Luv Doc Recommends: Out of Bounds Comedy Festival

Stateside at the Paramount, Monday, September 5, 2011

"...How much comedy can anyone truly take? That's a very serious question,..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

2010 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival

OOB dishes up a feast of funny after a summer starved for laughs

"...Austin's best harbingers of autumn, the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival, all the more welcome this year. In the..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

100 Proof Comedy: Shot down stand-up

Four of Austin's funniest comics have created a new showcase in which the hook is the comics doing what the audience does, i.e., taking a belt, knocking one back, hitting the sauce

"...the case of the new stand-up venture 100 Proof Comedy, their tippling is actually part of the show. When..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Comedy Is Not the Enemy of Seriousness

Author-activist Robert Newman at the Drafthouse

"...who has gravitated to writing from the razor-sharp political comedy of UK troupe the Mary Whitehouse Experience and managed..."

March 5, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

BS4 Improv & Sketch Comedy Fest Schedule

Thursday, Apr 8

"...Capitol City Comedy Club MC: Laura House (Austin Stories) ComedySportz Austin ComedySportz..."

April 9, 1999 Arts Feature

Hannibal Buress’ Meta Musical Comedy as Eshu Tune

Dexterous rap and stand up integration at Creek & the Cave

"...In his musical comedy performance at the Creek & the Cave this Sunday,..."

Jan. 9, 2023 Music Post by Clara Wang

Austin Comedy Walkabout Night on Sixth Comes to the Austin Asian American Film Festival

Into the Downtown rabbit hole with local comedian Mohit Jasawal

"...was enough to spark Jaswal to make free-form Austin comedy-drama Night on Sixth. Filmed in 2019 (back when wandering..."

June 4, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Comedy Review: The Comedian’s Comedian

Stuart Goldsmith gets James Davis to let us in on the joke

"...UK podcast has hosted the biggest names in British comedy and a growing list of U.S. headliners. In each..."

March 13, 2018 SXSW Post by Ashley Moreno

Making Tragedy Funny Again at Moontower Comedy

Stand-ups pull punch lines out of personal traumas

"...At last year's Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival, headliner Maria Bamford spoke openly about..."

April 21, 2017 Arts Feature by Sean L. Malin

Bob Khosravi Recording Live Comedy Album Tonight

The local stand-up storyteller gets vinylized at Cap City.

"...a long damned time – is recording his first comedy album. At Cap City Comedy Club. Tonight...."

Nov. 11, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Comedy: 2014 Panels Announced

Inside 'Portlandia,' Seth Meyers' 'Late Night,' and more

"...It's the first salvo in SXSW Comedy's campaign for 2014, as announced Tuesday afternoon. A full..."

Jan. 28, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Israeli/Palestinian Comedy Tour

Four stand-up comics aim to ease cultural tensions with a few swift salvos of laughter

"...in gigs on campuses across the U.S. and on Comedy Central before actually emigrating to Israel in 1998; Hanania..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Comedy Writer Is In

Stepping into The Office of Greg Daniels

"...aspiring TV writer hopes for. Starting as a sketch comedy writer for Not Necessarily the News and Saturday Night..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Hero of Heroes of Comedy

"...later officially changed its name to the Heroes of Comedy. The Heroes began as a small ensemble, doing shows..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Postmarks

Big Stinkin' International Improv & Sketch Comedy Festival 4

"...The Big Stinkin' International Improv & Sketch Comedy Festival is in its fourth year now, and in..."

April 2, 1999 Arts Feature

Getting Sweaty With this Year's SXSW Comedy Keynote, Impressionist James Adomian

The pervert's guide to Slavoj Žižek

"...embodying the essence of Slavoj Žižek for this year's comedy keynote. Wait, Slavoj who?..."

March 10, 2023 Arts Feature by Rod Machen

SXSW Comedy Review: Cavett on Comedy With Dave Hill

Dick Cavett's fave talk-show moments and friendship with Ali

"...Hill hosted this year’s first SXSW Comedy event, Cavett on Comedy With Dave Hill, an interview..."

March 12, 2018 SXSW Post by Ashley Moreno

Esther's Follies: The Laughs, the Gossip, and the Story Behind Texas' Most Celebrated Comedy Troupe

In his history of Esther's Follies, author Jesse Sublett follows the flow of four decades of frivolity

"...does one capture 40 years of performances and performers, comedy onstage and drama off, in one book? His answer,..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Comedy: Doug Benson & Master Pancake: Leprechaun 5

Beloved pot and movie buff is back at SXSW with signature shows

"...interrupting comics in the middle of their set, and Comedy Central even made a short-lived series of The Benson..."

March 17, 2017 Arts Post by Carina Magyar

SXSW Comedy Review: SXSW Comedy Showcase

"Completely Official Showcase of Comedy" fun for the weirdos

"...and with focus - at the performances in SXSW Comedy’s Completely Official Showcase of Comedy. Hosted by L.A.'s Megan..."

March 16, 2016 Arts Post by Sean L. Malin

Distilling an Entire Comedy Festival Into a Single Hour?

The New Movement's Rob Gagnon Thinks It's Possible

"...Saturday night at 10:30pm, and it's called the 1-Hour Comedy Festival, and – in addition to the usual stand-up..."

April 12, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

‘The Comedy’ Is Not Joking Around

Rick Alverson and Tim Heidecker on their polarizing new film

"...As with most characters in The Comedy – and, from the perspective of most of those..."

Nov. 28, 2012 Screens Post by Shawn Badgley

Out of Bounds Comedy Festival

To beat the heat, OOB offers improv and stand-up acts in the triple digits

"...OOB is back. God bless the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival, which arrives at the ass-end of August every..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Out of Bounds Comedy Festival

In its eighth year, the annual Austin comedy festival did this city proud

"...The Out of Bounds Comedy Festival has come and gone, leaving in its wake..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Latino Comedy Project

The LCP gets its first nod from Emmy for an ad campaign it did for MTV Tr3s

"...Congratulations to our very own Latino Comedy Project on receiving its very first ... no, wait,..."

May 29, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

ColdTowne Theater: Comedy moves uptown

You can count all the comedy venues in Austin on the fingers of one hand, so the opening of a new one, ColdTowne Theater, qualifies as a real occasion

"...When you can count all the comedy venues in Austin on the fingers of one hand,..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Art & Comedy Events Streaming This Weekend

When I hear the word “culture,” I reach for my mouse

"...2) Friday night’s got that increasingly star-studded Isolation Comedy Showcase from Comedy Wham, featuring some of the best..."

April 17, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Vortex Repertory Company's Last: An Extinction Comedy

The magic cast by the company of this devised show pulls laughs from the impending demise of the planet

"...the perfect opportunity for a devised and collaborative beat-prov comedy with songs!..."

April 12, 2019 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Maeve Higgins Makes SXSW Ghost Comedy More Than Extra Ordinary

Comedian and podcaster takes on the afterlife

"...tackles politics in her podcasts, she said, “So much comedy in America is so heavy and trying to make..."

March 10, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Out of Bounds Comedy Festival 2018: Molly Brenner Is Not Coming

Brooklyn comic gives big laughs about not getting the Big O

"...It's rare that my interview prep begins with a..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Arts Post by M. Brianna Stallings

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