Hot Department at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
by ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Honor Wolff and Patrick Durnan Silva play describe themselves as “annoyingly loud,” but this “shrill white lady” and this “closeted gay Brazilian” have combined …
Tag: sketch comedy
The Umbilical Brothers: “The Distraction” at Edinburgh Fringe 2023
**** (out of 5) The Umbilical Brothers are Australians David Collins and Shane Dundas, who’ve performed together as a duo since 1988. I spoke with …
Business Casual: “FERAL,” at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
**** (out of 5) Jeremy Elder, Cory Peter Lane, and Hunter Saling have been here before, making their Fringe debut in 2019. Which means this …
Episode #400: BriTANicK
Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher grew up near each other in Atlanta but only became a sketch comedy duo while attending NYU together. As BriTANicK, …
HBO, HBO Max Has Renewed Both Sketch Shows By Sam Jay and Michael Che
This May, two similar yet tonally completely different sketch series premiered on HBO and HBO Max from the orbit of Saturday Night Live. And now …
Netflix orders Astronomy Club sketch series
Astronomy Club, the first all-black house team at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, is moving from digital series at Comedy Central to half-hour TV sketch …
HBO sets “A Black Lady Sketch Show” for late-night Fridays starting Aug. 2, 2019
In a month, HBO’s late-night Friday slot, currently occupied by Los Espookys, will host A Black Lady Sketch Show. The sketch comedy series stars Robin …
Adult Swim orders up “Three Busy Debras” to series
Adult Swim is adding some actual live women to the late-night cable channel’s programming. Three Busy Debras, starring, written and created by Sandy Honig, Mitra …
Mike Myers to star in Netflix sketch series
Netflix is making a big play for sketch comedy this year. They’ve already introduced series from Aussie Chris Lilley and American Tim Robinson. Now they’re …
Episode #232: Baroness von Sketch Show
Carolyn Taylor, Jennifer Whalen and Aurora Browne met while performing with Second City Toronto. Later, Meredith MacNeill befriended Carolyn on the set of This Hour …