Thought I’d try to post a few notices and/or reminders of some upcoming shows involving Daily Show and Colbert Report personnel, just in case anyone lives in the general vicinity and is looking for some entertainment.
Upright Citizens Brigade Theater
- Ben Karlin presents Things I’ve Learned From Women Who’ve Dumped Me…LIVE! on February 7th, 13th, 21st and 28th. The shows feature some highly cool guests like David Rees, Fountains of Wayne, Will Forte and John Oliver (just to name a few). Advance tickets have already sold out, but there will be standby lines at each performance. More information here — I wonder who the “surprise guests” will be!
- Let’s Have a Ball, featuring Colbert Report writers Peter Gwinn and Laura Krafft, is running again on Saturday nights in February. Ticket information is here.
- ASSSSCAT 3000 continues to run on Sunday evenings, and the show features an ever-changing performer lineup that has included stalwarts of Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, etc. Vice Magazine did a cool interview with Amy Poehler, John Lutz, and Jack McBrayer recently (and you’ll see a familiar face in one of the photos on the first page, if you know your Colbert writers); read it here. If this sounds like your cuppa (and why wouldn’t it?), ticket info for ASSSSCAT 3000 is here.
Comix
- Emmy winning Daily Show Producer Rory Albanese presents Friends, Acquaintances and Colleagues on February 25th. The current lineup features Elliott Kalan (producer, The Daily Show), Rich Blomquist (writer, The Daily Show), Rob Riggle (correspondent, The Daily Show) and more. Ticket info is here.
- Sweet Comix Valentine, the show set for February 14th (duh), lists Colbert Report warm-up comedian Pete Dominick as one of the evening’s performers. Read more here.
Shows at other venues
- Strike Night at Crash Mansion is still going on, with a new show scheduled for Monday, February 11th. Past performances have featured some of our faves from Comedy Central, so it’s a fair bet that the show is going to be pants-peeingly funny. I haven’t found who’s scheduled for that evening, but calling (212) 777-7447 for tickets would be a good idea; the shows have a tendency to sell out. Or you can try the Crash Mansion website here.
- John Oliver has been driving me crazy lately by his evident inability to update his gig list, but a flurry of his upcoming appearances found their way into my inbox recently. Which is good for any of you who can make it to one of these, because John is utterly brilliant live. Trust me on this one.
- Saturday, February 9th: John brings “his unique British humor to the UMass Dartmouth Main Auditorium stage”. The show (which also features Daily Show producer Rory Albanese) starts at 7:30 pm; there’s more information available here.
- Tuesday, February 12th: Prepare for “An intimate encounter with intelligent and alternative comedy” at the Cornelia Street Cafe (NYC). John headlines the show, which will also feature Liam McEneaney, Bryan Tucker, Keith Farnan, Lee Camp and Steve Rosso. More info here.
- Monday, February 18th: John takes the stage at the Loretto-Hilton Center to perform for the students and community at Webster University (St. Louis, MO). Ticket info is here, and seriously? You get in FREE with a Webster ID? Man, that’s almost criminal!
I can’t make it to any of these (sigh — how ’bout you do a show in DC some evening, guys?), so somebody out there had better find this information useful. Have a great time!
Edited to add: evilsouffle just pointed me to another upcoming John Oliver gig; he’ll be in Charlottesville to perform at UVA on February 15th (click here for details). Thanks for the heads up!
I find it very useful! Thank you!
I’m gonna be in NY the night of the 11th, and it frustrates me that the only show vaguely related to TDS/TCR is the Strike Night, and I don’t even know who’s gonna be there!
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I graduated from Webster four years ago. I think I have my student ID around somewhere, but unfortunately, it’s no longer valid. Regardless, I am so there!
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I have been told by a friend who goes to UVA that John Oliver will be preforming at UVA on February 15th at 8PM.
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Just a note about UCB and their standby lines. Frequently their website will say that standby will be available, but once you get to the theater there will be signs on the door (verified by staff) that the show is sold out and there will be no standby. If you persevere, as I did for “The Colbert Report – On Strike!”, and continue to stand on line outside the theater despite gentle reminders from the staff that hanging around is useless, you can probably score a ticket from someone who overbought for the show, or, at the last minute just before the show starts, the staff will let you in and you can hurriedly by a ticket that they suddenly found they had. Dress warmly, bring a book, and good luck!
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spoiler…
OH MY GOD HE CALLED HIM BILL
that, um, made my day.
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(I tried to enter the caps text down, apparently those blank lines were deleted in the posting process somehow…sorry.)
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@ Shruti
I know!! “It doesn’t get better than that”!
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Yeah, exactly.
Also: Were John Oliver to come to Chicago (or, closer-but-less-likely, Indianapolis), I’d so be there…
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I’ve seen him live and he’s all that you would expect from what you’ve already seen. Everything was funny and it was cool to hear the whole room laugh together. Soon his new ComCen special will be taped. And I agree that his desire to not promote his own career as best as he could is an issue but then he obviously isn’t into tooting his own horn or even having us look at his website. I found it offensive to have his own words state that he was disturbed by the fact that someone would even come to his site as if we are obsessed morons. ~ that was not funny ~
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@ unanimousvote,
Well, that goes a bit further than I’m willing to follow. When I bemoaned Mr. Oliver’s tendency to allow his gig list to get out of date, it was because I’m quite lazy and would find it easier if the list linked on his site were current.
For what it’s worth, I don’t think John is in any way calling people who visit his website “obsessed morons”; I think he’s just expressing his honest surprise that people are interested in his goings on, and doing so in a funny manner. (At least, it was funny to me.)
@ evilsouffle,
Thanks! I’ll try to chase down the info and update my post to reflect it shortly.
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@somuch2kno,
Thank you for a first-hand account of stand-by lines at some of these things. Personally, I’d hate to travel alllll the way into the city for one of these gigs, and then be turned away at the door. It’s a shame they can’t hold some of these at a larger venue — they’d make a killing in ticket sales, for sure.
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True, moronic comparisons are perhaps extreme but combining his intro to then following the link for potential dates which goes to his myspace that has no dates on it made me feel like a moron.
really
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