.

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