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SF Sketchfest presented by Audible announces the initial line up for the 18th annual San Francisco Comedy Festival January 10-27, 2019, featuring top comedic talent performing in venues across the city. Audiences can expect another outstanding year of programming and fun as SF Sketchfest will host major comedy stars and the best up-and-coming acts from around the world for non-stop entertainment including sketch, stand-up, alternative comedy, music, improv, films, tributes, live podcasts, storytelling, family shows, workshops, panels and more.

'Life. A Cabaret!" is the first of many new cabaret concepts scheduled to come to Dragonfly Studio 129! The Dragonfly production team is currently putting together a unique and innovative monthly series that will run through 2019. We are very excited to be kicking it off with this performance on Today, November 16th which will investigate subjects about life, love, and everything in between through song and fun anecdotes!  

'Life. A Cabaret!' is the first of many new cabaret concepts scheduled to come to Dragonfly Studio 129! The Dragonfly production team is currently putting together a unique and innovative monthly series that will run through 2019. We are very excited to be kicking it off with this performance on Friday, November 16th which will investigate subjects about life, love, and everything in between through song and fun anecdotes!  

Joe's Pub at The Public has announced its nightly performances, July 26 - August 6, including Bridget Everett, Unitard, Jean Rohe, Bakia Quartet, joe Gulla, Marie-Claire, Thomas John, Olivia Chaney, Shaina Taub, The Dan Band, That's Not Tango, The Skivvies, and more. Scroll down for details!

See what's happening at Joe's Pub this week!

The Gary Plays - Extended through June 10: Fans of seminal playwright and Padua Hills Playwrights Festival founder Murray Mednick are in for a treat: Open Fist Theatre Company presents Mednick's entire "The Gary Plays" series in one epic production. Originated by Padua Playwrights and developed in workshops over a two-year period by Open Fist, "The Gary Plays" chronicles the odyssey of unemployed actor Gary Bean in the years following the random murder of his son. An everyman/anti-hero, Gary has been hailed by KCRW as "a sort of L.A. Leopold Bloom." Audiences can choose to follow his journey over the course of three evenings - or view all six plays on a single Sunday.

Fans of seminal playwright and Padua Hills Playwrights Festival founder Murray Mednick are in for a treat: Open Fist Theatre Company presents Mednick's entire 'The Gary Plays' series in one epic production beginning May 4 at Atwater Village Theatre. Longtime Mednick collaborator Guy Zimmerman directs. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Fans of seminal playwright and Padua Hills Playwrights Festival founder Murray Mednick are in for a treat: Open Fist Theatre Company presents Mednick's entire 'The Gary Plays' series in one epic production beginning May 4 at Atwater Village Theatre. Longtime Mednick collaborator Guy Zimmerman directs.

ASU Gammage announces the 2016 High School Musical Theater Awards nominees!

YouTube ramps up the laughs for its first-ever YouTube Comedy Week with dedicated programming featuring live performances, new episodes from popular YouTube comedy channels and curated top ten lists from over 100 YouTube stars at www.youtube.com/comedyweek.

Sex... It's everyone's dirty little secret. Almost 90% of us will have issues with sex at some point in our lives. Yet we don't want to talk about it especially with our partners. Why? Our culture doesn't approve. It has simply sucked all the fun out of sex. When it's discussed, it's either too sterile or too dirty.