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MICHAEL COOPER: MASKED MARVELS & WONDERTALES Set for Harris Center, 1/31
by Tyler Peterson - January 13, 2015

Michael Cooper is a Poet of the Stage - an eye-popping visual artist and virtuoso mime whose exquisite performances of humor and poignancy, nimble speech and eloquent gestures have dazzled audiences of all ages for almost thirty years. Michael brings his own special world to Harris Center for the Ar...


Two African American Women Join SNL Writing Staff
by Caryn Robbins - January 08, 2014

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Saturday Night Live has announced that they have added two new African-American women to its writing staff....


Rainer Hersch Brings Singalong to Southbank Centre Today
by BWW News Desk - December 14, 2013

Clap your hands...stamp your feet and laugh along as comedian Rainer Hersch conducts and hosts a brand new Yuletide treat: a jamboree of classic UK Singles Chart Christmas number ones. Terrific comic entertainment all served up with a big dollop of festive cheer....


Geri Jewell Among THE ART OF ENGAGEMENT Participants at the U.N, 7/19
by Tyler Peterson - July 21, 2013

Geri Jewell joined the list of participants at the United Nations on Friday, July 19 at the U.N's North Lawn Building, for 'The Art of Engagement' for an entertaining approach to building awareness about persons with disabilities....


Rainer Hersch to Bring Singalong to Southbank Centre, Dec 14
by Molly Tracy - September 26, 2013

Clap your hands...stamp your feet and laugh along as comedian Rainer Hersch conducts and hosts a brand new Yuletide treat: a jamboree of classic UK Singles Chart Christmas number ones. Terrific comic entertainment all served up with a big dollop of festive cheer....


Paul Merton to Launch UK Tour on Today
by BWW News Desk - April 24, 2015

?Following the publication of his autobiography, Only When I Laugh, and over a decade of sell-out seasons at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Paul Merton will take to the road again in 2015 with his world renowned Impro Chums. Paul and his Chums are wonders of nature. They take audience suggestions an...


Mike Yard Headlines Oyster Bay Comedy Night Tonight
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2013

Tonight, April 5, 2013 at 9pm, Periwinkles Catering and SGF Production, after a very successful grand opening March 15, continues its Today Night Comedy Series at the Planting Fields (1395 Planting Fields Rd, Oyster Bay NY) with its first Headliner Stand-Up Comedy show featuring Mike Yard, Grant Gor...


SHOWSTOPPER!'s Double Agent On Improvisation And The West End
by Guest Blogger: Showstopper! - November 04, 2015

?I've been a double agent for nearly ten years now. Some of my time is spent with the words of Marlowe and Shakespeare, Chekhov or Ravenhill, telling extraordinary tales that play out repeatedly each night, a few of them even with songs. The rest of the time I'm in a tightrope-walking team. We step ...


Scarlett Johansson, Reese Witherspoon and Louis C.K. to Round Out SNL's 40th Season
by TV News Desk - April 23, 2015

SNL kicks off the final three shows of the season with Scarlett Johansson making her fourth hosting appearance on May 2.  Johansson reprises her role as Black Widow in the highly anticipated "Avengers: Age of Ultron," opening May 1....


Karen Knotts to Bring TIED UP IN KNOTTS! to Harris Center, Begin. 3/21
by Tyler Peterson - March 07, 2014

A true father/daughter story, Karen Knotts' one woman show, TIED UP IN KNOTTS! will delight, entertain, and take audiences at Harris Center for the Arts on a wild journey. There's also a host of zany characters, all portrayed by Knotts, who take part on this journey as Karen describes what life was ...


BBC 3's Live at the Electric's Lucy Beaumont Presents WE CAN TWERK IT OUT at Carriageworks Tonight
by BWW News Desk - October 17, 2015

Hull native, BBC New Comedy Award winner and star of BBC 3's Live at the Electric, Lucy Beaumont presents her hugely popular debut show We Can Twerk It Out at Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds tonight 17 October....


FX to Premiere Season Two of Award-Winning Thriller THE STRAIN, 7/12
by Caryn Robbins - May 19, 2015

The Strain returns to FX this summer for its highly-anticipated second season on Sundays at 10 PM e/p, beginning July 12th....


Scarlett Johansson, Reese Witherspoon and Louis C.K. to Round Out SNL's 40th Season
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2015

SNL kicks off the final three shows of the season with Scarlett Johansson making her fourth hosting appearance on May 2.  Johansson reprises her role as Black Widow in the highly anticipated "Avengers: Age of Ultron," opening May 1....


