Archive for the ‘Comedy in DC’ Category
Comedy in DC: Hot, Steamy, Humid Standup
‘Seaton Smith’
courtesy of ‘NikolasCo’
I know you’re all coming to the We Love DC 1st Anniversary Party tonight, but once that’s over, you’ll need some other entertainment to distract you from humidity, hordes of tourists, Metro problems, dognappers, and all the other stuff that goes along with the height of summer in DC. So here’s what’s [...]
Comedy in DC: You got comedy in my music venue
Okay, so first I have to get this Dylan-with-an-arrow-through-his-head thing out of the way. There’s this show at the Velvet Lounge on July 10th. It’s called 3 Chord Comedy, and it is, as the image above implies, comedy in a venue that generally focuses on music. It starts at 7PM, and the cover is a [...]
Comedy In DC: At Your Desk
Tyler Sonnichsen, whose picture I’m using because I couldn’t find a decent video clip
courtesy of ‘Aaron Webb’
A comedian acquaintance and I were lamenting the challenges of acceptably promoting local comedy recently, and something we both noted was the utter lack of demo clips that are professional and showcase the comedian to his or her best [...]
Comedy in DC: Go See Some
‘Funniest Fed 71′
courtesy of ‘Aaron Webb’, used with permission
There are a couple of fun things happening in comedy this week.
Jimmy Meritt will be opening for Jeff Caldwell at the Improv tonight through Sunday. It’s good to have a chance to catch him on the mainstage of the Improv.
Which, unfortunately, means that unless he has staggering [...]
Comedy in DC: A Week of Free Laughs, Redux
‘Stand-up’
courtesy of ‘Aaron Webb’ , used with permission
So I was flitting around the interwebz, trying to come up with something to recommend to you this week in the world of local comedy, and ran into… a wasteland. A lot of the local comics I pay attention to have been touring, so are either out of [...]
Comedy in DC: The Awesome Boost
Comic by Jake Young
In case you haven’t noticed from the frantic pink-nosed gentleman at the top of this post, there’s a comedy show happening on May 1. It’s called “The Awesome Boost,” and it’s the hilarious bastard lovechild of Jake Young’s short-lived “The Awesome Room” and Eric Moberg’s “Ego Boost.” The Word According to Jake: [...]
Comedy in DC: Chris White’s “I Take Requests”
There is some kind of comedy lull happening in April, but this Friday, there’s a cool show happening in the Improv Lounge. Chris White will be doing his 6th “I Take Requests” show- people submit requests via email, and within a few weeks, he has to turn them into jokes and perform them. Previous editions [...]
More »Hexagon 2009: What So Proudly We Bailed
Political satire. Comedy. Music. Charity. Hexagon has been putting on satirical musical theater performances in DC since 1955, and every year, a different local charity benefits from the proceeds of ticket sales. Due to my spaciness in getting this posted, tickets are now nearly sold out, but there are still seats available for several shows! [...]
More »What That Job REALLY Is…
(Comedy in DC will be back in two weeks. Tiff’s out west, so I’m stepping in with something a little different…)
Let’s face it: we’ve all perused the various online job postings recently, looking for that ‘perfect’ position we all secretly crave. But sometimes, when you go to interview or after you land that dream job, [...]
Comedy in DC: Your Late-Winter Blend
‘Stand up 371′
courtesy of ‘YoLoPey’
I know. I’ve used this photo before. But this is Jay Hastings, and he’s being roasted in the DC Improv Comedy Lounge this Friday at 8. I’m not sure what the occasion is, but you should show up and find out. (Also, I need more comedy-related photos. Help a sister out.)
Also [...]
Comedy in DC: Comedy is for Lovers (corrected)
You know what’s a great way to celebrate Valentine’s Day? Laughing your ass off. If you still haven’t made Valentine’s Day plans and you’re looking to get out of the city to avoid all the amateurs clogging the restaurants, Riverboat on the Potomac is doing a Valentine’s Day dinner cruise featuring Matt Kazam and Seaton [...]
More »Comedy in DC: Become a Local Comic, Support a Local Comic
‘Stand up 371′ (Jay Hastings)
courtesy of ‘YoLoPey’
Exciting stuff in the local comedy world this week, everyone. There’s a new open mic, and a fun showcase happening at the Improv. Make your plans quick, or you’ll miss out, and you don’t want that. Oh no, you don’t.
First, the open mic: Standup comedy has returned to the [...]
Comedy in DC: Back with a Vengeance
My friends, our long local nightmare of not enough local comedy is over. It’s January, the holidays are over, and local comedy has reclaimed its rightful place in the back rooms, the lounges, and the bars of DC (except for Top Shelf. Solly’s gave their room slot away without even TELLING them. Dubya Tee Eff). [...]
More »Comedy in DC: Poonanza 6: Electric Poonaloo
When I mentioned to Tom that this week’s Comedy in DC feature was going to be on the sixth-ever Poonanza, he looked at me skeptically and said, “That doesn’t sound like a comedy show, hon.” Yeah, I know.
The brainchild of local comedy icon Larry Poon, Poonanza is a largely sketch-based show written by the Pooninator [...]
Comedy In DC: The Election is Over; Now What Do We Laugh At?
Stephen Colbert at the National Portrait Gallery, by Mr. T in DC
It’s not just the We Love DC bloggers who are nursing their election hangovers, it’s local comics, too. The calendar is a little thin here in early November for booked shows. Nonetheless, there are several ways to get your local comedy on at the [...]
Comedy in DC: A Week of Free Laughs
Jolene Sugarbaker at the Mic, courtesy Flickr user DCMatt, under Creative Commons
Comedy in DC is a regular feature here, but it only appears every other week. So you should probably know that you can watch comedy in or around DC pretty much every night of the week for free, if you’re willing to take a [...]
Comedy in DC: Homegrown Comedy
After all of our CSA adventures this year, I guess you could consider me someone who prefers homegrown stuff. Green beans I picked myself at the farm. Herbs from Tom’s garden in our backyard. Socks from local sheep.
So I’m excited to tell you about Homegrown Comedy, a new monthly showcase in the DC Improv [...]
Comedy in DC: Sarah Palin Vlogs
Sarah Palin Vlog #8: LIBRARY!
When I was talking with Aparna Nancherla about She-Ha for the last Comedy in DC feature, we got onto the subject of women in politics, and whether or not this year of prominent female candidates would affect the careers of women in comedy. She pointed out the Sarah Palin Vlogs [...]
Comedy in DC: She-Ha, Princesses of Power
She-Ha, Princesses of Power - art by Clay Yount, click to embiggen.
One of the axioms of standup comedy is that it’s a much harder business for women than for men. There are lots of theories floating around about this, usually pointing fingers at SOMEONE’S latent sexism: comedy club audiences, comedy club owners, a society that [...]
