Author name: Teme Ring

13 Shows This Week: Monday, March 18-Sunday, March 24, 2024

CHICAGO COMEDIANS IN THE NEWS Paul Farahvar appeared on Fox 32 to talk about life in comedy and his upcoming shows at Zanies on April 2. Kellye Howard appeared on ABC 7 Chicago and WGN to talk about next Sunday’s ‘M’ES’S’ing Around Comedy at the Laugh Factory. The show will benefit Multiple Sclerosis Research and […]

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Index to Online Interviews

A Nemr Abou Nassar – April 3, 2018 Mike Acerra – July 1, 2015 Actual Murderers – July 6, 2017 Sarah Albritton – January 2, 2018 Sarah Albritton – September 14, 2016 Michael Alexander – October 20, 2018 Michael Alexander – June 7, 2023 Krista Atkinson – September 1, 2016 B Brian Babylon – September

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14 Shows This Week: Monday, March 11-Sunday, March 17, 2024

Cat Cohen is at The Den Theatre this week CHICAGO COMEDIANS IN THE NEWS Orly K.G. and Colleen Brennan appeared on WGN News Chicago Spotlight on March 4 to talk about the Bad Irish Momz of Comedy St. Patrick’s Day performance. The show completely sold out. Follow the Bad Momz in Instagram and Facebook, and

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18 Shows this week: Monday, March 4-Sunday, March 10, 2024

CHICAGO COMEDIANS IN THE NEWS Kyle Kinane’s new special Dirt Nap is out today on 800 Pound Gorilla. Directed by Chicagoan Bobcat Goldthwait. Cathryn Michon (Second City Chicago) and W. Bruce Cameron are the powerhouse couple behind the Dog’s Purpose books and films which honor dogs’ transcendent presence in our lives. Now for a limited

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Fourteen Shows This Week: Monday, February 26-Sunday, March 3, 2024

Michael Blaustein is at The Den this week CHICAGO COMEDIANS IN THE NEWS Orly K.G. and Colleen Brennan appeared on Fox32 News to talk about the Bad Irish Momz of Comedy St. Patrick’s Day Show on March 9 at Chief O’Neill’s TICKETS HERE. This world urgently needs a full length comedy special on a major

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Thirteen Shows This Week: February 19-25, 2024

CHICAGO COMEDIANS IN THE NEWS Free tickets for Comedians Defying Gravity readers to one of the best shows in the city! Have you ever left a comedy show wanting more? Like you definitely laughed – a lot! But often, a set just makes me more intrigued. Who are these comedians really? What’s their actual life?

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Chicago Comedy Calendar: Valentine’s Day 2024

WHETHER YOU’RE LOOKING for a funny Valentine – or anti-Valentine vibe – here are nearly forty ways to celebrate. Please confirm all details before leaving home! But first … CHICAGO COMEDY IN THE NEWS Joseph Jefferson Award nominations (non-equity) were announced this past week. They include Gwen La Roka for Mi Casa Es Tu Casa!

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How to Shoot a Comedy Scene: Q&A with Erin Nekervis

Above: Self-portrait by Erin Nekervis Comedy fans in the know recognize the name Erin Nekervis. Erin was one of the first photographers to document Chicago’s alt-comedy scene. This “tiny do-it-yourself comedy scene … produced some of the most successful and influential stand-up comedians of their generation” during the late 1990s to early 2000s, according to

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Beyond Mr. Big Stuff: A Q&A with Harry Hickstein

Harry Hickstein is not the man he used to be. He’s even better. Back in 1985, Harry went on stage for the first time at the Comedy Womb in Berwyn. He was “a hulky, intimidating presence” and audiences wondered whether he was a member of the Mob or Hell’s Angels, according to Vince Vieceli and

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Ho-Ho-How To Laugh at 2023: A Q&A with the Practical Theatre Company

Once upon a time, you could switch on your TV in December and sink into a spectacular year-end special. Bleak skies, frigid temperatures and, God help us, the news, would be kept at bay for an hour or two as you luxuriated in comedy, music and holiday cheer with the King Family, Dean Martin, the

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Chicago New Year’s Eve Comedy: December 31, 2023

Please confirm all details! If you have a show to add, email me: temewring@gmail.com. Thank you for supporting Comedians Defying Gravity in 2023! Wishing everyone a happy, healthy New Year with as much happiness and as many laughs as a year can hold. Holiday Improv Brunch at Second City, 12:00 p.m. Steve Cochran’s NYE Comedy

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We would be happier majoring in everything: A Q&A with Andrea Jones-Rooy

Andrea Jones-Rooy/Photo by Ely Kay ********** Q: A professor, a comedian and a circus performer walked into a bar. How many people walked into the bar? A: Just one. Who is this remarkable one person? She is Dr. Andrea Jones-Rooy. As a professor at New York University, as a comedian, trapeze artist and fire dancer,

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