Get Tickets To All The Comedy Shows Coming To Chicago in February 2025
by Joshua Wright - January 24, 2025 Get tickets for the top comedy events coming to Chicago in February 2025! Find stand-up shows, improv performances, and more from the biggest names in comedy....
SOLO MUST DIE: A Musical Parody Premieres at Hudson Backstage 5/4
by A.A. Cristi - April 18, 2018 Stidley Theatricals presents the world premiere of 'SOLO MUST DIE: A Musical Parody' * with book by Jordan Stidham & Ari Stidham, music and lyrics by Hughie Stone Fish and Ari Stidham, directed by Ari Stidham, produced by Steven Brandon. In an untold adventure somewhere in between 'A New Hope' and '...
Eliza Skinner Debut Album 'Regarding My Lovers' Out Today
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 04, 2020 Comedian ELIZA SKINNER today releases her debut comedy album a??REGARDING MY LOVERSa?? on ASPECIALTHING RECORDS....
Syfy Orders Animated Series THE SUMMONER
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 01, 2020 With the help of THE SUMMONER himself, SYFY has a new series to add to its growing late-night adult animation block, TZGZ....
Crowded Outlet Presents BEEP BOOP at HERE This September
by Julie Musbach - July 25, 2018 Crowded Outlet announces its next production, beep boop, a multimedia clown show created by physical comedian Richard Saudek (Balls at 59E59), TV and film composer Jesse Novak ("BoJack Horseman," "The Mindy Project") and director Wes Grantom (Lone Star Spirits, Eager to Lose). beep boop will play a ...
River Butcher Comes To The Den Theatre In March
by Stephi Wild - January 21, 2022 The Den Theatre has announced comedian River Butcher for two stand-up performances on Friday, March 11, 2022 at 7 pm & 9:15 pm on The Heath Mainstage, 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood. ...
Sean Michael Beyer Creates Sketch Comedy Podcast NATIONAL DAY RIFF
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 23, 2020 Award winning writer-director Sean Michael Beyer knew there was always a national “something” to celebrate, whether it be Tacos, Postal Workers, or Step Children, he created a podcast to celebrate, and occasionally educate, in his own style of sardonic humor....
Photo Flash: First Look at Open Fist Theatre Company's ANNA IN THE TROPICS
by Stephi Wild - May 09, 2019 Sultry heat and Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" combine to spark rich fantasies and broken dreams, passion and adultery. Open Fist Theatre Company presents Anna In The Tropics, the powerful, poignant and poetic play that garnered the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for then unknown Cuban-American playwright Nilo Cruz...
CBS Announces the Creative Team for THE 2019 CBS DIVERSITY SKETCH COMEDY SHOWCASE
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 18, 2018 CBS today announced the director, head writer, assistant director and the newly created writers' room for the 2019 CBS DIVERSITY SKETCH COMEDY SHOWCASE....
ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING Creator and Host, Adam Conover, Announces 'Mind Parasites Live' Tour
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 02, 2018 Creator, writer and host of the critically-acclaimed series Adam Ruins Everything on truTV, Adam Conover, will embark on a national tour, Mind Parasites Live, beginning November 28th in Boston. Presented by truTV, the tour will run through January 2019 stopping in 24 major cities around the U.S....
IFC Unveils Five New Series in Development for Series Contention
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 30, 2018 IFC today revealed five new 'slightly off' original comedies in development: Almost Asian, a series chronicling the life of a mixed-race millennial in Los Angeles; Annika Erotica, a series following a young Colorado pastor who harbors a secret passion for writing erotic novels under a pen name; Art ...
Meet Christy Altomare At The Drama Bookshop October 12
by Stephi Wild - October 09, 2018 Author and photographer Adrien Finkel, along with acclaimed Broadway actress Christy Altomare, will together launch the publication of MY NAKED TRUTH on October 12, from 1:30 to 3:30pm at New York's legendary Drama Bookshop (250 W. 40th St., New York, NY 10018; 212.944.0595)....
Adam Ruins Everything Comes to Comedy Works Larimer Square
by A.A. Cristi - March 21, 2019 Adam Conover is the creator and star of TruTV's hit Adam Ruins Everything, an educational comedy that debunks popular misconceptions and encourages the audience to question everything they think they know. The New York Times calls it "one of history's most entertaining shows dedicated to the art of...
