There’s something kind of charming about awkwardness. Maybe it’s the sense of unintentional humbleness blended with those unique quirks that make awkwardness seem so attractively human. Now what do you get when you combine slight awkwardness and observant-but-far-from-offensive-humor with a $15 ticket at Punch Line? Sounds like an incredibly enjoyable…
Just like our music scene and our art scene, Sacramento’s comedy scene is an ever-changing beast. Here are a few noteworthy things going down in the local comedy scene as of late: Sacramento Comedy Spot, located in the MARRS Building, is expanding and opening up a new space called the…
Sacramento Comedy Spot has a jam-packed lineup in store for the second annual 48 Hour Comedy Marathon The stand-up comics are practicing timed jokes, the improvisers are stretching their minds and the sketch writers are carb-loading (with beer)… Sacramento’s comedy athletes are training for the one of the biggest comedy…
Leslie DuPratt has combined her satiric inclination with her artistic abilities to create The Mad Housewife, an art show depicting women’s roles in a humorous, non-degenerative manner. With herself as the subject, DuPratt paints formally dressed women performing everyday household activities, keenly transformed through ironic adjustments in setting, behavior and…
From Dec. 4 – 29, Capital Stage will be presenting The SantaLand Diaries, adapted from humorist David Sedaris’ “outlandish, and true…experience as Crumpet the Elf in Macy’s SantaLand display,” according to the theatre’s website. Check out times and grab your tickets at Capstage.org for this limited engagement show, what is…
Have you ever listened to a live comedy album or watched a comedy special on TV and wondered about the people in attendance laughing in the background? Like, who is that guy with the growl-y laugh or the lady with the shrieky laugh? Did these people know they were walking…
Margaret Cho Doesn’t Hold Back…Unless It’s Over the Phone The video currently featured on Margaret Cho’s website is “My Puss.” You have been forewarned—the comedienne’s humor is not for the prudish type. “My pussy so fine that I flaunt it, your pussy so old that it’s haunted,” she raps in…
All-female improv troupe, Lady Business, set to perform at second annual Sacramento Comedy Festival When James Brown belted out the words, “This is a man’s world, but it would be nothing…without a woman or a girl,” he could have very easily been talking about the world of comedy. It’s a…
Author, actor, comedian, father: Jim Gaffigan wears many hats and does so quite well Jim Gaffigan called 15 minutes late for his interview with Submerge. This isn’t a rare occurrence for us. When you’re in the business of talking to creative people, you’re often at the mercy of their whims…
Chris D’Elia’s stage is set for a hallmark 2013 Chris D’Elia’s manic stage presence and energetic delivery make him perfectly suited for life as a standup comic, but when he was trying to break into comedy he first took a different route. D’Elia tried his hand at being an actor…
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