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Moontower 2019 Review: Amanda Seales

Comedian/actor/producer and 2019 Moontower Comedy Festival headliner Amanda Seales (Insecure) dispelled several stereotypes at the Paramount Theatre Saturday night: Patriarchy isn’t relegated to certain races, PC culture isn’t killing comedy, and not all black men are … similarly sized.

4:15PM Tue. Apr. 30, 2019, Ashley Moreno Read More | Comment »

Moontower 2019 Review: Schitt’s Creek: Up Close & Personal

You think you understand enthusiasm, and then you hear the song.

1:45PM Tue. Apr. 30, 2019, Rosalind Faires Read More | Comment »

Moontower 2019 Review: Jenny Slate

Who is Jenny Slate’s audience? She’s picked up so many fans so many different ways – as the star of feminist film favorite Obvious Child, as Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, with her Kroll Show appearances, the many moving and introspective interviews she’s given over the past years – so they’re not monolithic.

11:45AM Tue. Apr. 30, 2019, Rosalind Faires Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

KUTX & Mueller Rock the Park w/ Geto Gala, Lucas Miller

Mueller Lake Park Outdoor Amphitheater

Keira Nova, She23, Ayo Tamz, Maurvice, Envy N, Caleb Lemons at Flamingo Cantina

Selena Birthday Week Celebration at French Legation Museum

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Moontower 2019 Review: Ronny Chieng

Headshots are a tricky business. A comic is tasked with getting a still photo to communicate their charisma, their approach to comedy, why I might want to come to their show. Scroll down the Moontower Comedy website, and there’s one headshot that radically sets itself apart: Ronny Chieng’s.

9:35AM Tue. Apr. 30, 2019, Rosalind Faires Read More | Comment »

Moontower 2019 Review: Hari Kondabolu

Comedian and writer Hari Kondabolu had this take on playing the Moontower Comedy Festival last Friday: “It’s always strange to perform at comedy festivals. Some of you are fans, some of you have never heard of me, and some of you hate me because I made a documentary that ruined your childhood.”

7:00PM Mon. Apr. 29, 2019, Ashley Moreno Read More | Comment »

Moontower 2019 Review: New York’s Finest

Thursday night, comedian Sean Donnelly hosted the Moontower Comedy Festival’s New York’s Finest showcase at 800 Congress, featuring 10 additional comedians doing short sets in rapid fire. Dan Soder summed up Donnelly’s approach as he took the stage for his set, joking that Donnelly was “running the show like a fish auction.”

6:23PM Mon. Apr. 29, 2019, Ashley Moreno Read More | Comment »

Moontower 2019 Review: Nicole Byer

It’s easy to forget about Thursday nights. You can just see the weekend on the horizon, but it’s not yet close enough to taste. They hold promise, but Friday morning’s shadow looms large. Luckily, every single wisp of responsibility and somber-mindedness was banished once you crossed the threshold of the Palm Door on Sixth last Thursday night.

12:30PM Mon. Apr. 29, 2019, Rosalind Faires Read More | Comment »

Moontower Comedy 2019: Emma Willmann

Comedian and actor Emma Willmann (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) has an outgoing, honest style that gets listeners of her podcast Secret Keepers Club to tell her their salacious life stories. Ahead of her Moontower Comedy Festival performances, she shared some (slightly less) salacious stories and her thoughts on comedy.

5:25PM Wed. Apr. 24, 2019, Ashley Moreno Read More | Comment »

Moontower Comedy 2019: Joel Kim Booster

It turns out there’s a lifehack when it comes to figuring out whether comedian Joel Kim Booster is your cup of tea. It just takes a minute. It’s all about how you respond to the Sphynxian riddle he posted to the free and open to public website Twitter on Tuesday, April 9:

4:30PM Wed. Apr. 24, 2019, Rosalind Faires Read More | Comment »

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