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In some truly sad news for local comedy and the arts, Jimmy Tingle has decided to close Jimmy Tingle's Off Broadway Theater in Davis Square. The theater will close when the lease expires at the end of this month. Jimmy Tingle's Off Broadway always brought in some incredible artists that you wouldn't see anywhere else, and, to Bostonist's delight, the legendary Mort Sahl did a few nights there recently. The theater looked suspiciously like a... more ›

Mort Sahl will perform at Jimmy Tingle's Off Broadway Theater on Thursday night. For more information, go to Jimmy Tingle's website. All shows are at 7:30 pm. Without Mort Sahl, there would be no Daily Show or Colbert Report. James Wolcott at Vanity Fair went so far as to suggest that Sahl was more important to American comedy than Lenny Bruce. Whether or not that's true, Sahl laid the foundation for today's political satire. He... more ›

The heavily caffeinated Jonathan Katz will be at Jimmy Tingle's Off Broadway tonight and tomorrow night at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $25 to $30. The hyper-intelligent, hyper-witty, and just plain old hyper comedian Jonathan Katz will be at Jimmy Tingle's Off-Broadway this weekend to perform some standup. Katz, who lives in Newton, just released his first comedy CD. Katz's standup style is goofy and chilled out. You might be surprised to learn that he is... more ›