Moontower Review: Nikki Glaser
Headliner takes down pickup artists as she tests new material
"...Nikki Glaser exudes confidence. The Moontower Just for Laughs headliner earned roaring laughter for every..."
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April 19, 2022 Arts Post by Dina Barrish
Five Unmissable Podcasts at Moontower
Like you're in the studio with your favorite comedy podcaster
"...can chuckle along with the host. Here are five comedy pods you'll want to blast on full volume at..."
April 8, 2022 Arts Feature by Dina Barrish
Cap City Comedy Club Closes
COVID closure shutters the venerable stand-up home for good
"...Yesterday, Cap City Comedy Club, the venue that's kept you – and all..."
Sept. 9, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Moontower Review: John Mulaney
An ideal headliner to bring the 2015 comedy festival home
"...sold-out show at the Paramount Theatre on Saturday night, Moontower Comedy Festival headliner John Mulaney shot out of the..."
April 27, 2015 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza
Moontower Review: Deon Cole
Black-ish star delivered the set the audience wanted
"...Conan writer has become a touring stand-up star. At Moontower Just For Laughs last Thursday night, he strutted out..."
April 26, 2022 Arts Post by Dina Barrish
Moontower Review: Austin Towers
The range of local comedy voices was on full view at the Velv
"...The Austin Towers showcase helped close this year’s Moontower Comedy Festival. The lineup featured many of Austin’s comedy..."
April 24, 2017 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno
Moontower Review: Pete Holmes & TJ Miller
A one-two comedy punch from jokers as different as day and night
"...One can get one's Moontower Comedy fix practically all over Downtown: The Paramount, of..."
April 25, 2015 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza
Moontower Review: New York’s Finest
No Garofalo, no problem for this gifted crowd of up-and-comers
"...incarnation of New York’s Finest closed out the 2016 Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival with aplomb...."
April 25, 2016 Arts Post by Sean L. Malin
Moontower Review: Maria Bamford
This Moontower favorite set the Paramount abuzz
"...living has long been a staple topic in the comedy of Maria Bamford, a chemically unstable child of the..."
April 22, 2016 Arts Post by Sean L. Malin
Moontower Review: Martin Short
The evening with Short was long on classic comedy
"...The ticket to Martin Short’s Moontower Comedy & Oddity Fest performance read: An Evening With..."
April 22, 2016 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno
Moontower Review: Rachel Feinstein
Mom's Star Trek 'do and soft-bearded hubby enliven killer set
"...Comedian Rachel Feinstein kicked off Moontower with a night of nostalgia. She performed impressions of..."
April 23, 2015 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno
Moontower 2019 Review: Amanda Seales
Her wide-ranging set proved this comic can't be pigeonholed
"...Comedian/actor/producer and 2019 Moontower Comedy Festival headliner Amanda Seales (Insecure) dispelled several stereotypes..."
April 30, 2019 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno
Moontower Extra: More Talk With Todd Barry
The rest of the 'Chronicle' interview with the deadpan comic
"...Todd Barry is staying plenty busy at this year's Moontower Comedy Festival: five appearances between Wednesday and Saturday, including..."
April 26, 2013 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza
Moontower Review: Patton Oswalt
Stand-up vet delivers a great show talking about his worst one ever
"...in how great this show’s gonna be,” comedian and Moontower Comedy Festival headliner Patton Oswalt told the capacity Paramount..."
April 25, 2015 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza
Moontower Adds She Bang!
Christina Pazsitzky, Morgan Murphy, six more women join fest
"...If you felt the initial lineup for the second Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival was a tad heavy on..."
Feb. 5, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Moontower 2019 Review: Ronny Chieng
Daily Show senior correspondent brings polish and fire
"...still photo to communicate their charisma, their approach to comedy, why I might want to come to their show...."
April 30, 2019 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires
Moontower 2019 Review: Hari Kondabolu
This stand-up act balanced light humor and social issues
"...writer Hari Kondabolu had this take on playing the Moontower Comedy Festival last Friday: “It’s always strange to perform..."
April 29, 2019 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno
Moontower, Grackle, Swans, Soltanoff Trainwreck Betrayal
Not necessarily in that order, no
"...A new week begins here in the ATX, and Moontower's over and the Fusebox goes on...."
April 30, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Moontower Review: Ali Wong
Has motherhood made the Baby Cobra star a cleaner comic? No.
"...Moontower Comedy Festival headliner Ali Wong no longer has what..."
April 24, 2017 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno
Live Comedy Clubs Are Coming Back
NYC's the Creek & the Cave moves to ATX, Cap City gets revived
"...laugh again. This week, just days apart, two live comedy clubs announced their openings in 2021. The Creek &..."
Feb. 11, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Fun Fun Fun Comedy: Your Lineup Is...
For the 10th fest, "FFF" can stand for "familiar funny folk"
"...for fans, at least those who frequent the JASH Comedy Yellow Stage. According to the lineup just released, lots..."
July 28, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Fun Fun Fun Fest Comedy Lineup Revealed
Headliners include director John Waters, actor Fred Armisen
"...Tabbed as the comedy hub throughout the expanse of Nov. 7-9’s Fun Fun..."
July 1, 2014 Arts Post by Chase Hoffberger
Comedy Out the Wazoo and In Your Weekend: Now!
Unless you'd rather just, what, twiddle your thumbs until Moontower?
"...You know the Moontower Comedy Festival's coming up fast...."
April 9, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Devon Walker Brings Lone Star State Laughs to SNL and Moontower Just for Laughs
Walker, Texas Comic
"...comic Devon Walker was a guest on my podcast, Comedy Wham. Seven years later, ahead of his return for..."
April 14, 2023 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez
Top 10 Austin Comedy Stories
New fests, new venues, and big returns
"...Austin's longest-operating comedy club shuttered after 30-plus years in a dark dilapidated..."
Dec. 16, 2022 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez
Moontower Just for Laughs Headliner Vir Das on Belonging and That Monologue
Indian by way of everywhere
"...Vir Das was already a comedy superstar when he headlined the 2019 Moontower Comedy Festival...."
April 14, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker
Moontower Review: Marc Maron
The Cassandra of comedy enjoys the silence
"...Maron warned in his headliner set Friday at the Moontower Just For Laughs comedy festival. Or rather, the pot..."
April 23, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker
Moontower Comedian Lauren Lapkus, Tube Raider
The comedian and actress digs up the good, the bad, and the cheesy of pre-Y2K television in the podcast Raised by TV
"...series as HBO's Crashing, Netflix's The Characters, and IFC's Comedy Bang! Bang!; such big-screen features as the sex comedy..."
April 20, 2018 Arts Feature by Ashley Moreno
Moontower Lowdown
"...The fourth Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival launches Wednesday, April 22, with..."
April 17, 2015 Arts Feature
Moontower Interview: Hasan Minhaj
Talking The Daily Show, storytelling, and the world of comedy
"...Frontier Story Lab), Minhaj has covered the world of comedy. No, wait, he covered the world of comedy in..."
