Here are the weekend comedy highlights for the region - see the full list in the post but tonight we recommend checking out Sketchhaüs at Improv Boston and tomorrow you have a chance to see Scott Thompson and Kevin McDonald from "The Kids In The Hall" at the Wilbur.
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The comedy round-up this week includes Jim Jeffries at the Wilbur Theatre (also coming: Bill Burr & Tom Green); JB Smoove and Andrew Dice Clay at Comix at Foxwoods; and Mike McDonald at Nick's Comedy Stop.
There are some great comedy happenings we'd like to highlight: "Trial of Love" this Friday at Mottley's, the Boston Improv Festival next week, and major headliners including: Bill Burr, Tom Green, Michael Ian Black, the Comedians of Chelsea Lately, and more.
There is some incredible not-to-be-missed comedy coming to Boston and environs this weekend: Lewis Black, Greg Fitzsimmons, Paul Virzi, Susie Essman, Craig Ferguson, Matt Kona, the list goes on! Check out our picks in the full post!
Nantucket's 16th Annual Film Festival slated for Weekend of June 22-26, 2011
We've got an update on Wilco's Solid Sound Festival happening next weekend: the show is providing bus service from Boston to the venue and back. Check for details in the full post. --- There are also several comedy options for tonight, both big and small, check them out.
We interviewed Boston-bred comedian Nick DiPaolo at Comix at Foxwoods where he recorded his recent Showtime special and DVD "Nick DiPaolo: Raw Nerve." DiPaolo is an unfettered and outspoken guy who is sometimes accused of being a political comic which he really isn't when you look at his material. Read our interview to get a glimpse of where he's coming from.
A lot is happening this week with comedy in the area so let's try to highlight a few:
There's a lot of comedy in Boston that you should check out. Today we provide you with a partial list of shows and venues that are either free or less than $20 to get in to see a show with nationally touring comedians as well as excellent local comics.
Boston-bred comedian Nick Di Paolo has a special on Showtime tomorrow night with the album dropping on Monday. His special was recorded at Comix at Foxwoods in less than 2 weeks - it's like the harmonic convergence of all things Nick Di Paolo.
Note: Do not play the above video at work if your co-workers are "sensitive" - NSFW!
Did you miss comedian Doug Benson’s performance on Letterman last night? Fear not, spring-feverish friends, as the 2006 High Times "Stoner of the Year," widely known for his 2008 documentary, Super High Me, is gearing up for a long-awaited performance tonight at The Wilbur Theatre.
Post contributed by Angie Frissore, Boston Comedy Scene Examiner.
Myq Kaplan, local-ish comedian, performed on the Tonight Show last night. We've liked him since first seeing him at the Boston Comedy Festival, so we're pleased to see some Massachusetts style representation on a show now hosted by a native Brookliner. Bostonlarious!
Tonight's the night to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the silliest comedy troupe in Britain. Part one of the new Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) kicks off a week of movies and six parts of SPAM-melting documentary. It's the perfect opportunity both for longtime fans to celebrate their idols and for new recruits to be welcomed into the bosom of Python. To the jump!
A couple months ago we did this little Fenway Park piece with Boston-based comedian Ira Proctor.
Comedian Ira Proctor takes us to Fenway from Thomas Attila Lewis on Vimeo.
Comedian Tyler Boeh at Fenway Park from Thomas Attila Lewis on Vimeo.
Comedian Leo Allen performed on AltCom09's first show last Friday night. Comedian Leo Allen has written for Conan O'Brien, Saturday Night Live, Human Giant, and the Comedians of Comedy. A former resident of the Boston area, Allen put on a great act and we hope to see him again here.
An Intro to Season 2 of NESN's Comedy All-Stars from Tom Lewis on Vimeo.Starting tonight and running for the next two months, Friday nights on NESN will be capped by what Boston does best: sports and comedy! Filmed before a live audience last December at Boston's historic Wilbur Theatre, comics from both Boston and around the country converged to bring NESN's audience, which is pretty much everybody, their hilarious take on life and sports in particular in the second season of "NESN's Comedy All-Stars".
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Eugene Mirman is a comedian. He has done several wonderful things. This coming Wednesday—Feb. 25th, for calendar nerds—at 7PM, he will be reading from his new self-help book The Will to Whatevs at the Brookline Booksmith.
Tonight, after 16 years of invisible string dancing, gargantuan ginger hair, and playing peekboo with the camera, local boy Conan O’Brien takes a final bow before making the westward migration to take over Leno’s “Tonight Show.”
Dane Cook isn't necessarily one of our favorite comedians. Whether it's commercials, movie posters, comedy contests, or dog poop, we've found more than a few things to pick on him for over the years. Still, we don't completely begrudge the dude his success. If you can find a way to fool people into thinking you're funny, then capitalize on it continually, more power to you—and may your relatives not turn out to be asshats.
Comedian Jamie Sneider grew up in Boston Metro-West before heading to NYU, improv, and comedy writing. She recently relocated to Los Angeles, from where she writes her Reluctantly Moving to LA blog. We talked to Sneider and told her about our ice storms and she remarked that at least LA "has amazingly consistent warm weather, it's weird" but that she hears about the New England weather from her family every time she calls home. Speaking of our recent weather, she would not have been able to shoot a single scene from her 2009 "Year of the Jewish Woman" calendar in the kind of cold and wind that knocked out power for hundred of thousands.
On Monday night at 8:00pm, December 15th, you can see comedian Steven Wright receive the honor of being the first inductee of The Boston Comedy Hall of Fame. The event will take place at Showcase Live at Patriot Place in Foxborough, which is technically not in Boston, so we're hoping for some jokes about that.