It's A Lot at UnCabaret

Beth Lapides Brings Solo Show It's A Lot to The Lyric Hyperion for Three Performances, September 17–19

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Legendary alternative comedy artist, writer and UnCabaret creator Beth Lapides brings her acclaimed solo show, It's A Lot, to The Lyric Hyperion Theater & Café for a limited three-performance engagement Thursday, September 17 through Saturday, September 19 at 7:00 p.m.

It's A Lot arrives at The Lyric Hyperion (2106 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027). Tickets are $20, with VIP packages available for $50.Tickets are available at https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/its-a-lot-4851258.

Part comedy, part storytelling, part concert, It's A Lot is a funny, soulful exploration of what happens when life demands that we change. The show combines music and Lapides' inimitable blend of heartfelt storytelling and perspective-shifting comedy about courage, reinvention, second chances, and finding meaning in a world of accelerating change. Directed by Sue Wolf and accompanied by acclaimed pianist and Music Director Mitch Kaplan and band, Lapides draws on a lifetime of making art and making change, weaving together sharp comedy, vulnerability, original music, and stories of creative risk, unexpected turns, and starting again. Hailed by the Los Angeles Times as the “godmother of alternative comedy,” Lapides delivers an evening that is intimate, irreverent, and inspiring.

The production comes to The Lyric Hyperion following a celebrated Palm Springs engagement that earned a BroadwayWorld.com Best Cabaret nomination and a series of pop-up performances at UnCabaret at El Cid, where the show has continued to evolve. Lapides weaves together stories of eviction, recovery, manifestation, creative reinvention, and the origins of the groundbreaking UnCabaret, which she created in 1993 and which helped launch the alternative comedy movement. At a moment when the world can feel like, well, a lot, It's A Lot offers an honest, irreverent, and ultimately uplifting look at what it takes to keep creating—your work, yourself, and your life—through change.

About Beth Lapides Beth Lapides is an acclaimed performer, writer, and creative force whose influence on alternative comedy has been documented by PBS and CNN and recognized in books by Bob Odenkirk and Jesse David Fox. As the creator of the legendary UnCabaret, Lapides helped redefine stand-up comedy by championing authentic, personal storytelling over traditional joke-driven performance. Her audiobook So You Need to Decide was named one of the Best Comedy Books by Vulture and Variety called it “a potentially life-changing treasure.” About Mitch Kaplan Mitch Kaplan is an award-winning music director, songwriter, arranger, and producer best known as longtime music director for Sandra Bernhard and UnCabaret. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with artists including Ana Gasteyer, Cady Huffman, Chaka Khan, Thelma Houston, Sister Sledge, and Martika. His television appearances include Will & Grace, Roseanne, and The Tonight Show. Kaplan also composed and performed the original music for Lapides' acclaimed audiobook So You Need to Decide.

About Sue Wolf Director Sue Wolf is an award-winning producer and director whose extensive television work includes more than 50 shows for HBO, where she co-created the acclaimed comedy series One Night Stand and Women of the Night. She has produced and directed projects featuring Robin Williams, Richard Pryor, Chris Rock, Ellen DeGeneres, Billy Crystal, and many others, as well as the UnCabaret special for Comedy Central. Wolf has also directed numerous solo shows and previously collaborated with Lapides on Party Pants.