When Brilliant Met Divine: A Healthy Conversation with Bette Midler
She sings. She dances. She acts. She jokes. She cleans up decrepit, crumbling urban properties. She wins awards for all those things. And she also, simply, talks. In a bit of a departure from her...
View ArticleComic Mike Birbiglia Comes Back to the Lone Star State
Actor, director, stand-up comedian and monologist extraordinaire Mike Birbiglia intends to lampoon each of these targets and many more when he makes his long promised return to the Lone Star state. In...
View ArticleComedian Ralphie May on Jesus in Arizona, Gays in Midland and His New...
Comedian and former Houstonian Ralphie May says comedy depends on your point of view. "It's my job to take that point of view and flip it, so people can see how ridiculous they are. Especially when it...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Six Less Heralded Robin Williams Roles
Celebrated comedian and actor Robin Williams was found dead at his home yesterday, suicide was the reported cause of death. He was 63. A brief perusal of Facebook and Twitter confirms what I initially...
View ArticleChristopher Titus: "You Can't Help Crazy"
In his new show currently on tour, The Angry Pursuit of Happiness, hard-funny comedian Christopher Titus has some good news for Texas gun owners: "I can prove that the government is not going to take...
View ArticleComedian W. Kamau Bell Tackles Oh, Everything
There's no telling what topics comedian W. Kamau Bell will tackle during his Houston show on Sunday night. That's probably why he called the tour Oh, Everything. An acclaimed standup comedian, writer,...
View ArticleHouston's Slade Ham: How to Start a Bar Fight in a Comedy Club
Comedian Slade Ham has a complicated relationship with hecklers. He hates that they interrupt his stand-up act; he loves shutting them up when they do. Ham, who spends 200 days out of the year on the...
View ArticleNewsflash: Dave Chappelle Will Be at Bayou Music Center on December 13
Call it what you want -- a pleasant surprise, a shocking turn of events, a Christmas miracle -- but today brings exciting news for Houston comedy fans: Dave Chappelle will be visiting us again. And...
View Article"By Mutual Agreement" Bill Cosby Won't Be at the Houston Symphony...Yet
Seems Bill Cosby won't be part of the Houston Symphony 2014-2015 season after all. There aren't many details, just a short statement released by the symphony's PR reps: The Bill Cosby performance at...
View ArticleRalphie May Comes to Houston for New Year's Eve
After a quarter of a century in comedy, Ralphie May is busier than ever with a just-completed television special, more in the works and a heavy tour schedule. He tells us he might, however, have to...
View ArticleCome & Take It Comedy Takeover Takes Over
The moment the Come & Take It Comedy Takeover proved it was serious business came near the end of local legend Andy Huggins' set. "You've been hall of fame quality," he said to the wall-to-wall...
View ArticleComedian Anjelah Johnson's on Sale and Coming to Houston
Comedian/actress Anjelah Johnson might not want to take any fashion tips from her alter ego, Bon Qui Qui, a pretty, if slightly unsophisticated, ghetto glamorous street thug, but she might want to ask...
View ArticleUH's Center for Creative Work Presents the Annual Dionysia Festival
As sad as it is to say, war is a huge part of the universal human experience that dates back all the way to the first relatively small social groups that our ancestors created. So, what could be a more...
View ArticleBamford and Katz Headline an All-Star Comedy Lineup at Moontower
From April 22-25, weirdoes and stand-ups alike will converge in Austin for the Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival. The four-day excursion will feature the comedy stylings of national headliners...
View ArticleThe 5 Best Things to Do in Houston This Weekend: Latin Wave 10, Bill Maher...
Start your weekend with a Friday visit to the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston's "Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty" exhibit. Minter has long challenged our conceptions about physical beauty through her...
View ArticleComedian Kathy Griffin Loves Houston (For All of the Wrong Reasons)
We sometimes hear from artists after an interview (most send quick "thanks for talking with me" notes). We've never had an artist send us a note before the interview ... until Kathy Griffin. About an...
View Article5 Best Things To Do in Houston This Weekend: Assassins and Ringling Bros.
Director Rachel Landon has loved Stephen Sondheim’s musical Assassins since she was a teenager. “I found it in a bin at Half Price Books,” she said of the recording, “and it blew my mind." It's our...
View ArticleYour Final Moment of Zen: Jon Stewart Leaves The Daily Show
Back in 1999, I'm pretty sure no one could have predicted that replacing a smug, fratboy wiseass with a C-list stand-up comedian on a sparsely watched late night basic cable comedy show would lead to a...
View ArticleBobcat Goldthwait on His Way to Houston Improv
Once best known for playing Zed, the manic cadet in the Police Academy movies, comedian, filmmaker and master of absurdity, Bobcat Goldthwait will be headlining a weekend at the Houston Improv from...
View ArticleBreaking Bad's Bill Burr Plans a One-Night Comedy Stand in Houston
Breaking Bad fans, rejoice. Actor, stand-up and podcast mogul Bill Burr arrives in Houston on September 23 for a one-night-only concert in Jones Hall. The 47-year-old comedian, known to many for his...
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