AltWeeklies Wire
Real Comedians, Please Stand-Upnew
Up-and-coming comedian Marc Shuter tells us why being funny is serious business.
Weekly Alibi |
Amy Dalness |
12-05-2006 |
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Laugh Riotnew
On the road with the club warriors and alt-comics of Seattle's stand-up Olympics.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
11-27-2006 |
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Rebels Without Their Clothesnew
The Suicide Girls have spent the last five years taking the Internet by storm -- now they've got a touring live show too.
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
11-14-2006 |
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Through the Uprightsnew
Upright Citizens Brigade and its offshoots keep selling New York City's brand of comedy to the masses.
New York Press |
Brian Heater |
11-02-2006 |
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Dr. Jekyll and Devil's Musicnew
This ensemble brings live music to silent films.
Tucson Weekly |
Irene Messina |
10-11-2006 |
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Sickness in Short Ordernew
Neil Hamburger is served up with a side of yucks.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Will York |
10-11-2006 |
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Hell's Bellenew
Satan's Angel has taken her flaming tassels out of retirement, to the delight of a new generation of burlesque fans.
Phoenix New Times |
Benjamin Leatherman |
10-02-2006 |
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Insulting Injurynew
L.A.'s emergency unit of black comedy, performance art and softcore puppetry, Art of Bleeding, hits the big time -- laughing all the way.
L.A. Alternative |
Lucinda Michele Knapp |
09-27-2006 |
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FEVA Dreamnew
The Howl festival collapses amid mudslinging, debt, and broken promises.
The Village Voice |
Jessica Winter |
09-13-2006 |
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'You Cum Like a Girl'new
The feds say a comic's phrase is too vulgar to trademark, but "cum-furt" is A-OK.
L.A. Weekly |
Margy Rochlin |
09-07-2006 |
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Make 'Em Squirmnew
For Fred Armisen, the comedy is in the discomfort.
Chicago Reader |
Jessica Hopper |
08-29-2006 |
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Laughing While It Hurtsnew
A Brooklyn comedian takes his unique schtick online to win a brand new audience.
New York Press |
John DeSio |
08-24-2006 |
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An Ass Cape and a Dreamnew
The Miss Mississippi Pageant is the gravest threat facing Christian marriage in the Magnolia State today.
Jackson Free Press |
Ali Greggs and Brian Johnson |
07-28-2006 |
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Burlesque (Confidential)new
Everyday women steal the stage as the queens of the new burlesque.
New York Press |
Sushil Cheema |
07-20-2006 |
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Fear of Clothing in Las Vegasnew
Seattle's Greg Thompson, the Cecil B. DeMille of sex and schlock, knows what turns Middle America's crank.
Seattle Weekly |
Mike Seely |
07-19-2006 |
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