The Comedy Bureau Field Report, a nice, neat rundown of comedy news (and news about nothing else), with Comedy Bureau founder and director Jake Kroeger.
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While the idea of comedy as a salve for trauma is nothing new, Alaina Bamfield makes her own mark on today's ever growing, crowded field of comedy by doing an entire half hour stand-up comedy special about life as a survivor of infamous serial child molester Larry Nassar. Called Untouchable , Alaina took her time honing it, making sure that the material was undeniably funny, and very much wanted…
The memory and comedy of one Brody Stevens and the importance he highlighted for mental health both in comedy and beyond strongly continue to this day. The Annual Brody Stevens Festival of Friendship is a celebration of Brody's legendary, singular comedic stylings and support for the amazing work that Comedy Gives Back does in support of comedians in need. For this week's TCB Field Report, we…
The idea that these are divisive times is so old hat, which is partially why the very funny Mary Houlihan is dead set on truly bringing back having comedians from opposite ends of the political spectrum to engage in fierce, hilarious debate. Thusly, Houlihan is reviving one of the debate shows ever, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn . We get into every nook & cranny of Mary's grand plan of doing Rough…
Fresh off their win of Top of the Fringe at this most recent Hollywood Fringe Festival , the amazing Edib Farhan is already busy with a sequel to their award winning show, Syrian Soap , eager to create a trilogy of profound clown/solo shows. This week's TCB Field Report follows Edib's long sojourn from activist to performance artist to stand-up to clown to festival winner and beyond. Follow Edib @…
Hot off the tail from Hollywood Fringe, Elysian's annual cavalcade of daring new work in Spaghetti Festival is just around the corner and we get a preview of a delicious bit of what's on the menu come July 15th when the fest starts. Elysian AD Jacquelyn Landgraf as well as Spaghetti Festers Brooke Sciacca , Lina Green , Hunter Sailing , Isabella Escalante , Kate Frydman , Adam Smith , Skarlett Red…
With all the things that The John F. Kennedy for the Performing Arts has had to endure this year under the 2nd Trump Administration, one might be surprised to find that there's a satirical, topical late night variety show that was built and blossomed from within. This week's TCB Field Report follows Amelia Cameron, the executive producer of Unofficial Late Night , the very grassroots comedy…
While there is a spotlight on clown, especially in LA, these days, one ought to know that this daring comedic work isn't a new phenomenon. With that in mind, we wax all things clown and beyond, from the past to the future, in front or behind it, with legend John Gilkey , founder of The Idiot Workshop , a cornerstone in LA's effervescent clown scene on this week's TCB Field Report. Follow The Idiot…
While the many functions and purposes of comedy will be up for debate, its ability and capacity for healing is pretty undisputed. Squarely in that healing corner is multi-disciplinary comedian and artist Greg Barris who has gone so far as to make a very enjoyable and accessible-in-almost-every-way, pocket book for "deep healing" called DEEP HEALING // A BOOK OF HEALINGS . We talk all about and…
Geri Courtney-Austein has done so many things in so many different lanes in LA comedy between sketch, improv, and clown (oh, and podcasting and filmmaking) and even combining those all into a live variety show for charity that being at the Cannes Film Festival for a short she made seems to be timing in Hollywood working out for once. We chit chat Geri up about this wild journey and what it took to…
Coming fresh off of a sold out Netflix Is a Joke. Fest performance of How Being Black & Gay Made Me Better Than You! , the amazing (the name of the show is on point, FYI) Dewayne Perkins gives us the ins and outs of developing his show as well as the greater hopes and dreams for it (including it being seen by the whole world) on this week's TCB Field Report. Follow Dewayne @ dewayneperkins on IG…
