Month: February 2019

Best of the rest of the fests: Comedy Festivals for 2019-2020

Best of the rest of the fests: Comedy Festivals for 2019-2020

Posted by | Feb 28, 2019 | |

We’re already two months into 2019, and if you haven’t already made use of my Comedy Festivals page, please bookmark it for your resources. If you need to know how festivals are coming in time-wise, well, please allow me to sort that information for you here now! MARCH 2019 Brisbane Comedy Festival Australia (NOW to March 24, 2019)Adelaide Fringe Australia (Feb. 15 to March 17, 2019)Black Women in Comedy Festival, Brooklyn, NYC (NOW to March 3, 2019) Inaugural event, headlined by Calise Hawkins and Pat Brown.Floodwater Comedy Fest, Iowa City (NOW to March 2, 2019)Michigan LGBT ComedyFest (Motor City Pride), Dearborn (March...

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Just For Laughs revises plans for SiriusXM radio channel to showcase only Canadians

Just For Laughs revises plans for SiriusXM radio channel to showcase only Canadians

Posted by | Feb 28, 2019 | , |

Your voices were heard loud and clear, comedians of Canada. Just For Laughs announced Wednesday that their impending takeover of the Canada Laughs channel of SiriusXM radio will now be called Just For Laughs Canada, “and it will showcase 100 percent Canadian content.” Bruce Hills, JFL’s president, released the statement after speaking with Sandra Battaglini from the Canadian Association of Stand-up Comedians (CASC). CASC had protested the station takeover, as comedians stood to lose a major source of income from royalty payments whenever their stand-up album tracks get played on the radio. CASC also held a public Town Hall...

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Freestyle Love Supreme opens Academy to offer improv comedy training

Freestyle Love Supreme opens Academy to offer improv comedy training

Posted by | Feb 27, 2019 | |

There’s a new school in town for aspiring comedy improvisers. And it comes courtesy of the hip-hop musical comedy troupe Freestyle Love Supreme, best known for what its co-creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and director Thomas Kail have gone on to accomplish on Broadway. Now they’re ready to train the next generation at the Freestyle Love Supreme Academy. From their announcement: “Freestyle Love Supreme has now transformed our unique blend of improv, storytelling, and hip-hop into a hands-on 8-week class. We tested a beta version of this course last Fall and it was met with rave reviews. After some finishing touches, our premiere...

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Review: Tone Bell, “Can’t Cancel This” on Showtime

Review: Tone Bell, “Can’t Cancel This” on Showtime

Posted by | Feb 27, 2019 | |

In real life, Tone Bell’s not engaged nor married yet, but just like in Fam, he’s the product of a happily-married couple. Being an adult only child, with no kids of his own, might make Christmas awkward, but it allows Bell to lavish himself with all of the things he couldn’t necessarily enjoy when he was growing up. That includes bottles of Perrier, which he may jokingly compare to “flat Sprite,” but which also serves as a status symbol that changes the way strangers view him. Read the rest of my review on...

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Here’s your SXSW comedy lineup for 2019

Here’s your SXSW comedy lineup for 2019

Posted by | Feb 26, 2019 | |

We’re less than a couple of weeks away from SXSW, when everybody in technology, film, music and comedy takes over downtown Austin, Texas. The comedy portion of South By Southwest takes place March 8-16, 2019. Here’s what they’ve got on tap this go around… 2019 SXSW Comedy Festival Participants Abbi Jacobson • Amy Miller • Baron Vaughn • Beth Stelling • Busy Philipps • Dave Hill • Debra DiGiovanni • Doug Benson • Dulce Sloan • Erik Griffin • Eugene Mirman • Horatio Sanz • Ian Edwards • Ilana Glazer • Jaboukie Young-White • James Adomian • Jessica McKenna...

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