ImprovBoston is the ideal destination for New Year's entertainment as the Central Square-based theater celebrates the transition to 2016 with seven unique comedy shows. ImprovBoston's National Touring Company offers five New Year's Eve countdown shows and, on New Year's Day, more than 100 of Boston's best standup comics take the stage for 100 First Jokes.
TRUE DEFECTIVE: Season Three follows two troubled detectives as they attempt to reconstruct the past, repair their broken lives, and learn a surprising spiritual lesson.
ImprovBoston is the ideal destination for New Year's entertainment as the Central Square-based theater celebrates the transition to 2016 with seven unique comedy shows. ImprovBoston's National Touring Company offers five New Year's Eve countdown shows and, on New Year's Day, more than 100 of Boston's best standup comics take the stage for 100 First Jokes.
Grammy Nominated Singer-Songwriter Lisa Loeb brings her signature vocal stylings to The Copa Palm Springs for one special performance, December 11 at 8:00 pm. Loeb is a touring artist, author and philanthropist who started her career with the platinum-selling Number 1 hit song "Stay (I Missed You)" from the film Reality Bites. A trailblazing independent artist, Lisa was the first pop musician to have a Number 1 single while not signed to a recording contract. She followed that remarkable feat with the hit singles 'Do You Sleep,' 'I Do' and 'Let's Forget about It " and the albums Cake and Pie and No Fairy Tale, among others. I had the chance to catch up with Lisa as she was preparing for her upcoming Copa Concert. Here are a few excerpts from that conversation;
Based on the smash hit 2003 film of the same title, SCHOOL OF ROCK: THE MUSICAL, with music from the movie, as well as an original score by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Glenn Slater, a book by Julian Fellowes and direction by Laurence Connor, makes its World Premiere on Broadway tonight, December 6, at the Winter Garden Theatre. Scroll down to learn more about the cast, plus watch highlights of the company in action!
Two new episodes of Comedy Central's 'The Half Hour' premiere tonight, November 14 at Midnight ET/PT and 12:30 a.m. ET/PT, featuring Sean Donnelly and Phil Hanley.
Comedy Central, in association with The New York Comedy Festival (NYCF), announced today the addition of Nathan Fielder ("Nathan For You"), Roy Wood Jr. (Correspondent, "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah") and Big Jay Oakerson (SiriusXM's "The Bonfire with Big Jay Oakerson and Dan Soder" on Comedy Central Radio) to the "Comedy Central Live in Brooklyn" show taking place at Kings Theatre (1027 Flatbush Avenue) tonight, November 13 at 8:00 p.m.
Distinguished comedians and musicians will unite for the ninth annual Stand Up for Heroes event at The Theater at Madison Square Garden, tonight, Nov. 10. Chris Botti, Seth Meyers, John Oliver, Ray Romano, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Stewart, and other surprise guests will take the stage to perform for an audience that includes some of the brave military men and women who have served this country, to raise awareness and funds to support the Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF).
Comedybeat (www.comedybeat.com) presents a special edition of their quarterly 'Comedy Dialogue' series on the fascinating theme: 'Comedians & Comedy Writers on Late Night TV Shows' on Monday, November 16, 2015 @ Book Culture on Manhattan's Upper West Side beginning at 7:00pm.
HBO continued presenting a satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events, as well as addressing broader issues as LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER aired its 35-show second season
The First Church of Ha (as far as we know) will celebrate their grand opening with a non-denominational gathering and fellowship for spiritual development through a series of laughter based ministries beginning Todays in November at 8:00PM.
UP Comedy Club, 230 W. North Avenue, known for bringing top stand-up comedy talent to Chicago, announces a month long series of all-stars: Rachel Feinstein, Jan. 7-9; Chris Redd & Megan Gailey, Jan. 15-17; Kate Berlant & John Early, Jan. 21-23; and Sean Patton, Jan. 28-30. Each show includes a feature stand-up comic and a local emcee that hosts the evening. Each headliner is set to perform Thursday 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m. (with the exception of Chris Redd & Megan Gailey set to perform Friday - Sunday).
In a recent interview with CBS THIS MORNING, Oliver talked about how he views his position as a satirist of the news with no very serious connections to journalism. He also discussed why he has not invited Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to his show, LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER. “I haven't really got anything to say to him... He's an open book, and that book doesn't have many interesting words in it.” Check out the full interview below!
The First Church of Ha (as far as we know) will celebrate their grand opening with a non-denominational gathering and fellowship for spiritual development through a series of laughter based ministries beginning Fridays in November at 8:00PM.
Chicago's acclaimed Jefferson Award nominated actress and winner of the After Dark Award for 'Outstanding Cabaret Artist' and the Chicago Cabaret Professionals Gold Coast Award, Suzanne Petri brings her brand new show, TORCH, SASS AND SWING!, to Davenport's Cabaret (1383 N Milwaukee Ave). The show runs tonight, October 28, and November 4 & 7, 2015.
Nathan Fielder ("Nathan For You"), Roy Wood Jr. (Correspondent, "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah") and Big Jay Oakerson (SiriusXM's "The Bonfire with Big Jay Oakerson and Dan Soder" on Comedy Central Radio) to the "Comedy Central Live in Brooklyn" show
HBO continued presenting a satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events, as well as addressing broader issues as LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER continued its 35-show second season with a new edition
Chicago's acclaimed Jefferson Award nominated actress and winner of the After Dark Award for "Outstanding Cabaret Artist" and the Chicago Cabaret Professionals Gold Coast Award, Suzanne Petri brings her brand new show, TORCH, SASS AND SWING!, to Davenport's Cabaret (1383 N Milwaukee Ave). The show runs October 28, November 4 and November 7, 2015.
HBO continued presenting a satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events, as well as addressing broader issues, as LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER continued its 35-show second season with a new edition SUNDAY, OCT. 11
Story Pirates bring their all-ages sketch-comedy musical magic to Smothers Theatre at Pepperdine University today, October 10 at 11 a.m.
