Several former Chicago comedy kids are taking New York by storm, and some of them have popped up on the photoblog of our Apiary pal Keith Huang, who immortalized them in photograph on his Improv Is Good For You blog. Bastion interview subject Thomas Middleditch and our correspondent Mackenzie Condon are among them.
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Grafitti is beginning a new series of shows, Thursday Happy Hour, a workshop/showcase featuring comedic actors performing character monologues. Thursday Happy Hour has an open run at 6:00 p.m. beginning Thursday, April 3 at The Playground Theater, 3209 N. Halsted.
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Our top level spy at the Live at Gotham tapings tells us that several Chicago comics were mentioned by name as favorites of the execs. Our agent heard the names Michael Palascak, TJ Miller, Hannibal, and Matt Braunger in particular. Hoo wah!
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Starting March 13th, Comedy House will be putting on a bi-weekly stand-up showcase at Timothy O'tooles.
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Sarah King and Jena Friedman are running a show at Town Hall every Sunday night from 8:00-10:00 PM. It's called "Entertaining Julia: Comedy, Music and Fun," and, for all of you cheapskates, it's totally free.
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Dave Odd Productions is staging a new themed show, "Too Soon?" Tuesdays at 9:00 p.m. at Sylvie's (1902 W. Irving). Audience members are promised "topical and offensive material, as well as offensive topical material." hosted by a rotating crew including Dave Odd, Junior Stopka, Danny Kallas, Drew Michael, and others.
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WTTW (Channel 11) is shooting a new comedy pilot, and you can be a part of the live studio audience. It's called "IL-Informed," and it stars Schadenfreude (Justin Kaufmann, Sandy Marshall, Kate James) and Ithamar Enriquez and Inda Craig-Galvin, with host Joe Canale. It will be shot March 24, 25, and 26 from 12:00 - 4:15 p.m. at WTTW Studios - 5400 N. St. Louis. E-mail rtlguest@wttw.com for free tickets.