AltWeeklies Wire
W. Kamau Bell Takes His Swing at Racismnew
W. Kamau Bell plays against type and comes with not only the insights you wish you had spewed first but also the wit, centered on the issues of race that he's been grappling with since childhood.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
01-23-2008 |
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Garry Marshall Directs a Production of 'Elixir of Love'new
What does the producer of Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley and the director of Pretty Woman and The Princess Diaries know about opera? Answer: How to make it funny, of course.
San Antonio Current |
Diana Lyn Roberts |
01-23-2008 |
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Are You Ready to Bust a Gut?new
The fifth annual Charleston Comedy Festival, a co-production of Theatre 99 and the Charleston City Paper, has rounded up a passel of improv, sketch, and stand-up comedians for four nights of easy fun.
Charleston City Paper |
Staff |
01-16-2008 |
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Don Rickles Killsnew
If this interview is any indication, Don Rickles will slay 'em in Atlantic City.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Sara Kelly |
01-14-2008 |
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Patton Oswalt Ain't No Annoying Hipster Douchebagnew
I found out what really bothers Oswalt about hipsters when I talked to him between sets at "The Comedians of Comedy," a marathon show that included the comics he holds in highest esteem.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Deborah Giattina |
12-19-2007 |
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A Farewell to Evelnew
They say only the good die young, so it makes a weird kind of sense that a man named Evel Knievel would live to age 69.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natalie Nichols |
12-07-2007 |
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You Dirty Girlnew
Don't let her innocent June Cleaver-meets-Amazing-Technicolor-Dreamcoat-appearance fool you. Stand-up comedian Lisa Lampanelli is vulgar, vivacious, and vicious.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
12-05-2007 |
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Geek Chic Sketch Troupe Strikes Comedy Goldnew
To describe Knock Knock. (Who's There?) Comedy! as a sketch troupe that does comedy about comedy suggests their material is full of in jokes and isn't, in the end, funny. That's not true.
NOW Magazine |
Glenn Sumi |
11-30-2007 |
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Destination Boisenew
Canadian comedian Ian Bagg on how scary comedy really is.
Boise Weekly |
Amy Atkins |
11-29-2007 |
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As the World Turdsnew
"Things have been going really well on tour," says comedian Michael Ian Black. "People come, they laugh, and at the end of the night someone pays me."
Dig Boston |
Sameer Naseem |
11-28-2007 |
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Lewis Black's Black Daysnew
The comedian's dealing with a rush of print and radio interviews before breakfast, which is nothing compared to the misery of simply being in L.A. Not just 'cause it's L.A., but because though there's a slight break in the flames that plague the city -- ash still hangs heavy in the air.
Metro Times |
Corey Hall |
11-27-2007 |
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Reviving the Old Magicnew
The Rat Pack--Live From Las Vegas traveling show brings Sammy, Dean and Frank back to life.
Tucson Weekly |
Irene Messina |
11-21-2007 |
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I Have a Man-Crush on Zach Galifianakisnew
Just like Sarah Silverman, Eugene Mirman, David Cross and every other comedian who doesn't artistically masturbate on a derivative sitcom, Hollywood will never figure out what to do with Galifianakis. And while that's probably frustrating for his agent, it's incredibly reassuring for those of us who truly love comedy as an art form.
Boulder Weekly |
Dale Bridges |
11-19-2007 |
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That Empty Feelingnew
A year from opening, North Carolina's Durham Performing Arts Center is already saddled with doubt.
INDY Week |
Matt Saldana |
11-16-2007 |
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Dear Diarynew
Portlanders get ready for the first staging of Mortified, a live show in which local citizens read the most hilarious, humiliating things they wrote as teenagers -- journal entries, poetry, love letters and song lyrics.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
11-14-2007 |
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