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April 19, 2013 Arts Feature
Trixie Mattel Bringing Glamor to Moontower Just For Laughs
Megasized comedy festival adds more shows, podcasts
"...to make your mascara run from laughing too much? Moontower Just For Laughs Austin (April 13-24) is unleashing Trixie..."
Feb. 25, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker
Moontower Review: Wanda Sykes
The uproarious Sykes' return to Moontower was, um, double the fun
"...girl,” she began, kicking-off her second-ever appearance at the Moontower Comedy Festival. “I had real big titties. You know,..."
April 25, 2015 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza
Local Comedy Gets a New Buzz at the Buzz Mill
New Seventh Street venue wants to make you laugh your nights away
"...Buzz Mill lounge aims to be an epicenter of comedy...."
Jan. 14, 2022 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
Fusebox and Moontower Fests
Fill your weekend with experimental performance art and/or laughs
"...Moontower..."
April 20, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Moontower 2014, Day 1: Demetri Martin
Good: his set; Bad: when it ended; Interesting: the time
"...and opener Levi MacDougall kicked off the Paramount’s 2014 Moontower shows with two hours of hard-hitting jokes about cheese,..."
April 24, 2014 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno
Inside Season 3 of Barry at Moontower Just for Laughs
The cast spill the beans on Bill Hader's darkest secret
"...HBO’s hit series Barry - the comedy/drama about a hitman trying to get out of the..."
April 28, 2022 Screens Post by Rod Machen
Moontower Review: Dr. Katz Live
Comedian patients spill all to the droll therapist in inspired session
"...The doctor was in at Moontower Thursday. About a month shy of the 20th anniversary..."
April 25, 2015 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza
Moontower 2018 Review: Mike Birbiglia's The New One
Birbiglia captured all the hilarity and fear of fatherhood
"...With Me) headlined the second night of the 2018 Moontower Comedy Festival with The New One, his new show..."
April 23, 2018 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno
Moontower Review: Unhinged
You don't have to be on Congress to strike comedy gold at Moontower
"...at the Paramount and Stateside theatres on Thursday, a comedy showcase called “Unhinged” was demonstrating how Moontower’s selling points..."
April 25, 2015 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza
Moontower Review: Andy Kindler's Particular Show
That pain at the base of your skull? That's comedy!!
"...with Mr. Kindler, who served as ringmaster for this Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival show and couldn't get through..."
April 26, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Moontower Review: Blue Moon
Who helped keep this raunchy set fun? Could it be … Satan?!
"...hard to surprise late show audiences; especially at a comedy show called Blue Moon. They know what to expect...."
April 24, 2015 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno
Moontower 2014, Day 4: Fred Armisen
Less comedy show than meet-and-greet, but oh, Armisen charmed
"...Paramount Theatre on the final night of the 2014 Moontower Comedy and Oddity Festival, it was clear that most..."
April 28, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza
Moontower 2014, Day 2: Dennis Miller
Whatever his politics, the man's still a comedy treasure
"...little different from the front line of this week’s Moontower Festival. Dennis Miller, the SNL alum and snarky “Weekend..."
April 25, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza
SXSW Comedy: Completely Official Showcase of Comedy
Even in a lineup of stars, Austin’s Lashonda Lester is the one to watch
"...female winner in 16 years. Now, at Sunday's SXSW Comedy major showcase, she’s sharing the stage with Janeane Garofalo,..."
March 12, 2017 Arts Post by Carina Magyar
Five New Things In Austin's Comedy Scene
A quintuple shot of Lakkalikööri for all my friends
"...Comedy and drinking, drinking and comedy: They go together like..."
March 22, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Moontower 2019 Review: Jenny Slate
The internet loves Jenny Slate, and so does Austin
"...The avian list isn’t something Friday night’s Moontower Comedy Festival audience achieved under Slate’s eye – that..."
April 30, 2019 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires
Moontower 2019 Review: New York’s Finest
In a rapid-fire show, these Gotham comics earned their laughs
"...Thursday night, comedian Sean Donnelly hosted the Moontower Comedy Festival’s New York’s Finest showcase at 800 Congress,..."
April 29, 2019 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno
Moontower 2018 Review: "Weird Al" Yankovic
With his latest tour, "Weird Al" causes the nerd apocalypse
"...Vanity Tour," headlined the closing night of the 2018 Moontower Comedy Festival at the Paramount. Philips, who co-starred in..."
April 23, 2018 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno
Moontower Review: Leslie Loves Colin
SNL regulars Jones and Jost let us swim in the depth of their love
"...you’d read today. But then, a lot about yesterday’s Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival show Leslie Loves Colin (featuring..."
April 25, 2016 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno
Moontower Review: David Cross
At the Paramount, Cross makes nastiness great again (again)
"...show, his second at the Paramount for this year’s Moontower Comedy & Oddball Festival, reiterated just how skilled Cross..."
April 23, 2016 Arts Post by Sean L. Malin
Moontower, Day 2: She-Bang
For these women comics, the operative word was "comics"
"...I'm at She-Bang, the all-women comedy line-up at the Parish, and I'm happy to report..."
April 26, 2013 Arts Post by Amy Gentry
Moontower, Day 2: Dana Carvey
The 'SNL' star gave the Paramount crowd what they came for
"...That’s how he ended his Moontower Comedy Festival set at the Paramount Theatre Thursday night,..."
April 26, 2013 Arts Post by Dan Solomon
SXSW Comedy: Doug Loves Movies
More high times talking cinema with Benson and friends
"...to Austin in May to perform at Cap City Comedy Club, and to join members of Master Pancake as..."
March 22, 2015 SXSW Post by Ashley Moreno
Top 10 Local Comedy Stories of 2023
New venues, new faces, new experiments
"...Austinite Sahana Srinivasan also landed a coveted spot.) 2) Comedy Mothership Lands..."
Dec. 15, 2023 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez
Moontower 2014, Day 2: Bobcat Goldthwait
When the 'Cat shrieks, we listen
"...annoyed. A glance to our right proved otherwise; the Moontower folks were as enchanted as we were, and agreed..."
April 25, 2014 Arts Post by Anne Harris
Moontower 2019 Review: Schitt’s Creek: Up Close & Personal
The cult favorite comedy draws back the curtain
"...banger – but it was Schitt’s Creek, the Canadian comedy series about the Roses, a formerly wealthy family forced..."
April 30, 2019 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires
Stand-up Comedy: The Tweet & Lowdown
Chris Cubas and Kath Barbadoro hashtag it out
"...Party and She Bang shows, as part of our Moontower Festival supplement, yeah. But we ran out of space,..."
April 27, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Moontower 2014, Day 4: Sklar Brothers
Sklared for life
"...The duties of host fell to Comedy Central writer Kurt Metzger, who had us at, "Just..."
April 27, 2014 Arts Post by Anne Harris
Moontower, Day 3: Bill Burr
Burr's fever-pitch brilliance kills at the Stateside
"...– that goes a long way to elevating his comedy into the stratosphere. That and the essential Burr personality...."
