Tag: comedy

The actor on stage can’t seem to find his mark. It’s a Friday night at Dad’s Garage, and we’re here to see him do some improv, but instead he trips over his long limbs and rushes off the stage before the scene can even start. The actor in question is a white Great Dane mix with black spots named Oden: He’s one of four adoptable dogs from the rescue organization Angels Among Us who have joined Dad’s Garage cast members onstage for the show Puppy Prov.

Atlanta is where David Cross’s love of comedy first blossomed. Years before he rose to fame with the screwball sketch comedy series Mr. Show with Bob and David, and as Tobias Fünke in Arrested Development, Cross was a student at the former Northside High School. He calls its specialist performance arts program, now defunct, “a lifesaver.”

Darryl Rhoades has been a fixture of the Atlanta music and comedy scene since the 1970s. He recently published a memoir, The Road To Almost: The Lean Years . . . 1950-2024, that is infused with stories about the early rock scene in Atlanta, his often wild stage antics, and his keen sense of humor. Rhoades recently spoke with us about the book.

The Midtown comedy theater celebrates their 30th anniversary this year. One way they're celebrating—throwback movie spoofs. Here, a brief history of the theater and a look at what comes next.

Jon Carr spent 14 months helming the world’s most famous comedy theater, Chicago's The Second City. And then he left. He returned to Atlanta, rejoining Dad’s Garage, the company that launched his own comedy career and where he now serves as executive producer. He’d learned a great deal in his time at The Second City, but one lesson most of all: After working to uphold a legacy established yesterday, Carr realized he wanted to build a new one for tomorrow.

From sports to comedy, politics to music, the Atlanta podcast scene is booming. Here’s what happening in the local podcast scene, including new productions and the latest on recurring favorites.

One of Patricia “Ms. Pat” Williams’s earliest memories is watching her mother shoot craps in her grandfather’s bootleg house, where he made moonshine. Nothing was off-limits during her childhood in Atlanta, she jokes in her recently premiered Netflix stand-up special, Ms. Pat: Y’all Wanna Hear Something Crazy?

Anyone who’s spent time in the world of online dating knows it can be a treasure trove of romantic horrors. Comedian Lane Moore found online dating so absurd, she turned it into a show, which she'll perform in Atlanta on February 19.

Atlanta comedian Blaire Erskine discusses becoming internet famous for her deadpan spoofs of 2020 tropes

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