East West Players Announces October Special Events Series
by A.A. Cristi - September 30, 2019 East West Players, the nation's longest running theatre of color and largest producer of Asian American theatrical work, is proud to announce a series of special partnerships with Asian AF (the comedy variety show created by Upright Citizens Brigade Member Will Choi), and Crazy Talented Asians (the ...
The New Jewish Theatre Presents ESTER AND ERIC'S ONE WOMAN SHOW
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 05, 2019 The New Jewish Theatre will present a one-night-only engagement of Ester and Eric's One Woman Show. Come for the drama and stay for the laughs....
Eliza Skinner's Debut Album 'Regarding My Lovers' Out Sept. 4
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 25, 2020 Comedian ELIZA SKINNER will release her debut comedy album ‘REGARDING MY LOVERS’ on ASPECIALTHING RECORDS on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4....
Celebrity Cast for the New Season of DANCING WITH THE STARS Announced
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 12, 2018 “Dancing with the Stars” is waltzing its way into its upcoming season, and the new celebrity cast is adding some glitzy bling to their wardrobe, breaking in their dancing shoes and readying themselves for their first dance on the ballroom floor, as the season kicks off MONDAY, SEPT. 24 (8:00-10:00 p...
Eliza Skinner Debut Album 'Regarding My Lovers' Out Today
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 04, 2020 Comedian ELIZA SKINNER today releases her debut comedy album a??REGARDING MY LOVERSa?? on ASPECIALTHING RECORDS....
VIDEO: SNL Debuts First Look at Jim Carrey and Maya Rudolph as Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
by A.A. Cristi - October 01, 2020 New York Times bestselling author and two-time Golden Globe Award winner Jim Carrey will take on the role of Vice President Joe Biden along Maya Rudolph's Kamala Harris for the upcoming 46th season of 'Saturday Night Live.' ...
Pop TV Announces HOT DATE to Return for Second Season
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 28, 2019 Pop TV announced that HOT DATE, the sketch comedy series spotlighting modern-day relationship dilemmas, will return for its second season on Friday, Sept. 20 at 10:00 and 10:30 PM, ET/PT. The half-hour, 10-episode series stars real-life married couple Emily Axford and Brian Murphy, two comedians who...
#TurnerUpFront to Feature A Powerhouse Lineup of Entertainment, Sports, & News Stars
by Macon Prickett - May 03, 2018 Global entertainment, sports and news content leader Turner will have its brand portfolio on full display at the 2018#TurnerUpfront on May 16, hosted at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City....
Photo Flash: LCT3 Kicks Off Spotlight Series with SHABASH!
by Julie Musbach - August 07, 2018 Center Theater/LCT3, kicks off its new LCT3 Spotlight Series with SHABASH!. Led by LCT3 Associate Director, Natasha Sinha, and presented in collaboration with Hypokrit Theatre Company's Tamasha, SHABASH! is a summer spectacle of new music and comedy celebrating a range of exciting new work by artist...
'Impractical Jokers: Homecoming' Opens July 12 at Staten Island Museum
by Julie Musbach - June 21, 2018 Impractical Jokers: Homecoming, the first-ever museum exhibition about the hit television series on truTV, is set to open at the Staten Island Museum on Thursday, July 12, 2018. The opening event will be highlighted by an appearance of the four guys, collectively known as the comedy troupe The Tende...
The American Black Film Festival and truTV Partner for New Talent Pipeline Program
by Macon Prickett - April 06, 2018 The 22nd Annual American Black Film Festival, (ABFF) taking place in Miami, Florida June 13-19, 2018, is thrilled to announce a new talent pipeline program, in partnership with truTV: the ABFF®truTV Comedy Writers Competition....
CBS Announces the 21 Performers for the 2019 CBS DIVERSITY SKETCH COMEDY SHOWCASE
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 03, 2019 CBS today announced the 21 performers participating in the 2019 CBS DIVERSITY SKETCH COMEDY SHOWCASE which will begin its run of six shows on Jan. 15 at the El Portal Theatre in Los Angeles.... |