Day: May 9, 2008

I received word yesterday that after 27 years, the Comedy Underground in Seattle has to close up shop in its current location after the show on Tuesday, May 13, for perhaps a year as the entire building gets renovated and retrofitted for seismic safety. The club reported via MySpace and other channels yesterday that: "1) We are planning on returning to the same location when the work is finished (although it will never be the same). It will take at least a year. 2) We are negotiating for space in the neighborhood, and hope to be open no later than July 4. 3) We are doing a "Best of The Comedy Underground" series at the Admiral Theater (cinema) in West Seattle at 10 PM on Friday and Saturday nights in July, August, and September." So there’s that to consider. This news hits me in my sentimental pocket, for it was my home club for my first five years as a comedian, first as an improviser in 1996 (our now-defunct troupe held court there on Wednesday nights), then as a stand-up (my first ever attempt happened at an open mic there in 1997), and also helped give birth to one of my alter-ego characters, Dancing Boy (in which I got looks of shock, amazement and laughter performing in front of national headliners, athletes, celebrities and thousands of other audience members)....