Next Friday, Gallery 1988 will indeed be opening up an exhibition of art inspired by legendary comedy troupe Monty Python. The line-up of artists have yet to be announced, but you can rest assured that it’ll be pretty fantastic showing of art not unlike the flyer you see above.
The opening night, per usual, should be pretty packed, so you best get there early.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Every time Cole Escola (Difficult People) comes through LA and does a whirlwind of all of his off-kilter characters, it’s a fantastic night of comedy that sells out pretty quickly.
So, without further delay, get your tickets here for his latest engagement next month.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
LA’s newest, shiniest comedy venue Dynasty Typewriter at Hayworth Theater isn’t even officially open yet, but you can start seeing what they’re all about in their soft opening “Dawn of the Dynasty” weekend shows.
Even better, we’ve got tickets for you to win for this weekends show which include the wondrous likes of Ron Funches, Hampton Yount, Fahim Anwar, Scout Durwood, Emily Heller, Derek Hughes, Pam Severns, Brian Finkelstein, Kimberly Clark, and more.
Enter to win here: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways
Here’s a chance to not only see a Greta Gerwig double feature, but also get to hear from (now Oscar nominated director) Gerwig herself.
Tickets are $15. Get more info and tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
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.
The long standing indie short form TV institution known as Channel 101 (FYI, it’s been going for a decade and a half) is returning for its first round of episodes of 2018.
Don’t miss out on the FREE screening Saturday, January 27th at 8:30PM at The Downtown Independent Theater (251 S. Main St., Los Angeles, CA).
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.
The venerable Greg Proops returns to Bar Lubitsch (7702 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA) to record his award winning, critically acclaimed podcast, Smartest Man in the World this Sunday at 8PM.
It’s free for you to attend leaving no excuses for you to not go.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Next week’s Hot Tub is ALREADY SOLD OUT!
Fortunately, we still have a pair of tickets to give away!
Enter to win here: http://dola.com/events/2018/1/22/hot-tub-w-kurt-kristen
Kyle Ayers has some of the more dynamic and original ideas for comedy shows that we have ever seen. As such, we’re always excited to see what he has up his sleeve.
Ayers’ Never Seen It has comedians rewrite parts of a famous movie that they have never seen and then takes that script and has it acted out in a full stage production.
This latest edition of Never Seen It is set for Thursday, Jan. 25th at 8PM at The Comedy Central Stage. Tickets are free with RSVP here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
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.
Whether you’ve seen Hamilton or not or even love musical theater or not, we’d wager that you’d still enjoy Shamilton (an improvised musical in the style of Hamilton, but based on a different famous person), the new project from musical improv troupe Baby Wants Candy.
After all, it was one of our favorite 100 comedy things from 2017.
The next Shamilton will be on Sun. Jan. 28th at 9PM at UCB Sunset. Tickets are $7 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.
Improv inspired by specifically, out-of-context clips of dramatic films and TV on top of an improvised episode of Law & Order from Some Kinda Monster is one of our favorite improv shows.
Come catch their first show of 2018 at UCB Sunset this week where Colton Dunn (NBC’s Superstore), Phil Jackson (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Key and Peele) will be joining them.
Get tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
On top of getting a funny, but sincere look into the world of being kinky with comedians and experts from Eli Olsberg and Alison Stevenson, you won’t even have to worry what will show up on your search history (that is, unless, you’re into being kinky or know how to you incognito pages).
Get tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Win tickets to next week’s Hot Tub (as well as chance to catch Aparna Nancherla who is in town) here: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways
It’s been more than awhile (and much longer than we prefer) since this show has been around, but, thankfully, We Still Like You is coming back.
All the comedians booked tell a story in which they are definitely not the hero. At the end of each story, the audience cheers “"We still like you!“ in act of forgiveness. Per usual, the line-up is great.
Tickets are $5 and you can get more info 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
If there was a way for you to appreciate songs that are widely panned or hardly known for various reasons, it would be comedians telling their story of why they love said songs and then perform a live cover of it, complete with a live band.
Thus, we highly recommend to catch Guilty Treasure this week in Hollywood at Three Clubs. Please get tickets 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.
Lindsay Ames’ wonderful My Diary returns for their first show of 2018 and they’ve got a doozy of a line-up
Tickets are $7 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.
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.