The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Eugene Mirman has announced the planned lineups for his crazy-yet-true-because-it-is-Eugene-after-all comedy festival named for him, taking place Sept. 25-28 in Brooklyn. Mirman pretty much has it covered — most of his usual and unusual suspects will appear over those four days and nights at two venues, Union Hall (where Mirman …
Opie and Anthony have provided a great service to stand-up comedy by having comedians appear as regular guests on their FM and satellite radio programs over the years, but their efforts to translate that partnership into a live comedy tour, aka the Traveling Virus, has failed. Because their "fans" known …
Mike Birbiglia’s new one-man show, Sleepwalk With Me, has found a venue and a start date for its Off-Broadway run. Previews begin Oct. 17 at the Bleecker Street Theatre. Nathan Lane is helping out, at least in name. For more info, go to the show’s site and sign up for …
After running around the city on Wednesday night, I decided to make my Thursday much easier to digest by camping out at Theatre Ste-Catherine for three of the Flying Solo one-man shows, which just so happened to feature revered comedians Mike Birbiglia, Brendon Burns and Patrice Oneal. It’s a narrow, …
Sure, Bonnaroo was almost a month ago, but we’re now being treated to some nice photographic representations of how comedy has become a part of this burgeoning national music festival in Tennessee. Louis CK was nice enough not only to share some artistic photos he shot from the set of …
Suppose we should include this video in our historical archives, shall we? Even though watching it, it feels as if this video had been shot months ago, based on their own discussion. Anyhow. Here it is. Mike Birbiglia, reluctant guest on The Michael Showalter Showalter Show. See more funny videos …
Comedy Central’s Comedy Central Park was such a big success last Friday that by the time I got to the outdoor venue, there was a line to get into the line to get into the place to see Stephen Lynch, Mike Birbiglia and Julian McCullough. You could hear them just …
Summertime, and the comedy is easy to find, even outside here in New York City. Central Park SummerStage offers its first "Comedy Central Park" of the season tonight with Stephen Lynch, Mike Birbiglia and Julian McCullough. It’s free! Down at Tompkins Square Park, NY Laughs offers its second free summer …
Almost missed this entirely somehow…but tonight, as in an hour from now, doors open at 7 p.m. at the Knitting Factory in NYC, there’s a comedy benefit for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society featuring Todd Barry, Eugene Mirman, Leo Allen, John Mulaney, Max Silvestri, Seth Herzog, Andy Blitz, Daniel Dratch, …
I didn’t make it Bonnaroo this weekend, but thousands of other music and comedy fans did. And more than a few of them already have weighed in with their opinions of the massive Tennessee festival. Stereogum took plenty of pics, loved Chris Rock, thought Reggie Watts was "custom built for …