An illustrious list of visitors for Labor Day weekend: Paul Mooney, Paul Reiser, Jon Lovitz, Gad Elmaleh, Shang and Nick DiPaolo. Add the folks coming in for the Funny or Die Oddball Comedy Festival: Jeff Ross, Iliza Shlesinger, Brian Regan, Tony Hinchcliffe, Tom Segura, Donnell Rawlings and returning Chicagoans Cameron Esposito, John Mulaney and Sebastian […]
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Chicago comedians are in the spotlight for this end of summer calendar. (End of summer … Blargh!) Where did the summer go?! This being Chicago, there are – yay! – daily/nightly opportunities to see the summer out with laughs. This spotlight is just a fraction of the great comedy happening here in just four days.
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Weird Al is back in Chicagoland! Ben Gleib also visits this week along with Garfunkel and Oates, Terry O’Quinn, Jimmy Yang, Lee Camp, Kate Miller, Cash Levy, Dave Merheje and Shaun Latham. Lots of Chicagoans returning home this week: Sami Grisafe, TJ Miller, Godfrey, Bob Dassie, Rich Talarico, and Craig Cackowski. Speaking of TJ Miller,
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In town this week: Maria Bamford, Amy Schumer, David Cross, Finesse Mitchell, Doug Benson, Pauly Shore, Neal Brennan, Majah Hype, Max Amini, Jeff Richards, Ben Tedder and David Duchovny. (Note: if you don’t follow Amy Schumer on social media, this is a great week to start. When she’s in town she often uses Twitter to
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Visitors this week include Gary Gulman, Ahamed Weinberg, Arnez J, Colin Kane, John Porch, and Roman & Fousey. Chicagoans bringing their talent home from New York and LA: Katie Rich, Mick Betancourt and Ian Abramson On August 11, tune in to NBC’s Seeso for the long-awaited series Take My Wife, the new comedy based-on-reality-show starring real life
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Visitors this week include Omar Nava, Laura Sanders, Patrick Ney, Mal Hall, Shane Torres and Asperger’s Are Us. Brad Zimmerman’s show is in its last week! Plus, two of Chicago’s favorite comedy sons return: Michael Palascak and Nick Vatterott. Please let me know if you have a show you would like me to add now
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In town this week: Hari Kondabolu, Ira Glass and Steve Byrne. Home for a limited engagement: Cook County Social Club, The Puterbaugh Sisters and Katie McVay! Chicago comedy news: tune in to Jeff Ross’ Roast Battle on Comedy Central, July 28-31 to see Chicago roasters exceptionales, Sean Flannery, Sean White, Meredith Kachel, Ms. Pat, CJ
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Visitors this week include Tom Cotter, Lisa Lampanelli, Jay Pharoah, Joe Rogan, Jimmy Shubert and JT Habersaat. Robert Hines returns to his hometown, too. The Chicago Comedy Exposition is this weekend. The stand-up festival features Chicago comedians, visitors and more comedians coming home. Some of the shows are even free. Check it out below! Ticket
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This week’s list of visitors includes groundbreaking comedians and writers: Jessi Klein, Tim Allen, Big Jay Oakerson, Mike Birbiglia and Ray Harrington. Comedians whose careers began in Chicago are in the news: Rhea Butcher’s debut album will be released on August 19 on the label Kill Rock Stars and is now available for pre-order. Her first
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This week is a stand-out for returning hometown stars. They include Jeff Garlin, Michael Palascak, Jeffrey Sweet, Ian Abramson, Jonathan Kite and Jack Benny. Yes, Jack Benny. Brad Zimmerman is here to begin his long anticipated month-long run in My Son the Waiter: A Jewish Tragedy. Penn & Teller are in Chicago for a film
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Happy 4th! I hate fireworks. I know. Too unpatriotic to admit. But really. The crowds, the scramble for a postage-stamp-sized patch of of itchy grass (and that’s just the parking), the high decibel crackling and booming, the burning debris plummeting towards our upturned faces while we marinate in a haze of spent explosives, Budweiser, bug repellent,
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Visiting Chicagoland this week: Robert Hines returns to his hometown. He is appearing tonight at Zanies and Tuesday night at Diversey River Bowl. He will also be at Riddles Comedy Club on July 22 and 23. It’s a good week for hometown returns: Joe Kilgallon is also here … so are Weird Al (this weekend),
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A lot of stars are visiting this week, but before I get started on that, I want to mention some of the many bright constellations of Chicago. My favorite band, and I’m betting they’ll be yours if they’re not already, award-winning Lola Balatro plays a rare two-hour set this Saturday. Tim Barnes is leaving us
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Who’s coming to Chicago this week? It’s a doozy of a list: BATSU!, Jane Lynch, Kevin James, Jeff Ross, Adam Cayton-Holland, Colin Jost, Eddie Huang, Jacob Williams, Marlon Wayons, Clint Coley, Jess Salomon, Eman El Husseini, Andrew Dice Clay, and Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement a/k/a Flight of the Conchords. Speaking of coming to Chicago …
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