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THE HOLLYWOOD CHRISTMAS PARADE Grandstand Bleacher Seats Now On Sale

Grandstand bleacher seats are now available for the 92nd Hollywood Christmas Parade, supporting Marine Toys for Tots. Secure your spot to enjoy this festive annual event in Los Angeles.

Review: WILD THINGS at Shadowbox Live

While not all the sketches are home runs, most offer a solid chuckle to nearly everyone. It may not be an event you can feel comfortable taking your grandparents to, but maybe you could bring a drunk Aunt Martha and Uncle Bill this time around.

Jeff Ross And Janelle James To Headline 6th Annual FLYOVER COMEDY FESTIVAL In St. Louis

Flyover Comedy Festival is returning to St. Louis Nov 9-11, 2023 with three days of stand-up, improv and sketch comedy. While the full, nearly 100 artist line-up will be revealed in the coming weeks, organizers are releasing a sneak peek and early ticket offering with the announcement of its Thursday night headliner, Sheng Wang, as well as its Saturday night headliners, Jeff Ross and Janelle James.

Steve-O, Roseanne Barr, and William Shatner Come To King Center This Fall

JACKASS star, stand-up comedian, and New York Times best-selling author, Steve-O, has added a new date to The Bucket List Tour.

Roseann Barr Brings a Live Comedy Show to BBMann in October

Roseanne Barr – Live Comedy Show! comes to Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall at FSW on Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 8PM. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 30 at 10AM and can be purchased online or by phone.

Jeff Ross Comes to Comedy Works Larimer Square This Month

Jeff Ross is a comedian, writer, actor, director and producer known as The Roastmaster General.  As a regular on the Comedy Central Roasts, Jeff has roasted some of the industry’s most famous people including Alec Baldwin, Justin Bieber, Roseanne Barr, Joan Rivers, Charlie Sheen and Donald Trump.  

Brian Evans Comes to Aventura Arts & Cultural Center Next Month

Brian Evans brings his big band to the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center on Saturday, May 20 at 8 p.m. in a concert produced by The Maui Celebrity Series. 

Drag Icons Lady Bunny & Jackie Beat Unite In Limited Off-Broadway Engagement of SILVER & GOLD, BITTER & OLD!

In the tradition of iconic comedy duos such as Lucy & Ethel, Laverne & Shirley and Trump & Putin, drag icons LADY BUNNY & JACKIE BEAT are joining forces for the first time ever in a live performance with the World Premiere of SILVER & GOLD, BITTER & OLD!, an evening of legendary leftovers & freshly-baked new material.

Stand-Up Comes to Bay Street Theater in September

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts has announced two evenings of side-splitting stand-up comedy on Saturday, September 17, and Saturday, September 24, at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor. On September 17 at 8 p.m., New York comedian Joseph Vecsey returns with an all new lineup of All Star Comedy. 

Drag Icon JACKIE Beat To Return To The Laurie Beechman Theatre

JACKIE BEAT, the self-professed child of 'Weird' Al Yankovic and Bette Midler, will return to Times Square with JACKIE BEAT: SEE ME WHILE I'M STILL ALIVE! at The Laurie Beechman Theater (inside West Bank Cafe at 407 West 42nd Street -- at Ninth Avenue, accessible from the A,C,E,N,R,V,F,1,2,3 trains at 42nd Street).

Ruta Lee Lights Up ELECTRICITY's Opening Night at Oscar's Palm Springs

Critically acclaimed hit LGBTQ+ comedy / drama ELECTRICITY returns to it's record-breaking 3-year run at Oscar's Palm Springs with some extra wattage, when Hollywood icon Ruta Lee steps in to moderate a special post show Q&A with the cast and creative team behind this hit show on Tuesday, September 7th, 2021.

Drag Icon JACKIE BEAT: DONT SPEAK Now On Demand

Social media, the news, annoying friends... It can leave a person wanting to scream 'Shut the eff up!' Legendary drag entertainer JACKIE BEAT, ever the lady, simply holds a well-manicured finger to her overdrawn lips and quietly begs, DON'T SPEAK.

Cal Poly Pomona Theater Professor Lands a Role on THE CONNERS

Linda Bisesti, a theater professor and actress at Cal Poly Pomona, has landed a role on the ABC sitcom, The Conners.

JACKIE BEAT: CHRISTMAS IS NOT CANCELED With Alan Cumming, Leslie Jones, Margaret Cho & More is Now On Demand

The big and bawdy, bold and ballsy queen's holiday shows are legendary, and this year (her 22nd annual holiday show) she's gone virtual, streaming her festive freak-out right into your living room. Whatever you celebrate, watch for Jackie's holiday classics and new song parodies aimed at everything you cherish.

BWW Interview: Gail Schickele of SOLO ARTS HEAL at MarshStream Helps Us Explore Serious Issues with Humor and Heart

As we all continue to navigate our way through these unprecedented times, The Marsh is meeting this moment with its weekly Solo Arts Heal series, which uses lightness and humor to explore some of the challenging issues we’re all grappling with. The series comes from artists’ inspiring true stories that celebrate overcoming adversity; surviving emotional, mental, and physical challenges; and becoming health advocates. The vulnerability of the participating artists leads listeners through their personal journeys of trauma and healing. Producer, writer and longtime champion of the Arts and Sciences Gail Schickele is host of the informative and entertaining series, available to stream every Wednesday at 7:30pm (PST) on MarshStream. Each week, Schickele is joined by a new guest for performance excerpts, talkbacks, and Q&A. Visit themarsh.org/soloartsheal/ for additional info. BroadwayWorld recently caught up with Schickele to learn how the series came about and find out more about her own fascinating career working in various contexts with a wide variety of well-known artists.

Alan Cumming, Parker Posey, Leslie Jones, Michael Urie And More Join JACKIE BEAT: CHRISTMAS IS NOT CANCELED

This year, there are no Rockettes at Radio City, Scrooge can't hoist Tiny Tim onto his shoulder and The Nutcracker has been hobbled, but drag icon JACKIE BEAT wants you to know that CHRISTMAS IS NOT CANCELED!

VIDEO: THE JERRY DUNCAN SHOW Episodes 1 & 2 Are Live!

Based on Dean B Kaner's hit off-Broadway play of the same name, 'The Jerry Duncan Show,' a new comedic political web series has debuted on YouTube. The acclaimed NYC run was met with praise and was unable to finish due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

BWW Interview: Rob Ulin Talks Debut Stage Play JUDGMENT DAY, Starring Patti LuPone, Jason Alexander and More

Rob Ulin, a Peabody Award, Golden Globe, Humanitas Prize-winning television writer and show runner, speaks with BroadwayWorld about his latest project- Judgement Day. He shares the biggest differences in writing a play versus writing for the television, what it was like working with the star-studded cast, and more!

Vicki Barbolak Announces New Show BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY

Comedian, Vicki Barbolak announced her NEW Live Online Weekly Show, Big Girls Don't Cry, launches on March 1st. Barbolak was a finalist on America's Got Talent in 2018 and was featured on both America's Got Talent, The Champions and Britain's Got Talent, The Champions in 2019. The show celebrates the beauty in all of us! With an emphasis on making the most out of being a curvy girl, Barbolak will also welcome skinnies and fellas with open arms and a ham sandwich!

INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO's James Lipton Has Died at 93

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that James Lipton, executive producer, writer, and host of the Bravo cable television series Inside the Actors Studio, has died at age 93.