It’s not uncommon to hear 50 jokes in one night at a stand-up comedy show. What is uncommon is to hear those 50 jokes spread across 50 different stand-up comedians. Stomping Ground Comedy Theater will be doing just that when they host 50 First Jokes on Saturday to ring in…
Something has haunted Dave Lieber ever since he came to North Texas. And now, he’s written a book about it. “I’d been to four or five newspapers, and I never really experienced a ghost like that,” he says of Amon Carter Sr.’s lasting impression while working for two decades at…
A night at the symphony is known for many things. But laughing until your sides hurt isn’t one of them. The crew at comedy powerhouse Second City aims to change that when they bring their traveling show, The Second City Guide to the Symphony, to the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony…
Now Broadway’s longest-running musical, The Phantom of the Opera is a classic that every theater nerd knows well. Revamped by Cameron Mackintosh, the musical theater-producing legend, this year’s North American tour is a fresh take on Broadway’s classic. The cast and 52-piece orchestra are here thanks to the Dallas Summer…
In a packed Addison Improv showroom, the Funniest Comic in Texas Contest, a competition that sprawled over multiple rounds going all the way back to October, crowned its winner, Dallas comedian Wes Corwin. The finals, held Dec. 12, were a showdown of comedians from all over the state, hosting both…
The Winspear Opera House triple dog dares everyone in Dallas to show up when they present A Christmas Story, The Musical from Dec. 12 through 16. The movie that made pink bunnies, leggy lamps and almost shooting your eye out Christmas staples received the Broadway musical treatment, and the touring cast…
The Arlington Improv has been the place to go to see a national touring comedian and grab a late-night drink. Starting this month, it will also be the place to break your all-time high score on Ms. Pac-Man. The Arlington Improv is converting its restaurant space outside of the showroom…
When Heather McKinney and Christie Wallace found out the podcast they co-host, Sinisterhood, cracked iTunes’ top 10 list for U.S. Comedy Podcasts, they assumed something must be wrong. After seeing how many times Sinisterhood had been downloaded in such a short period, Wallace went so far as to reach out…
Actress and comedian Amy Sedaris doesn’t have a lot of time to herself, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. “I look at my calendar and I can’t believe it,” Sedaris says. “I’m busier than I want to be right now.” She’s not only starring and writing in her own…
Here’s the problem reviewing something involving Christmas: If you have anything negative to say, you come off looking like a monster. So you think It’s a Wonderful Life is a chore to watch? “Go back to your country!” someone will shout. It’s an unfair sentiment because some Christmas things are…
When Joe Bob Briggs filmed The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs for the streaming service Shudder, he thought it would be the last time he sat in front of a camera as a host for a show. “I’m going to do it one last time,” Briggs said at the…
On an Instagram post Thursday afternoon, comedian Amy Schumer told her followers and fans that she must postpone her Texas shows. In the photo she posted alongside the note, Schumer, who was supposed to perform at Winspear Opera House on Thursday night, is in a hospital bed. In the post…
Tricia Wood prefers to move forward in life and not look back. Even though Power House of Dance, the studio she taught at for 17 years, unexpectedly closed recently, she doesn’t spend a lot of time discussing her thoughts and feelings about its closure. That’s not making light of the…
She’s been a boozer, a user and a loser, an anthropomorphic Persian cat and TV’s most beloved homemaker. And now she’s an Ernie Kovacs Award winner. Actress, writer and comedian Amy Sedaris will be the next recipient of the Ernie Kovacs Award at the Dallas VideoFest 31 and the first…
This might come as shocking news, but singer Ariana Grande and comedian Pete Davidson broke up. You probably haven’t heard anything about it and might need a moment to process your disbelief. When entertainers are involved in a breakup, it’s typical to see them work through the sadness by expressing…
Sue Sylvester would be horrified at Jane Lynch’s fight for the arts in schools and communities. Or so we think. Lynch, who played Sylvester, the musical-hating cheerleading coach in the hit show Glee, is hosting Dallas Summer Musical’s Best of Broadway Gala. Lynch is joined by none other than Matthew Morrison, who…
In roughly six months, moving trucks will be loaded with the tables, costumes and autographed pictures that made up Dallas Comedy House as it moves away from its second location in Deep Ellum. The trucks won’t be driving far however, as they need to go only one street over, to…
We live in an age that’s ripe for biting satire fueled by a sea of bottomless negativity. It seems like it would be hard not to just spend an hour on stage yelling into the mic about how much things suck. Comedian Tom Papa makes the art of positivity look…
The first time you have sex will most likely be a memorable one. The anticipation, the awkwardness, the fear, the excitement — all of these emotions make even the slightest details of the night crystallize in your brain. My First Time, a comedy being performed at Theatre Too one night…
For the last 30 years, your television has been able to access at least one episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000, whether it’s a rerun, a DVD or an unauthorized upload to the internet from the show’s original seven-season run. The critically acclaimed comedy creation concocted by writer and comedian Joel Hodgson,…
Youth group teenagers laughed and chatted while wrenching their feet out of a trail of mud, freshly stomped in by the hundreds who’d come before them. They step onto the pliant wet wood porch of what appears to be a cabin in the woods. Volunteers shout warnings for liability’s sake…
Simon & Garfunkel’s folk-rock sound was emblematic of much of the music of the 1960s. They made five albums in five years filled with chart-topping hits. They were invited to perform at Woodstock, the seminal musical event of the century. The duo declined because they were “too busy.” The Simon…
