Tag: comedy
Laughing Skull Comedy Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary
For this year’s “Skull Fest,” which runs May 9-12, a record 1,000 comedians applied for a spot, which guarantees at least five shows in front of audiences that include industry bookers, agents, and managers.
Atlanta’s Lace Larrabee is training a new generation of women comics
In the male-dominated stand-up comedy world, Lace Larrabee is making sure women are a force to be reckoned with by launching Laugh Lab, the only stand-up comedy class in Atlanta that’s exclusively for women. She also role in the new Catherine Zeta-Jones comedy Queen America, which debuts this month on Facebook Watch.
5 Atlanta events you won’t want to miss: August 1-7
Dance to Kesha and Macklemore, celebrate Monday Night Brewing's 7th anniversary, and sample tons of chicken wings.
The Daily Show’s Dulce Sloan never thought she’d be a comedian
Once a regular on the Atlanta comedy circuit, this year Dulce Sloan landed a spot as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, where she's done segments on cultural appropriation and what it's like to be a black woman in late-night television.
Say hello to The Santaland Diaries’ new Crumpet
Award-winning actor, playwright, and screenwriter Topher Payne talks about the “exhilarating and terrifying” opportunity to take over the candy cane tights from Harold M. Leaver, who played the role of curmudgeonly elf in Horizion Theatre's annual production for 18 years.
Indie comedy: Dottie, 1 A.M. Secret Show, and Ladie’s Night
Catch some of Atlanta’s most innovative comedy at these indie nights.
Catch an improv show—or be in one—at Dad’s Garage
Founded in 1995, the theater started as a place to catch short-form improv and has now grown to become Atlanta’s version of Second City.
5 Atlanta events you won’t want to miss: August 9–14
An Indigo Girl goes solo, Harry Potter fans can get a unique cocktail, and Tig Notaro plays the Tabernacle
5 Atlanta events you won’t want to miss: July 19-25
The Atlanta Comedy Arts Festival kicks off Thursday and the seventh-annual Atlanta Ice Cream Festival hits Piedmont Park this weekend.
Daily Show Cocreator Lizz Winstead brings the Vagical Mystery Tour to Atlanta
Comedian Lizz Winstead has always been a force in the political satire world. The cocreator and former head writer of The Daily Show is turning her jokes into activism with the Lady Parts Justice League, whose Vagical Mystery Tour comedy show stops by Terminal West on June 2.