MICHAEL COOPER: MASKED MARVELS & WONDERTALES Set for Harris Center Today
by BWW News Desk - January 31, 2015

Michael Cooper is a Poet of the Stage - an eye-popping visual artist and virtuoso mime whose exquisite performances of humor and poignancy, nimble speech and eloquent gestures have dazzled audiences of all ages for almost thirty years. Michael brings his own special world to Harris Center for the Ar...


Jimmy Shubert to Record Comedy Special at Flappers Comedy Club
by Tyler Peterson - January 15, 2016

 Comedian and actor Jimmy Shubert (LAST COMIC STANDING, 2 BROKE GIRLS, KING OF QUEENS) will showcase his trademark pop culture humor on January 29 and 30 at Flappers Comedy Club and Restaurant in Burbank, including a live taping of his new comedy special on January 30.  Show tickets are $20, and are...


Al Murray to Appear in AN 'ALF AND A LARF in Support of HemiHelp, May 12
by BWW News Desk - April 30, 2014

Chase away the Monday blues with an 'alf and a larf! at The Comedy Store on Monday 12th May. HemiHelp, the national charity for hemiplegia, will be hosting an evening of fun and laughter and the star guest is none other than the amazing Al Murray. As one of the UK's best-loved and most successful co...


Watch Trailer for Upcoming 6-Part Web Series WE NEED TO TALK
by Caryn Robbins - May 29, 2015

Actor-Writer Sofia Gonzalez and Lift Off Pictures today announced the upcoming release of a 6 part web-series comedy....


2013 SAC Awards Set for Comedy Store La Jolla on 1/27
by Tyler Peterson - January 22, 2014

The 2013 SAC Awards, a night of recognition for "The Art of Cabaret" and the community of supporters that proffer it in San Diego, is being held on Monday, January 27th at The Comedy Store La Jolla from 7pm to 10:30pm. The 2013 SAC Awards is one of San Diego's most prominent events for the Arts in S...


Sydney Comedy Festival Sets 2016 Dates
by Tyler Peterson - March 16, 2016

The 12th annual Sydney Comedy Festival will bring more shows, more laughs and even more absurd hilarity than ever before, when its colossal 2016 program rolls out from April 18 to May 15 across the city and beyond....


VIDEO: Jerrod Carmichael Uses L.A. City Council to Hype New HBO Special on FUNNY OR DIE
by Caryn Robbins - September 30, 2014

Jerrod Carmichael figures out how to use the L.A. City Council as a hype machine to promote his HBO special on October 4 in this all new video from Funny or Die....


Scarlett Johansson, Reese Witherspoon and Louis C.K. to Round Out SNL's 40th Season
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2015

SNL kicks off the final three shows of the season with Scarlett Johansson making her fourth hosting appearance on May 2.  Johansson reprises her role as Black Widow in the highly anticipated "Avengers: Age of Ultron," opening May 1....


Gilded Balloon In Association With Intelligent Artist Management Presents AMERICAN...ISH at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 6 - 13 August
by Jillian Gaier - July 14, 2014

Gilded Balloon are proud to present American Comedians Camilla Cleese, Sarah Tiana and Cort McCowan in their Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut show. Three American stand-ups, and guests, bring American humour to our shores, and show us how to laugh... Sarah Tiana (Chelsea Lately, and The Late Late Sh...


Andy Zaltzman, Hal Cruttenden and WiFi Wars join UDDERBELLY FESTIVAL at Southbank Centre
by Marianka Swain - February 16, 2016

Udderbelly Festival and London Wonderground have announced that master satirist Andy Zaltzman, waspish comic Hal Cruttenden and psychedelic Tony Law will be entertaining the Purple Cow this summer. They'll be joined for the first time by WiFi Wars, a new interactive game show from comedian and gamin...


FX Announces Summer Premiere Dates for New & Returning Series
by Caryn Robbins - April 08, 2015

FX is turning up the heat this summer with the series premiere of Denis Leary's new comedy Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, the second seasons of the award-winning thriller The Strain...


Comedy Legend Pauly Shore Launches New Website & Podcast
by Caryn Robbins - September 11, 2014

The Weasel is back with a vengeance. Comedy legend Pauly Shore launched his new website today, www.PaulyShore.com, a highly stylized, modern portal into the latest exciting events going on in Shore's orbit - and these events are many!...






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