The Comedy Exposition is back! First batch of headliners includes Adam Cayton-Holland, Baron Vaughn, and Kate Berlant.
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Stand-up Mike Lebovitz preps for the recording of his debut comedy album this weekend
Stand-up Mike Lebovitz records his debut album, Pure Garbage, over the span of three shows this weekend at Timothy O’Toole’s.
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The Comedy Exposition stand-up fest stands in for Just for Laughs
Locals at the ground floor of Chicago’s stand-up scene launch the Comedy Exposition to help replace the absent Just for Laughs.
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Two nights and five brands at the Chicago Theatre
Some comedians are making a living through a communal self-promotion with the audience.
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Shooting the breeze with Jeff Garlin
I had lunch with Jeff Garlin, whose stand-up show plays through this Sunday, December 16, at Steppenwolf
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Don’t stop the ride: Mike Birbiglia talks about Sleepwalk With Me’s success and his current one-man show, My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend
An interview with the comedian in anticipation of his one-man show, now playing at the Victory Gardens Theater tomorrow
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Our three best bets for fall comedy
Our three best bets for fall comedy: Pete Holmes, Mike Birbilgia, and Kyle Kinane
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Miracle workers: Scott Adsit and friends improvise at iO
Scott Adsit and guests deliver great long-form improv
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Janeane Garofalo is still around
Janeane Garofalo performed last night as part of the Just for Laughs festival
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Last night: Jeff Garlin, Hannibal Buress, and others killed it at the Beat Kitchen
A long roster of comedians, both local and celebrity-status, for only five bucks
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An appraisal of Conan O’Brien at Just for Laughs
Asher Klein and Kevin Warwick discuss Conan’s live show on Monday, June 11, with Rahm Emanuel and Jack McBreyer stopping by the Chicago Theater
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What’s so funny about TBS Just for Laughs?
Highlights of the fourth annual Just for Laughs comedy fest
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Just for Laughs: a comic infestation hits Chicago.
Back for its third year, Just for Laughs brings about 130 comedians to 13 Chicago-area venues. Here are some good bets: A scientist wants empirical proof that her boyfriend is the one in Losing Control, a new movie by Valerie Weiss, screening as part of the JFL Films series (Tue 6/14, 7:45 PM, Gene Siskel […]
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Chicago’s comedy secret? Margaret Hicks says it’s fail again, fail better.
“Chicago is different because it’s not on a coast, it’s different from New York or Los Angeles because you have the right to fail. You get more than one chance. You have the right to fail and pick yourself up and start again.” —Second City cofounder Bernard Sahlins, quoted in Chicago Comedy: A Fairly Serious […]