John Michalski, onetime Chicago improv teacher and performer, never found great fame. But he embodied the art form at its purest.
Tag: Mike Birbiglia
Posted inArts & Culture
John Mulaney discusses his influences, from Mayor Richard M. Daley to Werner Herzog
The stand-up comedian has drawn inspiration from unlikely sources.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Advice for a sexsomniac
Dan Savage advises a sexsomniac, a couple interested in trying gay-sex dungeons while traveling in Europe, and more.
Posted inFilm
Don’t Think Twice explores the collective challenge of improv comedy
Mike Birbiglia follows his debut feature Sleepwalk With Me with an incisive showbiz comedy.
Posted inArts & Culture
Dave Maher turns his coma into stand-up comedy
A medical scare is a source for introspection and laughs in Dave Maher Coma Scare.
Posted inArts & Culture
Judd Apatow answers questions about asking questions
Judd Apatow talks about his three decades of interviews with comedians, compiled in the new book Sick in the Head.
Posted inArts & Culture
Michael Palascak’s quarterback comedy
Chicago ex-pat Michael Palascak finds humor in the everyday.
Posted inBlogs
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
Posted inArts & Culture
This week’s Culture Vultures recommend:
Chicagoans recommend Life, on the Line, a heartwarming sleepwalking story, and escaping the money game
Posted inArts & Culture
Our three best bets for fall comedy
Our three best bets for fall comedy: Pete Holmes, Mike Birbilgia, and Kyle Kinane
Posted inBlogs
Have one on Studs, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
Posted inFilm
Sleepwalk With Me considers romance from A to Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z
Mike Birbiglia’s Sleepwalk With Me looks at love and sleep disorder
Posted inBlogs
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
Posted inBlogs
Laughs Week: chuckling through the pain
Introducing a week of dispatches from the TBS Just for Laughs comedy fest