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Moontower Extra: More Talk With Todd Barry

Veteran comedian, actor, and voice actor Todd Barry is staying plenty busy at this year's Moontower Comedy Festival: five appearances between Wednesday and Saturday, including two Friday. Here's more material from his interview with the Chronicle.

5:30PM Fri. Apr. 26, 2013, Russ Espinoza Read More | Comment »

Moontower, Day 2: Maria Bamford

Maria Bamford’s hour-long standup set at Stateside kicked off the evening’s slate. Known for an off-kilter ethos and a cultivated borderline personality disorder, the 42-year-old comedienne – who has a recurring role on the upcoming season of Arrested Development – turned in another deft performance with a blend of material new and old.

4:30PM Fri. Apr. 26, 2013, Russ Espinoza Read More | Comment »

Moontower, Day 2: She-Bang

I'm at She-Bang, the all-women comedy line-up at the Parish, and I'm happy to report that the crowd boasts at least as many men as women. Having just read Sara Schaefer's brilliant response to the question, "What's it like being a woman in comedy?", I'm eager to learn from this that there's no difference at all between the sexes, comedy-wise.

3:30PM Fri. Apr. 26, 2013, Amy Gentry Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

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

Mueller Lake Park Outdoor Amphitheater

Selena Birthday Week Celebration at French Legation Museum

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

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Moontower, Day 2: Dana Carvey

Say this for Dana Carvey: He knows what audiences want from him, and that's what he gives them. The comedian has never been particularly prolific – averaging a new HBO special about once a decade – but the characters and impressions he developed during his fruitful SNL years have served him well, and he’s not afraid to go back to them. Repeatedly.

10:40AM Fri. Apr. 26, 2013, Dan Solomon Read More | Comment »

Moontower Day 1: Todd Barry

Let me just come out with it: Todd Barry is my idea of the consummate wit. His conceptual stuff is, as it was at the Stateside at the Paramount on Wednesday night, invariably smart, edgy, sarcastic, and brilliantly observed. Yep, all those adjectives and get this: completely devoid of scatology or raunch, if you can imagine that.

5:30PM Thu. Apr. 25, 2013, Anne S. Lewis Read More | Comment »

Moontower Day 1: Marc Maron

I have no idea how the Anthony Jeselnik show next door at the Paramount went, though the line for that show snaked around the corner, just as it had for Bill Hader. But clearly the contrast between the crush over there and the far more subdued and sparsely populated scene at the Stateside was not a good thing for the egos of the talent booked there.